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Compact text-to-music model from AudioCraft for short instrumental generations.

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What it does

Text To Music

The small 300M model can run on smaller GPUs than the 16 GB recommendation for medium models.

Hardware figures are practical entry floors, not performance guarantees. Resolution, duration, precision, offloading and runtime versions can materially change memory use.

Strengths

  • Compact
  • Simple text conditioning
  • Mature AudioCraft code

Limits to know

  • Non-commercial weights
  • Short-form generation