Sonauto API
AI
generative music api
SHOW HN2025
127points
157comments
#587of 3,837 in 2025
Top 16%of 2025 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
20 positive, 17 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 31 critical, out of 69 comments about the project. Thread score -0.19.
Idea: 10 for, 24 againstExecution: 3 for, 4 againstPerformance: 3 for, 0 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Music quality more diverse and unique than Suno or Udio
From 2 comments
Okay. I know these guys IRL. BUT, I genuinely think they have the best music model out there. Hands down. The songs are just more unique, and have a wider range of musical…
sid-the-kid on HNSuno's RVQ-token-based language model is tuned give you an acceptable song that most of their userbase would prefer every single time, but isn't very diverse. Our diffusion model…
zaptrem on HN
Transition generation between songs is a useful feature
From 1 comment
The transition btw two songs demo is super cool! I often need to do this when editing videos but used to have no way to do it. Not to mention that now you can have playlists that…
lcolucci on HN
Objections
Training data copyright and disclosure concerns
From 3 comments
On one hand this is impressive, and I've been wondering when something like this would appear. On the other hand, I am -- like others here have expressed -- saddened by the…
mco on HNWithout disclosing your training data, this should be considered piracy and removed from HN.
iamsaitam on HNhow did you create this without committing grand theft musica
naltroc on HN
AI music devalues real musicians
From 3 comments
I really wish this trend of prompting gen AI models with text would stop. It's really meaningless. Musicians need gen AI they can prompt with a melody on their keyboard. Or a bit…
akrymski on HNI would encourage everyone who thinks "I want to apply AI to music" to look at the existing problems that creators have, talk to them, and work to bring new products to market…
duped on HNCreating music is the most rewarding thing I’ve found in life, and I can’t wrap my head around why anyone would want to automate that away. Less of this, more robots they do my…
aczerepinski on HN
Generation failures and billing portal bugs
From 2 comments
Signed up with gmail, and get 'Generation Failed' with every attempt. Please dont email me or add me to your marketing list.
jdee on HNThis looks pretty cool to integrate in hobby projects, however after creating an account via Google, clicking "Payment portal" shows this error : Error creating billing portal…
column on HN
Requests
Melody or humming-based input controls
From 1 comment
I really wish this trend of prompting gen AI models with text would stop. It's really meaningless. Musicians need gen AI they can prompt with a melody on their keyboard. Or a bit…
akrymski on HN
Stem generation and drum layering for existing tracks
From 2 comments
Not related to this post, but I was wondering about AI music generators and I don't have experience with their capabilities. The ones I know seem catered to making entire songs.…
zoogeny on HNInteresting that Suno et al miss out on the obvious problem that actual musicians need extra musicians for their own projects. For instance a guitarist will have a track they…
webprofusion on HN
Questions
Who owns copyright of generated songs
From 1 comment
So if I make a song using this API, who owns the copyright? Is it me or Sonauto?
weberer on HN
Differences from Suno
From 1 comment
how is this better or different from suno besides api? I'm assuming since you are smaller the quality is not as good and the depth not as wide.
toisanji on HN
Alternatives named
Suno
From 2 comments
how is this better or different from suno besides api? I'm assuming since you are smaller the quality is not as good and the depth not as wide.
toisanji on HNOkay. I know these guys IRL. BUT, I genuinely think they have the best music model out there. Hands down. The songs are just more unique, and have a wider range of musical…
sid-the-kid on HN
Udio
From 1 comment
Okay. I know these guys IRL. BUT, I genuinely think they have the best music model out there. Hands down. The songs are just more unique, and have a wider range of musical…
sid-the-kid on HN