Stable Audio 3.0
Family of 4: Small SFX, Small, Medium (open weights, HF) and Large (API via Stability and fal.ai, or enterprise self-hosting). Exact API model id/endpoint for Large not verified (Stability pricing/docs pages are JS-rendered). Price per The Rundown tool review (says it checked the official pricing page 2026-08-31, secondary): 26 API credits = $0.26 per successful Large generation (1 credit = $0.01).
- Input
- text, audio
- Output
- audio
- License
- Stable Audio Community License (Small SFX / Small / Medium); Large is API/enterprise only
- Verified
- 2026-09-29
How to call it
| Provider | Model id | Endpoint / URL | Docs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stability AI API (Large) | — | — | docs |
| Hugging Face (Medium) | — | huggingface.co/stabilityai/stable-audio-3-medium | — |
| Hugging Face (Small music) | — | huggingface.co/stabilityai/stable-audio-3-small-music | — |
| Hugging Face (Small SFX) | — | huggingface.co/stabilityai/stable-audio-3-small-sfx | — |
| Web app | — | stableaudio.com | — |
Notable capabilities (3)
- Tracks over 6 minutes: Medium generates music up to 6:20; Large aimed at high-volume, low-latency platform use. source
- Fully licensed training data: Model family trained on fully licensed data; users own outputs under the Community License. source
- On-device small models: Small (459M) music and Small SFX models designed to run on phones and consumer laptops. source
Stability's licensed-data music & sound-effects family; open Medium/Small checkpoints for local use.
Sources: https://stability.ai/news-updates/meet-stable-audio-3-the-model-family-built-for-artistic-experimentation-with-open-weight-models , https://huggingface.co/collections/stabilityai/stable-audio-3 , https://github.com/Stability-AI/stable-audio-3
Changelog
- 2026-09-29: added secondary-source Large API price (26 credits/$0.26 per generation, https://www.therundown.ai/tools/stable-audio-3-0); model id still unverified