The Infinite Crate (Alpha) is a VST plugin that integrates Lyria RealTime directly into your DAW, eliminating barriers to interactively create, control, and perform music in real-time.
If you haven’t heard of Lyria RealTime, it’s an experimental AI model that produces instrumental music in real time.
It creates music based on dynamic prompts and configuration commands, allowing users to control and direct various aspects of the music.
Developers can access Lyria RealTime via Google’s Gemini API.
The Infinite Crate is an experimental plugin that enables music-makers to access Lyria RealTime directly within their preferred DAW.
Upon installing and loading The Infinite Crate, you’ll be asked to generate a Gemini API key and paste it in the appropriate field.
After watching a few demo videos before installing the plugin, I discovered that users sometimes encounter a server-unavailable error, leading to some downtime.
The on-screen help suggests trying again the next day, should the issue persist. I’m quite a few hours into the process, from early morning till late afternoon, and I’m yet to see the plugin come online, but I will keep trying.
Hopefully, you won’t have the same delay, and you can start digging in The Infinite Crate immediately.
Entering prompts, or describing your vibe, simply means entering a style of music into the text box. For example, old-school hip hop, classic rock, or country metal, if you want to get into the experimental spirit.
You can add more styles to create a hybrid mix, or ask for random generations.
As with any AI generation, the results will vary, but it seems to do far better with genres like hip hop and its variations.
Besides entering prompts, you have more definite areas of control, including BPM, Key, diversity, and randomness of generations. You can adjust how closely the model tries to match your prompt versus the most recently generated audio.
One of the features I like is that you can adjust how busy the music is, and even remove bass, drums, and other sounds (results vary).
There are several ways to utilize The Infinite Crate, and given its name, the first option that comes to mind is creating new samples to chop and use in your production.
You can also use it to create dynamic and evolving backing tracks that you can jam with like a virtual band.
If you’ve read any of our previous AI-related posts, you’ll know that I’m not exactly an advocate for AI in music, but anything can be good if used in a good way, and the evolving backing track concept is great.
Nothing improves your musicianship like playing with other musicians, and if that’s not possible, AI might provide the next best thing, although it’s not perfect yet.
We’ve covered that concept before with OBSIDIAN by InnerMost47, a virtual jam partner.
Obviously, there will be potential to use plugins like The Infinite Crate for live performance, but AI delivering a final product of any kind is where I start to worry.
It’s early days for The Infinite Crate, and I’m sure the consistency will improve, and it can be a useful tool for some users.
When I talk about AI in music, I start to feel like I’m Grampa Simpson, shaking my fist at artificial intelligence, but everything has its place.
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Last Updated on September 19, 2025 by Tomislav Zlatic.
