How to Make Meditation Music With AI

To make meditation music with AI, describe a slow bed with no drums (pads, a low drone, a few soft piano notes), turn on Instrumental, and set the length your session needs. On RaoMusic, ACE-Step 1.5 makes a track of up to 10 minutes, which cost 96 credits with Thinking on; ElevenLabs v2.5 also reaches 10 minutes at 40 credits a minute; and Suno v6 returns two takes of up to 6 minutes for 30 credits.

Last checked: November 5, 2026

What should a meditation music prompt say?

Name the sound you want and rule out what breaks the calm. A prompt that works has four parts:

• A slow genre: "slow ambient meditation music".
• Two or three soft sounds: warm pads, a low drone, soft felt piano with long reverb. You can swap in a singing bowl, flute or soft strings.
• What to leave out: "no drums, no beat".
• How it should move: "calm and steady", so the track doesn't build toward a big finish.

This is the full prompt behind every long example in this guide:

slow ambient meditation music, warm analog pads, soft felt piano notes with long reverb, low drone, no drums, no beat, calm and steady

If you want a soft beat for studying rather than stillness, the lofi music guide covers that sound.

How do I set it up on RaoMusic?

1. Open Create and pick ACE-Step 1.5 in the model menu at the top right.
2. On the Simple tab, paste the prompt into Song Description.
3. Turn on Instrumental.
4. Drag Length to 600, the maximum (600 seconds).
5. Leave Thinking on. Its tip says it "takes longer and costs twice as many credits, but usually sounds better."
6. Open Advanced and type 60 in BPM for a slow pulse, or leave it empty and the model picks a tempo.
7. Click Generate.

To use ElevenLabs instead, choose ElevenLabs v2.5 in the same menu; its Length goes to 10 minutes (5 minutes on v2). For Suno v6, switch to Custom, turn on Instrumental, paste the prompt into Styles and set Duration under Advanced, up to 360 seconds.

How did we make the examples?

Every clip was generated on November 5, 2026, one run per setting. We measured the average level of each long track in 30-second windows (the loops second by second), because a slow swell or a sudden drop can pull a listener out of a session. The short listening note under a clip describes what that file sounds like; press play to judge for yourself. The exact settings for each example are in the settings table at the end.

What does a 10-minute ACE-Step track sound like?

ACE-Step 1.5 · Simple · Instrumental · Length 600 s · BPM 60 · Thinking on

Listening note: Warm analog pads, a low drone and sparse felt piano with reverb, with no drums at all. On its own it can feel monotonous, so it works best under a voice: a guided meditation, a sleep recording or a yoga class.

The level does not stay put. The track starts right away with no fade-in, at its quietest, and then slowly climbs: around minute 8 it is about 11 dB louder than in the first minute, before it fades out at the very end. Set your playback volume while minute 8 is playing rather than at the start. If a narrator talks over the whole track, turn the music down in the second half in your editor.

What does a 10-minute ElevenLabs track sound like?

ElevenLabs v2.5 · Simple · Instrumental · Length 600 s

Listening note: Gentle analog pads, sparse piano chords with reverb and a low drone, without drums. It stays fairly static over time, which suits a basic guided meditation or a relaxation background.

This file held its level. After a slow fade-in of about 30 seconds, every 30-second stretch stayed within a 6 dB range until the fade-out at the end. If you record a voice over it, start speaking after the first half minute, or use that quiet opening for the first settling breaths. If you are choosing between these two engines for songs with vocals, see the ElevenLabs vs Suno comparison.

Can Suno v6 make meditation music?

Suno v6 · Custom · Instrumental · Duration 360 s · prompt in Styles

Take 1

Take 2

Listening note: Both takes stick to pads, a low drone and sparse piano with reverb, with no percussion. In take 1 the piano wanders and repeats itself; take 2 is the more even of the two and leaves room for a spoken voice, so start with take 2 for a guided meditation or sleep content.

Both takes run the full six minutes, open with a fade-in of a few seconds and get a little softer in the last minute before they fade to silence, so neither needs trimming before you add a voice.

Is a two-word prompt enough?

Suno v6 · Simple · Instrumental · Song Description: "meditation music"

Take 1

Take 2

Listening note: Take 1 is a slow wash of synth pads and soft chimes with no drums, and works as a background bed for a guided meditation or breathwork. Take 2 puts a repeating acoustic guitar pattern over the pads; it moves too much for deep stillness, so keep it for a yoga class or a wellness podcast.

Neither take added drums, but the two-word prompt left the instruments and the length to the model. Write the sounds you want into the prompt, and use Custom with Duration when the session has a fixed length.

How do I make a meditation track longer than 10 minutes?

None of the engines in this guide makes more than 10 minutes at a time, so longer sessions are built from parts:

• Join tracks. Put two or more tracks in an audio editor and overlap them with a crossfade of a few seconds. All four long files above end with a fade-out, which makes the joins easier to hide.
• Continue a track. The AI Music Extender continues an existing song from where it ends.
• Lay a loop underneath. On Create, choose ElevenLabs, open the Sounds tab, describe one steady texture, set Length to 30 and turn on Seamless loop, which makes "the end flow back into the start." Repeat it in your editor for as long as the session runs.

ElevenLabs Sounds · Length 30 s · Seamless loop on · "soft steady rain on leaves, constant and even from start to end, no thunder, no birds, no melody"

Listening note: Gentle, even rain with no thunder or birds, ready to use as a subtle bed under a meditation track. It came out about 30 dB quieter than the music files, so raise it in your editor before you balance it against the music.

Keep each loop to a single texture. A first attempt that asked for rain plus a singing bowl drone left the drone out for the first 12 seconds, so every repeat restarted with a gap in the drone. Generate the rain and the drone as separate loops and layer them.

Can I use AI meditation music on YouTube or in an app?

Songs you generate on RaoMusic come with royalty-free commercial usage rights under the RaoMusic commercial license, which is what a monetized meditation video, podcast or app needs. Check that page for exactly what it covers, including sound effects such as the rain loop, before you publish.

What settings did each example use?

The first three rows used the full prompt from the first section of this guide.