Most "AI song makers" are trained on English pop and treat Hindi as an afterthought. Autunes is built the other way round: Hindi, Bollywood and regional Indian music are the core, and the singer reads Devanagari directly. This is a practical walkthrough of making a Hindi song from nothing but text, and what free actually covers.
Two ways to start
Describe the song and let the AI write the lyrics, or bring your own. Description mode is fastest: "romantic Hindi song, soft male vocal, acoustic guitar and strings, monsoon evening, 80 BPM". Own-lyrics mode is for when the words matter: paste them in Devanagari with [Verse] and [Chorus] tags and the AI composes around them.
- Write lyrics in Devanagari, not Hinglish, for clean pronunciation.
- Pick the vocal language explicitly as Hindi.
- Say the singer you want: male, female, duet, soft, powerful.
What the free tier gives you
Every new account gets 15 free credits once, on signup (there is no daily refill), enough for one Hindi song without a card. Free songs use Zori5 Turbo (10 credits) from a description, or Zori5.5 XL (15 credits) when you paste your own lyrics. Listening is free; to keep the file, a Free download is ₹9 per song and includes commercial use. Pay ₹99 or more in one go, for example a credit top-up, and every song you make after that downloads free. Pro and Creator add XL on any prompt, longer songs on Creator, more takes per generation and a commercial licence with 0% royalties.
Getting a Bollywood sound
For a film-style Hindi song, name the era and the instruments: "90s Bollywood romantic, tabla, strings, flute, male-female duet" or "modern Bollywood dance, punchy drums, synth bass, female vocal, 126 BPM". Ask for a duet and write the parts with tags like [Male] and [Female]. Keep the chorus short and repeat it in the text.
After the first take
Use Variations to hear a different melody on the same lyrics, Edit Section to fix one part, Stem Separation to pull the vocal out for a reel, and the Studio to add layers. The download is a normal MP3 you can post anywhere (₹9 per song on Free, included on Pro and Creator).