OpenAI Jukebox

OpenAI Jukebox is an innovative tool that generates music, complete with singing, across various genres and artist styles. It employs a neural network to produce new musical pieces from provided inputs like genre, artist, and lyrics.

Description

Jukebox works by compressing raw audio into a lower-dimensional space before generating new audio samples. This process allows it to handle the complexity of music production, including the subtleties of human voice and instrument timbres. Users can influence the music generation process by specifying genres, artists, and lyrics, making Jukebox versatile in its output.

How to Use OpenAI Jukebox

To use this AI tool, you would need to clone the github repository code, install it and then run it locally in a Conda Environment, the code is provided as-is, no updates expected.

If you want to know more, the research paper can be found here.

Pros

• Generates music across different genres and styles.
• Capable of producing songs with rudimentary singing.
• Offers control over the generation process through artist, genre, and lyric conditioning.

Cons

• Generated music may lack some aspects of human-created compositions, like repeated choruses.
• Sampling process is slow, taking around 9 hours to render one minute of audio.
• Currently, its training is primarily on English lyrics and Western music.
• It is not an actual tool, you need to run it locally.

Pricing

Jukebox’s research page does not specify pricing, suggesting that it’s primarily a research tool with its model weights and code available for exploration by the public. As it is open Source we assume it is free to use.

Use Cases

• Creating new music in various artist styles and genres.
• Experimentation and research in music generation.
• Educational purposes, to study how AI can be applied to music.

FAQs

Can I use Jukebox to generate music in any genre? Yes, Jukebox can generate music in a wide range of genres, as long as you provide the necessary inputs regarding the genre, artist, and lyrics.

How long does it take to generate a song with Jukebox? It takes approximately 9 hours to render one minute of audio, due to the complexity of the model and the quality of the output.

Is Jukebox’s generated music ready for commercial use? Given its current limitations and the novelty of generated music, it might not be ready for commercial use without further refinement or creative input.