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Music · vocals

Blind listener preferences published by Carnegie Mellon University’s Music Arena. Vocal and instrumental results are separate populations.

9 entries · Music Arena score · Higher is better

Source publication: 2026-07-31. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

Source: Carnegie Mellon University · Music Arena · MIT.

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Music · vocals · Music Arena score
Significance rankModel / evaluated variantMusic Arena score95% confidence intervalVotes
1Riffusion FUZZ v1.0Producer.ai1,1321,093 – 1,171426
1Lyria 3 ProGoogle DeepMind1,1071,077 – 1,137581
1Riffusion FUZZ v1.1Producer.ai1,1031,065 – 1,141421
1Sonauto v3 PreviewSonauto1,1021,056 – 1,148157
4Lyria 3 ClipGoogle DeepMind1,019977 – 1,061243
5ElevenLabs Music v1ElevenLabs998974 – 1,022872
7Sonauto v2.2Sonauto944919 – 969824
7ACE-Step 1.5 Turbo (1.7B)ACE Studio / StepFun939910 – 968668
9ACE-StepACE Studio656587 – 725312

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