Open-Source AI Music Generation
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YuE, an open-source AI music generator under the Apache 2 license, enables free local generation of full songs with no commercial use restrictions, unlike other AI music tools with potential ownership rights issues.
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The tool features a visual Gradio interface for non-coders, simplifying input of genre, lyrics, and song generation, while the original GitHub repo requires code-based interaction.
Technical Implementation
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Installation requires Git, cloning the UGP repo optimized for GPUs with <10GB VRAM, and the inference folder, totaling ~1.7GB, followed by creating a Conda virtual environment with Python 3.10+ and installing Torch 2.51 with CUDA 12.4.
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First-time run downloads a 5GB SafeTensor file; subsequent runs are faster, with an RTX 5000 GPU (16GB VRAM) generating a 50-second clip in 15-20 minutes.
AI Music Generation Capabilities
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YuE generates songs based on genre and lyrics input, producing consistent melodies across sections like choruses, but may skip some lyrics and lacks stereo width.
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The tool exhibits emergent properties like improvisation and freestyling when input lyrics don't match song length, resulting in interesting scatting or rap sections.
Customization and Future Potential
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The seed determines the generation starting point; setting the same seed with identical genre and lyrics produces identical output, while seed 0 generates random results.
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Being open-source, YuE is expected to improve over time, with potential optimizations for non-CUDA GPUs and lower VRAM usage, although current quality is mono and not suitable for publishing on major streaming platforms.
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