An AI instrumental.
Your musical direction.
Describe a scene, choose the instruments, and give the piece somewhere to go. Aqua’s instrumental generator creates new music without a singer, using local models on Aqua’s workstation. You use the studio in your browser.
First Light, Far Horizon
Felt piano, solo cello and chamber strings move from a quiet opening toward a hopeful orchestral finish.
A real 35-second excerpt of an existing Aqua instrumental. AI-generated music. This is an example of a result, not a promise that another prompt will produce the same performance.A$0 beta · 30 credits after email verification · 10 credits per standard song · adults 18+
Set up an instrumental in the studio
Start with a new composition
Sign up and verify your email, then open Create. Leave Start with on A new composition. Choose a short length for the first experiment so you can judge one clear musical idea.
Turn off words and singing
Set Vocal source to Instrumental · no vocals and Lyrics to No lyrics. Use Describe your song for the arrangement. The available engine choices in your account determine which models you can use.
Give the music a beginning and an ending
Instruments, mood, tempo and musical key help guide the generation. Ask for an opening texture, a development and a finish. Use Styles and sounds to avoid for a few important exclusions, rather than a long list of contradictory directions.
Review the cost, render, then listen
The form displays the credit cost before submission. Aqua renders one job at a time and shows queue status in your account. When it completes, play the result and download WAV or the available MP3 export from your private library.
Prompts with a musical purpose
These are original starting prompts, not recovered prompts for the demo above. Adapt them to your project and review the output before using it.
A restrained cinematic scene
“An original instrumental for a quiet reunion. Begin with a simple felt-piano motif and solo cello. Let chamber strings gradually answer the melody, reach one warm emotional peak, then return to the opening piano. Spacious, gentle and memorable. No vocals, brass blasts or abrupt transitions.”
A steady study or work track
“An unobtrusive instrumental for focused reading. Soft electric piano, warm bass and brushed percussion at a steady slow pace. Keep a small repeating motif, introduce only gentle variations, and end softly. No vocals, sharp drops, sudden volume changes or busy lead solos.”
A small game's exploration cue
“An original instrumental for exploring a peaceful hillside village. Nylon guitar, light woodwinds and soft strings; curious at first, then quietly reassuring. Keep the rhythm light and the melody simple. A gentle standalone ending, no vocals or dramatic action percussion.”
A finished song is not automatically a seamless game loop or synchronized film score. Check edit points, timing and rights for your intended use.
Compare First Light’s actual saved request with its existing excerpt, then use the prompt workbench to shape your own beginning, development and ending.
Background music for a video, podcast or small game
Use the purpose of your project to guide an instrumental brief. For spoken video or a podcast, ask for a sparse arrangement that leaves room for the voice. For a travel sequence, describe the scene and emotional arc. For a small game, explain the setting and whether the cue should feel calm, curious or tense.
These requests create new music rather than automatically matching a video timeline or making a seamless loop. After downloading, check speech intelligibility, transitions and the rights required for your intended use. The AI music prompt guide helps shape a clear brief; review the copyright policy before publishing.
Refine what you actually hear
If the piece is too busy, reduce the instrument list and ask for fewer changes. If it feels flat, specify one point where a second instrument enters or the harmony opens up. Change one or two directions at a time so you can learn which request helps.
Tempo, key, exclusions and exact instrumentation are creative requests, not guarantees. An instrumental request can still contain unwanted sounds; listen before sharing. Aqua does not promise a copy of an artist, recording or melody.
Know the beta limits
New standard songs are capped at 120 seconds. Verified beta accounts receive 30 opening credits; a standard generation costs 10. No card is required and payments are disabled. Credits and daily grants are limited.
One local GPU processes jobs sequentially. Expect minutes, with extra waiting when it is busy. Admission can pause at capacity while demos, signup and your library remain available. Failed jobs release reserved credits. Reference adaptation is a separate workflow for instrumental recordings you own or have permission to use; it is not needed to make a new piece.
Instrumental questions
Do I need to install the models?
No. Aqua runs the models on its own workstation. You need a browser and an account; this is not offline generation on your device.
Can I keep my instrumental private?
Yes. Songs stay in your private account library. A public link is created only when you explicitly choose to share a completed song.
Can I add singing instead?
Use the vocal workflow for a new song with an original singer or an authorised saved voice. The singing guide explains lyrics and voice choices.