Sonilo V1.1 Music
Sonilo V1.1 Music composes original, commercially licensed soundtracks that sync precisely to video pacing, mood, and edits — no prompts needed.
Overview
What is Sonilo V1.1 Music
Sonilo V1.1 Music is a video-to-music AI model that analyzes a video's pacing, mood, and structure to generate an original, perfectly synced soundtrack. Released in June 2026, it composes music that lands on cuts and emotional beats, with every output licensed for commercial use.
Running it privately on Venice
On Venice, Sonilo V1.1 Music runs under an anonymized privacy tier — your video input and prompts are not stored or used for training. This means you can generate commercially safe soundtracks without building a personal history or risking copyright exposure, making it ideal for creators who value privacy and IP sovereignty.
Assessment
Strengths and limitations
- Precisely syncs music to video edits, with beats landing on cuts and emotional swells matching visual arcs.
- Generates full-length soundtracks automatically matched to video duration — no trimming or looping required.
- Preserves speech and vocals when enabled, using automatic ducking to blend music underneath dialogue or singing.
- Outputs are commercially licensed, with artists compensated for training data — no copyright risk.
- Supports both video-first and text-first workflows, with real-time preview during generation.
- Proprietary model with no open weights: cannot be self-hosted or fine-tuned.
- Limited to music and sound effects generation: does not support lyrics or vocal synthesis.
- Performance depends on video clarity; abstract or low-contrast footage may yield less accurate sync.
Samples
Sample outputs
Generated on Venice with our standard prompt suite — the same prompts we run through every model of this type, so you can judge it like-for-like.
“An uplifting cinematic orchestral build with soaring strings, warm brass, and a hopeful resolution.”
“A mellow lo-fi hip-hop beat with a soft jazzy piano loop, vinyl crackle, and a relaxed late-night mood.”
Specifications
Datasheet
- Maker
- Sonilo
- Released
- June 18, 2026
- Modality
- Video-to-music, text-to-music
- Input types
- Video, text prompt (optional)
- Output license
- Commercial use allowed
- Open weights
- No
- Privacy on Venice
- Anonymized — prompts not stored
- Available on Venice since
- Jul 2026
- License
- Proprietary
API
Call it from your code
Venice exposes this model through the REST API. Queue a generation with the model id.
curl https://api.venice.ai/api/v1/audio/queue \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $VENICE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "sonilo-v1-1-music",
"prompt": "An uplifting cinematic orchestral build with soaring strings"
}'
# Use the returned queue_id with https://api.venice.ai/api/v1/audio/retrieve.
# Call /audio/complete after downloading if needed.Pricing
What it costs on Venice
Billed per second of audio on Venice: $0 per second.
New Venice accounts include a free daily allowance and 500 welcome credits — no credit card required.
Alternatives
How it compares
| Model | Max resolution | Strongest at | Open weights | Price (Venice) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonilo V1.1 Music | — | Video-synced soundtracks | No | $0 / sec |
| Lyria 3 Pro | — | Vocal-led songs | No | $0.10 / track |
| MiniMax Music 2.5 | — | Genre diversity | No | $0.18 / track |
| ElevenLabs Music | — | Background tracks | No | from $0.69 / track |
Best for creators who need music that lands on visual beats with zero retention on Venice.
Use cases
What it is good for
- 01Scoring social media videos with music that enhances pacing and emotional impact.
- 02Automating soundtracks for marketing reels, product demos, and vlogs with voiceover preservation.
- 03Generating royalty-free background music for indie films and YouTube content.
- 04Creating sound effects timed to video action for film and game post-production.
- 05Rapid prototyping of video edits with AI-matched audio to test pacing and mood.
Prompting
Getting better results
Leave the prompt empty to let Sonilo choose a fitting style based on video analysis.
Use descriptive mood or genre terms (e.g., 'uplifting synthwave', 'tense strings') to guide the soundtrack.
Enable 'Keep Speech' when your video has dialogue, narration, or crowd audio to preserve it.
Generate 2–3 samples to compare styles and pick the best fit for your edit.
Version history
Initial public release
Current — improved video sync and emotional arc tracking
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Sonilo V1.1 Music is an AI model that generates original, commercially licensed soundtracks synchronized to a video's pacing, mood, and edits. It composes music that lands on cuts and emotional beats, with no need for text prompts.
On Venice, Sonilo V1.1 Music is billed at $0 per second of audio generated, making it free to use with no subscription or per-track fees.
Yes, on Venice it is available at $0 per second, with no cost to generate music or sound effects. This is billed per second but currently priced at zero.
No. Sonilo V1.1 Music is a proprietary model developed by Sonilo. It is not open weights, so it cannot be self-hosted or modified.
Yes. It specializes in video-to-music generation — you upload a video, and it analyzes the pacing, mood, and cuts to compose a perfectly synced soundtrack.
Yes. With 'Keep Speech' enabled, it isolates and preserves voiceovers, dialogue, and vocals while blending the generated music underneath using automatic ducking.
Sonilo V1.1 Music excels at video-synced soundtracks and commercial licensing, while Lyria 3 Pro is stronger at vocal-led songs and lyrics. Choose Sonilo for video-first scoring and Lyria for songwriting.
Run Sonilo V1.1 Music privately
No prompt logging. No data used for training.