MusicGen small (musicgen), released 2023-06
Task: Music generation
Parameters: 0.3B
Mixture-of-experts: no
Precision: fp32
Recommended memory:
gb: 3
quant: fp32
Runs on CPU: no
Device classes: mac, nvidia, amd
Tools: AudioCraft, HF Transformers
Model license: CC-BY-NC-4.0 (commercial use: no)
License note: Model weights are CC-BY-NC 4.0 (non-commercial); the AudioCraft code is MIT.
Notes: Smallest MusicGen (300M), the most accessible music model. AudioCraft requires a GPU; the small model fits in roughly ~2-4GB VRAM (synthesis from the 300M fp32 weights plus EnCodec, no official figure). Weights are CC-BY-NC (non-commercial). Sources: HF card, AudioCraft MusicGen docs.