Meta's new music AI could change how you craft soundtracks and tunes

Date:
Mon, 12 Jun 2023 20:04:44 +0000

Description:
Meta's new AI model, MusicGen, can help you create simple melodies or remix some famous compositions.

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The hills are alive with the sound of AI-generated music as Meta launches its new language learning model (LLM): the aptly named MusicGen.

Developed by the companys internal Audiocraft team, MusicGen is like a
musical version of ChatGPT . You enter a brief text description of the type
of music you want to hear, click Generate, and in a short amount of time, the AI creates a 12-second long track according to your instructions. For
example, someone can tell MusicGen to generate a lofi slow BPM electro chill [song] with organic samples and sure enough, the audio sounds like something youd hear on YouTubes Lofi Girl radio.

It is possible to steer MusicGen by uploading your own song so the AI has a better sense of structure. One of the developers for the LLM, Felix Kreuk, posted some samples of what this sounds like on his Twitter profile . As an example, MusicGen can take Sebastian Bachs famous Toccata and Fugue in D
Minor then add some drum beats and synths straight out of the 1980s to
produce a more upbeat version of the piece. We present MusicGen: A simple and controllable music generation model. MusicGen can be prompted by both text
and melody. We release code (MIT) and models (CC-BY NC) for open research, reproducibility, and for the music community: https://t.co/OkYjL4xDN7 pic.twitter.com/h1l4LGzYgf June 9, 2023 See more Availability

MusicGen is currently available to the public on Metas Hugging Face website for everybody to try out. Do be aware that, unlike Google's own AI music generator MusicLM , Meta's model can't do vocals, only instrumentals. This is probably for the best as MusicLM vocals sound a lot like Simlish . No one
will be able to understand a single thing.

To the musicians out there, you dont have to worry about losing your careers. The AI is decent at making simple, short melodies , but not much else. In our opinion, the quality isnt on the same level as something made with human ingenuity. Some of the songs can get pretty repetitive as MusicGen cycles through the same progressions multiple times. This tool can be useful for creating plain background audio for videos or presentations, but nothing
truly engaging. The next pop hit wont be AI-generated at least not yet . Act fast

If you are interested in trying out MusicGen, we recommend acting fast. First of all, the Hugging Face website is unstable. We had a ton of AI-generated songs ready to share. However, the web page crashed while working on this piece severing our connection to the tracks. We suspect the dead links were caused by sudden high user traffic. Hopefully, by the time you read this, Hugging Face is working properly.

The second reason is a more litigious one. On the official GitHub page , Meta states its team used 10,000 high-quality [licensed] music tracks plus royalty-free songs from Shutterstock and Pond5. Ever since the generative AI craze took off earlier this year, artists have begun to sue developers and platforms alike over illegal use of copyrighted works. Meta might soon find itself in the crosshairs of some crossed musicians. Even if it doesnt get
sued over using licensed music to train the LLM, record companies arent
afraid to flex their industry muscle to shut down this type of content.

If you're looking for details on how to use AI to generate images, be sure to check out TechRadars list of the best AI art generators for 2023.



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