Stable Audio 3
Shares rank 5 of 8 AI music generators by recommenders
Recommended for fast generation, rendering 120 seconds of audio in under 2 seconds. Caveat: quality trails Suno 1.0 and some find outputs unhelpful for sampling.
Recommended for fast generation, rendering 120 seconds of audio in under 2 seconds. Caveat: quality trails Suno 1.0 and some find outputs unhelpful for sampling.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 86%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 6 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Quality trails Suno 1.0
“feels like Suno 1.0 levels of quality but maybe it can get there”
Comment from 20 May 2026 in “Stable Audio 3” Outputs not useful for sampling
“I don't find them to be useful for sampling, though.”
Comment from 12 Jun 2026 in “Keygen.music”
Other AI music generators people recommend
The four most recommended other AI music generators, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suno | 107 | 80 | 57% | 12 | 1 yr6 owners | — |
| ElevenLabs Music | 10 | 10 | 50% | 1 | — | — |
| Google Flow Music | 9 | 26 | 26% | 1 | — | — |
| Lyria | 8 | 5 | 62% | 5 | — | — |
| Stable Audio 3This page | 6 | 1 | 86% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
All 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I don't find them to be useful for sampling, though.”
“all these sas tools are amazing”
“feels like Suno 1.0 levels of quality but maybe it can get there”
“Wow that’s remarkably nonsensical.”
“It's awesome that they trained smaller models.”
“It is insanely fast. Less than 2 seconds for 120 seconds of audio in my 3090.”
“enabling targeted audio editing and the continuation of short recordings”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.