What 564 documented genres reveal about how Suno's settings actually behave

Description and use

By leveraging a public catalogue of 564 genres, users can precisely tune Suno’s generation parameters, avoiding unverified advice and achieving more predictable outcomes.

Problem

Users rely on unverified advice for Suno’s generation settings, leading to inconsistent or unintended outputs.

Outcome

By grounding parameter choices in the empirical catalogue, users achieve more reliable genre adherence and creative control, reducing trial‑and‑error and improving workflow efficiency.

Workflow

• 1. Download the public‑domain style catalogue (CSV/JSON/Parquet).
• 2. Inspect the style influence column: values range 78–100, median 92. Adjust in 2–3 point increments rather than 10.
• 3. Examine weirdness values: only 46 styles exceed 50, indicating genre‑specific thresholds. Avoid setting weirdness >50 unless targeting those genres.
• 4. Check tempo: most styles have BPM 45–220; nine free‑time styles have null/empty tempo—leave tempo unset for them.
• 5. Use the catalogue to select a style, then set style influence and weirdness according to its documented values for desired genre fidelity and creativity.
• 6. Generate music with Suno, observing that outputs now align more closely with the chosen genre and creative intent.
• 7. Iterate by adjusting only one parameter at a time to understand its effect.
• 8. Document any discrepancies in the GitHub issue template for community improvement.

Evidence

Style influence runs from 78 to 100. Eighty per cent of the catalogue sits at 90 or above.

Source

Weirdness and style influence are correlated at -0.455 across the 564 styles.

Source

Nine of the 564 styles carry no tempo at all.

Source