Shao
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What it does
- Audience
- The current release is mainly intended for researchers and developers familiar with GPU servers and Docker/CUDA workflows.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Audio export formats
- mp3_and_wavchecked 22 Sep 2026
- Audio upload
- Nochecked 22 Sep 2026
- Commercial use
- Nochecked 22 Sep 2026
- Compute requirements
- The full inference pipeline recommends an NVIDIA GPU with at least 24GB VRAM, Docker, NVIDIA Container Toolkit, and a CUDA-compatible driver.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Demo
- The project links to an online audio demo page for generated samples.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- The project provides a web UI that users can run locally with its backend.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Deployment guide
- The maker lists a full deployment guide for musicians and beginners as coming soon.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Generation pipeline
- Its two-stage pipeline generates coarse acoustic tokens, completes higher RVQ token layers with super-resolution, and decodes them into a waveform.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Included components
- The release includes a frontend UI, FastAPI backend dispatcher, single-GPU inference worker, and an end-to-end audio generation path.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Inference limitation
- The maker says results may vary across GPU types and that incompatible containers or software versions can cause severely degraded, noise-like audio.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The current release is mainly intended for researchers and developers familiar with GPU servers and Docker/CUDA workflows.checked 12 Oct 2026
- License
- The model weights are stated to be intended for release under CC BY-NC 4.0.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Model representation
- The system uses a 64-layer RVQ acoustic-token hierarchy.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Model weights license
- The model weights are currently intended to be released under CC BY-NC 4.0.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Product
- Shao is an open-source system for generating high-fidelity, full-length music from text descriptions and lyric conditions.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Prompt controls
- Natural-language prompts and lyrics can control style, mood, vocals, and content.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Shao is an open-source system for generating full-length music from text descriptions and lyric conditions.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Runtime limitation
- Generation quality can vary with GPU architecture and software versions, and bit-identical output across different GPU types is not guaranteed.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Stem export
- Nochecked 22 Sep 2026
- Support
- The project README directs users to a WeChat group for discussion, usage questions, and future updates.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Technical components
- The implementation uses a FastAPI backend and a Vite/React frontend, and acknowledges NVIDIA NGC, Megatron, and Hugging Face among its project tools.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Text and lyric control
- Natural-language prompts and lyrics can control music style, mood, vocals, and content.checked 12 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Supported platforms
- webchecked 22 Sep 2026
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