# ACE Step Audio Outpaint API

> Verlengt een bestaande audioclip vóór het begin of na het einde met nieuw gecomponeerde muziek

Gaat verder met een track die via `audio_url` is aangeleverd. `extend_before_duration` en `extend_after_duration` voegen elk maximaal 107 seconden toe aan het begin of einde; standaard wordt 30 seconden aan het einde toegevoegd. De stijl komt uit `tags`, met optionele `lyrics` voor de toegevoegde gedeelten. Het aantal stappen, de scheduler en guidance-instellingen komen overeen met die van andere ACE Step-modellen.

- Model id: `ace-step/audio-outpaint`
- Made by: ACE Studio
- Category: Text to Music
- Output: audio
- Price per second of your output audio: $0.0002 / second of output audio (cheapest run $0.001 (1 API credit))
- Run: `POST https://api.doitong.com/v1/run/ace-step/audio-outpaint`
- Quote: `POST https://api.doitong.com/v1/quote/ace-step/audio-outpaint`
- Docs page: https://doitong.com/nl/developers/models/ace-step/audio-outpaint

## Pricing

Price: **$0.0002 / second of output audio**. Price per second of your output audio: the input files are measured before the run (length, resolution, frame rate). The quote measures the same files and is exactly what the run charges.

The full example input below costs $0.006 = 6 API credits (30 s output audio × $0.0002).

Prices are the upstream price in USD, paid from the API balance in API credits (1000 API credits = 1 USD). `POST https://api.doitong.com/v1/quote/ace-step/audio-outpaint` with the same JSON body returns the exact price for that input; the quote is exactly what a run charges. Invalid input is never charged and failed or canceled requests are refunded automatically.

## Input parameters

Send either the canonical name or the native field name (not both). Canonical names are the same across models.

| Parameter | Canonical name | Type | Required | Default | Allowed values / range | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `audio_url` | `audio` | string (audio URL) | yes |  |  | URL van het audiobestand voor outpainting. |
| `extend_before_duration` |  | number | no | `0` | 0 – 107 | Lengte van de uitbreiding vóór het begin van de audio, in seconden. |
| `extend_after_duration` |  | number | no | `30` | 0 – 107 | Lengte van de uitbreiding na het einde van de audio, in seconden. |
| `tags` |  | string | yes |  |  | Audiostijltags als door komma's gescheiden genres, met `prompt` als alternatieve manier om ze op te geven. |
| `lyrics` |  | string | no | `` |  | Gezongen songteksten, waarbij songsecties worden georganiseerd met besturingselementen zoals [verse], [chorus] en [bridge]. Laat deze invoer weg voor audio zonder gezongen songteksten of geef alleen [inst] of [instrumental] op. |
| `number_of_steps` |  | integer | no | `27` | 3 – 60 | Aantal stappen dat tijdens de audiogeneratie wordt gebruikt. |
| `seed` |  | integer \| null | no |  |  | Seed voor reproduceerbare generatie, willekeurig gekozen tenzij je een waarde opgeeft. |
| `scheduler` |  | enum (string) | no | `euler` | `euler`, `heun` | Scheduler die tijdens de generatie wordt gebruikt. |
| `guidance_type` |  | enum (string) | no | `apg` | `cfg`, `apg`, `cfg_star` | CFG-type dat tijdens de generatie wordt gebruikt. |
| `granularity_scale` |  | integer | no | `10` | -100 – 100 | Granulariteitsschaal die tijdens de generatie wordt toegepast. Verhoging kan artefacten verminderen. |
| `guidance_interval` |  | number | no | `0.5` | 0 – 1 | Gedeelte van het generatieschema waarop guidance wordt toegepast: met 0.5 wordt dit beperkt tot stappen van 0.25 * infer_steps tot en met 0.75 * infer_steps, zodat het begin en einde zonder guidance blijven. |
| `guidance_interval_decay` |  | number | no | `0` | 0 – 1 | Verval van guidance binnen het generatie-interval: 0.0 schakelt verval uit; anders neemt de schaal binnen dat interval af van guidance_scale tot min_guidance_scale. |
| `guidance_scale` |  | number | no | `15` | 0 – 200 | Schaal van de guidance die tijdens de generatie wordt toegepast. |
| `minimum_guidance_scale` |  | number | no | `3` | 0 – 200 | Laagste guidance-schaal die na verval tijdens de generatie wordt bereikt. |
| `tag_guidance_scale` |  | number | no | `5` | 0 – 10 | Schaal van de tag-guidance die tijdens de generatie wordt toegepast. |
| `lyric_guidance_scale` |  | number | no | `1.5` | 0 – 10 | Schaal van de songtekst-guidance die tijdens de generatie wordt toegepast. |

File parameters (`audio`) take a public `https://` URL, a `data:` URI up to 10 MB, or the `file_url` of an upload from `POST /files`.

