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yovoice is a free, open source app. Type your lyrics and a style, and it makes a song with singing on your Mac or Windows PC. No account and no fee per song.
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yovoice
yovoice is a free, open source voice and music app made by leemysw. In the app you type lyrics and a style, and it makes a song with vocals on your own computer. For anything for your business, use the ACE-Step 1.5 model: the people who made that model say the music it makes can be used commercially. We made a 45 second song in about 22 seconds on a fast Mac Studio. I am not saying it sounds as good as Suno, so listen to each song before you use it. For comparison, Suno charges $8 or $24 a month for plans with commercial rights, and its free plan has none.
What you need. An Apple chip Mac on macOS 14 or later (16 GB of memory recommended for songs), or a Windows PC. About 7 GB of free space for the app and the song model.
Install yovoice, the free open source voice and music app, on this computer. 1. Check this computer. On a Mac it needs an Apple chip and macOS 14 or later. Tell me how much memory it has (16 GB or more is recommended for songs) and how much free disk space (the song model needs about 6 GB). 2. Download only from https://github.com/leemysw/yovoice/releases/latest . On a Mac use the file ending in macos-arm64.dmg. On Windows use the file ending in windows-x64-setup.exe. Also download SHA256SUMS.txt from the same release and check the file against it. If it does not match, stop and tell me. 3. On a Mac, copy yovoice into Applications. Do not change my security settings. 4. Tell me to open yovoice, download the engine and the ACE-Step 1.5 Turbo model in Settings, and make songs with the ACE-Step 1.5 model. 5. Do not set up voice cloning, and do not choose YuE2, OmniVoice or Breeze TTS. Those models are for non-commercial use only. Do not sign me up for anything.
What yovoice does, and what it does not
It does not
- Promise Suno quality. Listen before you use a song
- Get every word clear. Some lyrics come out mumbled
- Make every model safe for business. YuE2, OmniVoice and Breeze TTS are non-commercial
- Run on Intel Macs
It does
- Make a song with vocals from your lyrics and a style
- Make the song on your own computer, with no account
- Let you pick the model, including ACE-Step 1.5, whose makers allow commercial use
- Read text out loud too (text to speech)
✦ Set it up
Set it up in 4 steps
Make a song with vocals on your own computer.
Who it's for
Anyone who wants a jingle or a short song for a class, a launch or an ad, without a monthly music subscription.
What you need
- An Apple chip Mac on macOS 14 or later. Intel Macs are not supported. 16 GB of memory or more is recommended for songs.
- Or a Windows PC. Songs are slow without a strong NVIDIA graphics card (the docs suggest 12 GB of video memory).
- About 7 GB of free disk space. The ACE-Step 1.5 Turbo model alone is about 6 GB.
- Your own lyrics, or an idea for them.
The steps by hand
- Check your computer. On a Mac you need an Apple chip and macOS 14 or later, and 16 GB of memory or more is recommended for songs. Windows works too, but songs are slow without a strong NVIDIA graphics card.
- Open the download page (the button above). On a Mac, download the file ending in macos-arm64.dmg, open it and drag yovoice into Applications. On Windows, download the file ending in windows-x64-setup.exe and run it.
- Open yovoice. In Settings, download the engine, then the ACE-Step 1.5 Turbo model. The model is about 6 GB, so give it 10 to 30 minutes on home wifi.
- Make your song in the app: choose the ACE-Step 1.5 model, type a style (for example "upbeat acoustic pop") and your lyrics with [verse] and [chorus] tags, pick a length and generate.
A starter song to try (change the words to your own)
Style: upbeat acoustic pop, warm female vocal, happy Lyrics: [verse] Morning light at Sunny Yoga Breathe in slow, let it go [chorus] Come and stretch with us Everybody's welcome, come on down
How I'd use it
- Make a short jingle for a class, a launch or an ad. Twenty seconds is plenty.
- Write lyrics with [verse] and [chorus] tags and enough lines to fill the length. Very short lyrics just get repeated.
- Make two or three versions, listen all the way through, and keep the one where the words are clearest.
Honest limits, costs and licence
- Use ACE-Step 1.5 for anything for your business. Its makers (MIT licence) say the music it makes can be used commercially. YuE2, OmniVoice and Breeze TTS are for non-commercial use only. This is the model makers' statement, not legal advice, and AI music may not get copyright protection.
- Quality varies. In my test the singing was clear in places and mumbled in others. Listen to every song before you post it.
- The first setup downloads about 6 GB, so it takes a while on home wifi.
- I tested the app's own engine and the ACE-Step model, not every screen of the app, so your buttons may look a little different from my steps.
- The Mac app checks GitHub for updates every 4 hours and downloads models when you ask. I found no tracking code.
- It is new (September 2026) and made mostly by one developer, so updates depend on them.
- Suno for comparison: Pro $8 a month and Premier $24 a month, both with commercial rights. Suno Free has no commercial rights (suno.com, 7 Nov 2026).
- The app is free and open source under the Apache-2.0 licence.
Links
Why I share it
I don't make yovoice and nobody pays me to share it. It's a free tool I think is worth ten minutes of your time. Try it this week and tell me what you used it for first.
✦ Get unstuck
Stuck? Find your line.
It says I need a newer Mac or macOS
On a Mac, yovoice needs an Apple chip and macOS 14 or later. Intel Macs are not supported. Click the Apple menu, then About This Mac to check.
The model download is taking forever
The ACE-Step 1.5 Turbo model is about 6 GB. Leave it running on good wifi, 10 to 30 minutes is normal. Keep your computer awake until it finishes.
Which model do I pick?
ACE-Step 1.5 for any song you will use in your business. Skip YuE2, OmniVoice and Breeze TTS for business, because their licences are non-commercial.
The words are hard to understand
Use [verse] and [chorus] tags and write enough lines to fill the length. Each run comes out different, so make two or three and keep the clearest one.
It is very slow on Windows
The basic Windows setup runs on the processor, which is slow for songs. If you have an NVIDIA graphics card, use one of the cuda setup files from the same download page.
Is there a catch?
Free and open source (Apache-2.0), made mostly by one developer, leemysw. Use the ACE-Step 1.5 model for business. Some other models in the app (YuE2, OmniVoice, Breeze TTS) are for non-commercial use only. The Mac app checks GitHub for updates when it opens and every 4 hours, and downloads models when you ask. I found no tracking code in it. Your lyrics and songs are made on your computer.
My screen looks different from the steps
Apps change their screens. Use the official links above, which the people who make yovoice keep up to date.
None of these fixed it
Email joe@mastermindshq.business. Say which step you were on and paste what you saw.
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