Cyanite analyzes recorded music for artists and catalog teams. Upload audio through its web app, connect the API to an existing service, or use a supported catalog system. The analysis produces searchable musical metadata, and the search tools help you find a track using reference audio or a written brief.
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Our take
We'd shortlist this for a music library whose staff repeatedly search the same catalog for different briefs. The free allowance offers a small starting point. A producer who needs to correct every generated tag inside the app should look elsewhere, because that editing workflow isn't supported. For business use, establish your export needs and expected analysis volume before requesting a quote.
Features
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Automatic music metadata
Analysis assigns descriptions such as genre, mood, tempo and instrumentation to recorded tracks, giving a catalog more ways to organize music than its filenames or existing labels.
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Search by reference audio
Use a track as the starting point for finding similar music, with the catalog supplying the available matches rather than an unrelated streaming library.
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Natural language discovery
A written description can guide the search toward the mood or setting of a brief, instead of requiring the person searching to know the catalog's exact tags.
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Detailed emotion profiles
The API documentation describes analysis of how a song's emotional character develops over time, which can help a music team examine changes within a recording.
Pricing
- Model
- Freemium
- Free tier
- The web app allows 5 song uploads per month without payment.
- Paid plans
- Paid web-app credits and subscriptions are available; larger catalogs require a business quote.
Best for
- Production music librarians handling recurring briefs
- Artists preparing metadata for their own recordings
- Music publishers maintaining searchable catalogs
- Developers adding music analysis to an existing product
Not for
- Private users who depend on exporting the library view
- Producers who want an in-app editor for generated tags
Limits
- The standard MP3 upload limit is 15 minutes per recording.
- Cyanite recommends at least 1,000 songs for useful similarity-search results.
FAQ
- Does Cyanite music tagging include a developer API?
- Yes. Its documentation provides the integration route, and the FAQ says a free account is eligible to connect.
- Can I export the analysis results?
- The library view has no private-user export. Business customers can request their tags as a CSV file, while an API plan delivers detailed results in JSON.
- Are non-commercial research projects supported?
- The Cyanite for Innovators program accepts applications from researchers and other non-commercial projects, with access subject to selection.
Sources
- cyanite.ai/ (opens in a new tab) Product scope, tagging and search workflows
- cyanite.ai/faq/ (opens in a new tab) Plans, upload limits, exports and API eligibility
- api-docs.cyanite.ai/ (opens in a new tab) Developer documentation and emotion analysis
- cyanite.ai/about/ (opens in a new tab) Music-business audience and integration context
- cyanite.ai/blog/cyanite-for-innovators-program/ (opens in a new tab) Selected support for non-commercial projects