Lyria 3 Clip AI Music Generator (Google Lyria 3 Clip)
Google's fast music model for 30-second pieces: ad beds, intros, short jingles and quick tests of an idea.
Lyria 3 Clip is the short-form member of Google's Lyria family. Every take is a 30-second piece, made quickly and at a lower cost than a full Lyria 3.5 song, which makes it the practical choice for the formats that live at that length: ad beds, social clips, podcast intros and stings.
It shares Lyria's range. It can sing, it takes your own lyrics, and it makes instrumentals, so a 30-second jingle with a sung brand line is well within reach. What it gives up is room: there is no space for a verse, a chorus and a bridge, so it works best when the brief is one idea, one hook and a clean ending.
It is also the cheapest way to find a direction. Try a genre, a tempo and a mood here, keep the prompt that works, then make the full-length version on Lyria 3.5. Like the rest of the family, every take carries Google's inaudible SynthID watermark, and requests for a specific artist's voice or for copyrighted lyrics are refused. To match something you already like, read it with Audio to Prompt first.
What Lyria 3 Clip is best at
30-second ad beds and social clips
Podcast and YouTube intros
Short sung jingles
Testing a direction before a full song
Built for 30 seconds Every take is a finished 30-second piece, the length most ads, Reels and intros actually need, with an ending rather than a cut-off.
Fast and lower cost Quicker and cheaper per take than Lyria 3.5, so you can try several directions for the price of one full song.
Vocals and lyrics too It can sing, and it sings your words, so a short jingle with your brand line needs no second tool.
Same family as Lyria 3.5 A prompt that works here is the right starting point for Lyria 3.5 when you want the long version.
Where Lyria 3 Clip falls short
Every take is 30 seconds. It cannot make a shorter sting or a longer track; trim in your editor, or use Stable Audio 3 for an exact length.
Thirty seconds leaves no room for song structure. Verses, a chorus and a bridge belong on Lyria 3.5.
It runs on Google's preview release of the model, so its behaviour can change between versions sooner than Lyria 3.5's.
The same filters as the rest of the family: no named artists' voices and no copyrighted lyrics. It is cleared for commercial use online and offline, not for film, TV, radio broadcast or games distribution.
Lyria 3 Clip specifications
Provider: Google
Model ID: lyria-3-clip-preview
Length: 30 seconds, every take
Vocals: Yes, with your own lyrics
Output: 44.1 kHz stereo MP3
Best at: Ad beds, intros, quick tests
Provider model ID: lyria-3-clip-preview
What you can do with Lyria 3 Clip
30-second ad bed A bed mixed to sit under a voiceover: a clear groove, no busy lead line, a clean ending.
Intro or theme A short theme for a podcast or a channel, with a motif that resolves so the host can start talking.
Short jingle A sung hook in 30 seconds. Put your brand line in the lyrics and keep it to one chorus.
Make it with AI Music Generator, which runs Lyria 3 Clip and shows the price before you spend anything. To start from a track, a voiceover or a sound that already works, read it with Audio to Prompt first: it describes the sound without naming anyone and hands that description to the generator.
Prompts that work on Lyria 3 Clip
One idea per 30 seconds
A confident instrumental bed for a 30-second fintech ad: steady four-on-the-floor pulse, clean synth chords, no lead melody, a clean final hit.
Thirty seconds holds one idea well. Naming what to leave out (no lead melody) is what keeps a bed out of the voiceover's way.
Test here, finish on Lyria 3.5
The same prompt you would give Lyria 3.5, made here first to hear the genre, tempo and mood before paying for the full song.
The two share a family, so a prompt that works here is the right starting point there. Exploring at the lower price costs less than guessing at the higher one.
Start from a reference
Read a 30-second ad you like in Audio to Prompt, then make music from its description: genre, instruments, tempo and energy.
Matching the feel of something that already performs is faster than describing it from scratch, and the description names no one.
What Lyria 3 Clip costs
Cost on Prompt Reverse, per take: 5 AI Credits, two takes in one run: 10 AI Credits. AI Credits come from a one-time credit pack and never expire, with no subscription and no separate provider account.
Lyria 3 Clip vs the other models
Lyria 3.5: Step up for a full song with verses and a chorus, up to about three minutes.
Stable Audio 3: Switch for an instrumental cut to an exact length, from a 3-second sting to six minutes.
Lyria 3 Clip is Google's short-form music model. Every take is a 30-second piece, with vocals and your own lyrics or instrumental, made faster and at a lower cost than a full Lyria 3.5 song.
What is the difference between Lyria 3 Clip and Lyria 3.5?
Length and price. Clip always makes 30 seconds and costs less per take. Lyria 3.5 makes full songs up to about three minutes with room for verses and a chorus. Use Clip to test a direction and Lyria 3.5 to make the full track.
Can Lyria 3 Clip sing?
Yes. It takes your own lyrics and sings them, which makes it a good fit for a short jingle. Keep it to one hook: there is no room for a full verse and chorus in 30 seconds.
Can a clip be shorter or longer than 30 seconds?
Not with this model. Trim it in your editor, or use Stable Audio 3, which makes instrumentals to the exact second from 3 seconds to six minutes.
Can I use it commercially?
Yes, in ads, videos, podcasts and social posts, online and offline. Every file is tagged as AI-generated in its metadata and carries Google's inaudible SynthID watermark. It is not cleared for film, TV, radio broadcast or games distribution.