Meta, a technology company based in the United States, announced last week that it had developed an innovative AI music processor that generates music based on natural language descriptions. This development comes on the heels of Google’s January release of MusicLM, which also generates music based on text prompts or humming.
Meta has developed an AI music processor
Meta’s new AI music processor, named MusicGen, has been trained on an impressive 20,000 hours of music, making it an excellent tool for generating music quickly and efficiently. MusicGen can generate a 12-second clip within a couple of minutes, which is faster than other comparable programs. According to their evaluations, Meta found MusicGen to be a superior program compared to other similar programs such as MusicLM, Diffusion, and Noise2Music. Both objective and subjective measures showed that MusicGen was more successful in generating quality music based on natural language descriptions. MusicGen is seen as a potentially invaluable aid for composers and performers who need to generate new music quickly. The AI music processor can also help generate music for TV shows and movies, adding a new dimension to the creative process.
Meta tested three versions of their MusicGen model
The three models varied in the amount of music detail provided: 300 million, 1.5 billion, and 3.3 billion parameters. The results revealed that humans preferred the middle range (1.5 billion parameter) model. Interestingly, the model with the highest number of parameters generated music with the highest accuracy based on text and audio input. This suggests that the more detailed the model is, the more accurate the music output it generates will be. However, users must be cautious when using MusicGen and make sure they do not include song or artist names in their descriptions. Doing so could potentially expose them to copyright infringement.
Despite these concerns, MusicGen is a game-changer for the music industry. It offers a new and exciting way for composers and performers to generate music quickly, and for TV and movie productions to create a new dimension of creativity.