Challenges in Song Generation
Creating songs from text is a complex task that requires generating both vocals and instrumental music simultaneously. This process is more intricate than generating speech or instrumental music alone due to the unique combination of lyrics and melodies that express emotions. A significant barrier to progress in this field is the limited availability of quality open-source data, which hampers research and development.
Current Approaches and Limitations
Most existing text-to-music generation models struggle with realistic vocal generation. While transformer-based models and diffusion models excel in producing high-quality instrumental music, they face challenges when it comes to vocals. Current methods, such as Jukebox and MelodyLM, generate vocals and accompaniment separately, complicating the training and prediction processes and reducing overall control over the final song.
Introducing SongGen
To address these challenges, researchers developed SongGen, an auto-regressive transformer decoder that integrates a neural audio codec. This model predicts audio token sequences that are synthesized into complete songs. SongGen offers two generation modes: Mixed Mode and Dual-Track Mode.
Mixed Mode
In Mixed Mode, X-Codec encodes raw audio into discrete tokens, focusing on earlier codebooks to enhance vocal clarity. The Mixed Pro variant introduces an auxiliary loss specifically for vocals, improving their quality.
Dual-Track Mode
Dual-Track Mode generates vocals and accompaniment separately, synchronizing them through Parallel or Interleaving patterns. Parallel mode aligns tokens frame-by-frame, while Interleaving mode enhances interaction between vocals and accompaniment.
Data Processing and Evaluation
Due to the scarcity of public text-to-song datasets, an automated pipeline was created to process 8,000 hours of audio from various sources, ensuring quality through filtering strategies. SongGen was evaluated against models like Stable Audio Open and MusicGen, demonstrating superior performance in text relevance and vocal control.
Conclusion and Future Directions
SongGen simplifies text-to-song generation with its single-stage, auto-regressive transformer, showcasing strong performance in both mixed and dual-track modes. Its open-source nature makes it accessible for both beginners and experts, allowing for precise control over voice and instrument components. However, ethical considerations regarding voice mimicry must be addressed. As a foundational model in controllable text-to-song generation, SongGen paves the way for future advancements in audio quality and expressive singing synthesis.
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