## Example input

Required parameters only:

```json
{
  "tags": "lofi, hiphop, drum and bass, trap, chill",
  "audio": "https://content.doitong.com/audio/showcase/v3/tools/dub_es.mp3"
}
```

A fuller example:

```json
{
  "tags": "lofi, hiphop, drum and bass, trap, chill",
  "audio_url": "https://content.doitong.com/audio/showcase/v3/tools/dub_es.mp3"
}
```

## Run it

Set `DOITONG_API_KEY` to a key from https://doitong.com/developers/dashboard#keys. `?wait=20` returns the finished request in the same call when it is ready within 20 seconds; otherwise poll `GET /requests/{id}` (it also accepts `?wait=`), or pass `webhook_url`.

### curl

```bash
# Run the model; wait up to 20 s for the finished result in the same call
curl -X POST "https://api.doitong.com/v1/run/ace-step/audio-outpaint?wait=20" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DOITONG_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "tags": "lofi, hiphop, drum and bass, trap, chill",
    "audio_url": "https://content.doitong.com/audio/showcase/v3/tools/dub_es.mp3"
  }'

# Still "queued" or "running"? Poll with the id from the response:
curl "https://api.doitong.com/v1/requests/REQUEST_ID?wait=20" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DOITONG_API_KEY"
```

### JavaScript

```javascript
const API = "https://api.doitong.com/v1";
const headers = {
  "Authorization": "Bearer " + process.env.DOITONG_API_KEY,
  "Content-Type": "application/json",
};

// Run the model; wait up to 20 s for the finished result in the same call
let res = await fetch(API + "/run/ace-step/audio-outpaint?wait=20", {
  method: "POST",
  headers,
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "tags": "lofi, hiphop, drum and bass, trap, chill",
    "audio_url": "https://content.doitong.com/audio/showcase/v3/tools/dub_es.mp3"
  }),
});
let request = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(request.error.code + ": " + request.error.message);

// Not finished yet: long-poll until it is
while (request.status === "queued" || request.status === "running") {
  res = await fetch(API + "/requests/" + request.id + "?wait=20", { headers });
  request = await res.json();
}
if (request.status !== "succeeded") throw new Error(JSON.stringify(request.error));
console.log(request.outputs.map((o) => o.url), request.cost.credits + " API credits ($" + request.cost.usd + ")");
```

### Python

```python
import os
import requests

API = "https://api.doitong.com/v1"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer " + os.environ["DOITONG_API_KEY"]}

payload = {
    "tags": "lofi, hiphop, drum and bass, trap, chill",
    "audio_url": "https://content.doitong.com/audio/showcase/v3/tools/dub_es.mp3",
}

# Run the model; wait up to 20 s for the finished result in the same call
r = requests.post(API + "/run/ace-step/audio-outpaint", params={"wait": 20}, json=payload, headers=headers)
request = r.json()
if not r.ok:
    raise RuntimeError(request["error"]["code"] + ": " + request["error"]["message"])

# Not finished yet: long-poll until it is
while request["status"] in ("queued", "running"):
    request = requests.get(API + "/requests/" + request["id"], params={"wait": 20}, headers=headers).json()
if request["status"] != "succeeded":
    raise RuntimeError(request["error"])
print([o["url"] for o in request["outputs"]], request["cost"]["credits"], "API credits", "$" + request["cost"]["usd"])
```

### MCP

The MCP server at `https://api.doitong.com/v1/mcp` exposes the tools `search_models`, `get_model`, `quote`, `run`, `get_request`, `cancel_request`, `list_requests`, `create_upload` and `get_account`. A `run` call for this model:

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "run",
    "arguments": {
      "model_id": "ace-step/audio-outpaint",
      "input": {
        "tags": "lofi, hiphop, drum and bass, trap, chill",
        "audio_url": "https://content.doitong.com/audio/showcase/v3/tools/dub_es.mp3"
      },
      "wait_seconds": 20
    }
  }
}
```

## Response

Every call returns a request object. `status` is one of `queued`, `running`, `succeeded`, `failed`, `canceled`. `outputs` lists the generated files with URLs on our storage (kept forever, or 7 days with `?storage=temporary`; `storage` says which); `output` is the model's own result object with the same URLs.

