What AIVA does
AIVA is an AI music-composition service that generates tracks across many styles, accepts audio or MIDI influences, supports editing, and offers plan-specific download and monetization rights.
AIVA emphasizes composition and editability. It advertises more than 250 styles, custom style models, audio and MIDI influences, track editing, and plan-dependent MP3, MIDI, WAV, or other exports. That makes it more useful for composers willing to arrange and polish a generated starting point than for someone expecting a finished master from one prompt.
The free plan allows three downloads per month, tracks up to three minutes, non-commercial use, and required AIVA credit. Annual Standard is listed at €11 monthly plus VAT and permits limited monetization on named social platforms without attribution. Annual Pro is €33 monthly plus VAT, allows 300 downloads, longer tracks, WAV and all formats, and states that the subscriber owns the composition copyright.
Licensing is unusually plan-specific, so upgrading after creation should not be assumed to retroactively cure a use. Audio and MIDI influences must be cleared, generated material may still need similarity review, and MIDI, dynamics, orchestration, and mix can require substantial human work. Verify the live license and local copyright treatment before distribution, client delivery, or registration.
How AIVA works
A user chooses a style or creates a style model, optionally supplies an authorized audio or MIDI influence, and defines composition parameters. AIVA generates a structured musical track that can be edited and arranged before downloading in formats allowed by the plan. The user remains responsible for musical selection, arrangement, mix quality, source rights, and confirming that the plan's copyright, credit, platform, duration, and monetization terms cover the intended release.
How to set up AIVA
Choose the release boundary first
Identify platforms, monetization, client use, attribution, ownership, duration, and file-format needs before selecting a plan.
Prepare lawful musical inputs
Use an original brief and only audio, MIDI, melodies, or references you have permission to process.
Generate several structured drafts
Vary style, form, instrumentation, tempo, and duration and judge composition rather than loudness alone.
Edit as a composer
Revise harmony, melody, repetition, orchestration, MIDI performance, transitions, and ending instead of publishing the first render.
Document rights and master the track
Save the active plan terms, check similarity, add any required credit, and perform a human mix, master, and release review.
AIVA FAQs
Can AIVA be used free?
Yes, for non-commercial work with required attribution. The free plan lists three downloads monthly and tracks up to three minutes.
Who owns AIVA compositions?
AIVA's pricing says it owns Free and Standard compositions, while Pro subscribers own their compositions. Verify the terms for the creation date.
Can Standard tracks be monetized everywhere?
No. The published Standard scope is limited to YouTube, Twitch, TikTok, and Instagram; broader monetization calls for Pro or negotiated terms.
Can AIVA export MIDI?
Yes. The current Free and Standard tables include MP3 and MIDI, while Pro adds WAV and all listed formats.
Does AI output still need editing?
Usually. Arrangement, musical coherence, performance, mix, similarity, and fit to picture or brand all need human judgment.
Listing reviewed 2026-07-27. Product details and pricing can change; verify important terms on the provider's website.
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