Music generation using MusicGen

Large language models have been very successful in many fields. The idea of using a large model (typically a transformer) for other tasks is also very interesting. For example, we can create a large music model that can take text prompts as input and generate music as output. MusicGen is one of the models in this field.

Using MusicGen with the help of audiocraft is very easy. You need to follow these steps:

1. First, install the audiocraft library:

   pip install -U audiocraft

2. The next step is to load the model and set the generation duration for the music:

   from audiocraft.models import musicgen
   import torch
   model = musicgen.MusicGen.get_pretrained('medium',
       device='cuda')
   model.set_generation_params(duration=8)

3. Finally, you can pass the prompts to it and it will generate the music. You can also listen to it in your Colab environment:

   generated_music = model.generate([
       '80s rock music with...