```json
{
  "id": "req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t",
  "object": "request",
  "model": "ace-step/audio-outpaint",
  "status": "succeeded",
  "created_at": "2026-10-20T12:00:00Z",
  "started_at": "2026-10-20T12:00:02Z",
  "completed_at": "2026-10-20T12:00:09Z",
  "queue_position": null,
  "cost": {
    "credits": 6,
    "usd": "0.006",
    "charged": 6,
    "refunded": 0
  },
  "input": {
    "tags": "lofi, hiphop, drum and bass, trap, chill",
    "audio_url": "https://content.doitong.com/audio/showcase/v3/tools/dub_es.mp3"
  },
  "output": {
    "audio": {
      "url": "https://content.doitong.com/dev-api/2026/10/20/req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t/0-output.mp3",
      "content_type": "audio/mpeg",
      "file_name": "0-output.mp3",
      "file_size": 1843200
    },
    "seed": 42,
    "tags": "lofi, hiphop, drum and bass, trap, chill",
    "lyrics": "[inst]"
  },
  "outputs": [
    {
      "type": "audio",
      "url": "https://content.doitong.com/dev-api/2026/10/20/req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t/0-output.mp3",
      "content_type": "audio/mpeg",
      "file_size": 1843200,
      "duration": 12,
      "stored": true
    }
  ],
  "error": null,
  "metrics": {
    "inference_seconds": 6.8
  },
  "urls": {
    "self": "https://api.doitong.com/v1/requests/req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t",
    "cancel": "https://api.doitong.com/v1/requests/req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t/cancel"
  }
}
```

### Output fields (`output`)

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `audio` | object {url, content_type, file_name, file_size} | Audiobestand dat door de generatie is geproduceerd. |
| `seed` | integer | Willekeurige seed die tijdens de generatie wordt gebruikt. |
| `tags` | string | Genretags die tijdens de generatie worden toegepast. |
| `lyrics` | string | Songteksten die tijdens de generatie worden toegepast. |

## Related models

- [ACE Step](https://doitong.com/developers/models/ace-step.md) (`ace-step`): $0.0002 / second
- [ACE Step Audio Inpaint](https://doitong.com/developers/models/ace-step/audio-inpaint.md) (`ace-step/audio-inpaint`): $0.0002 / second of input audio
- [ACE Step Audio To Audio](https://doitong.com/developers/models/ace-step/audio-to-audio.md) (`ace-step/audio-to-audio`): $0.0002 / second of input audio
- [ACE Step Prompt To Audio](https://doitong.com/developers/models/ace-step/prompt-to-audio.md) (`ace-step/prompt-to-audio`): $0.0002 / second
- [MiniMax Music 3](https://doitong.com/developers/models/minimax/music-3.md) (`minimax/music-3`): $0.002 / second
- [DiffRhythm: Lyrics to Song](https://doitong.com/developers/models/diffrhythm.md) (`diffrhythm`): $0.001 / second
- [Elevenlabs Music](https://doitong.com/developers/models/elevenlabs/music.md) (`elevenlabs/music`): $0.60 / minute of output audio
- [Elevenlabs Music v2](https://doitong.com/developers/models/elevenlabs/music/v2.md) (`elevenlabs/music/v2`): $0.60 / minute of output audio

## Links

- HTML page: https://doitong.com/developers/models/ace-step/audio-outpaint
- All models and guides for AI agents: https://doitong.com/developers/llms.txt
- OpenAPI 3.1 with this model's typed request body: https://doitong.com/developers/openapi.json?model=ace-step/audio-outpaint
- Errors: https://doitong.com/developers/docs/errors
- Model details as JSON: https://api.doitong.com/v1/models/ace-step/audio-outpaint