Google MusicLM: How to Make Generative AI Music

May. 16, 2023

What is Google’s MusicLM AI Tool?

You can basically create your own music with simple text prompts. If you have got an idea about a particular type of music, but are unable to put your finger on it, MusicLM can drive your imagination and deliver what you want. Currently, MusicLMgenerates two tracks for your inputfor up to 20 seconds. But according to itsresearch paper, it’s capable of creating coherent music for up to 5 minutes.

With that said, let’s go ahead and learn how to use Google MusicLM to generate AI soundtracks.

1. Head over to theMusicLM websiteby Google and click on “Get Started.”

2. Now, click on “Register your interest” and join the waitlist. Users are being approved instantly so no need to wait further.

3. Next,sign in with the Google account, and you will have access to MusicLM right away.

4. Next, I entered the below prompt to generatemusic for the workout. It did a decent job at that.

5. And for those wondering how we got the samples embedded above, you can download the AI music with ease. Click the “three dots” icon next to the generated tracks andselect the “Download” optionfrom the pop-up menu.

While exploring Google MusicLM, it became clear that MusicLM is still an early demo of what AI can do in the music industry. Sometimes, it surprised me with its melodious output, and often, the generated music turned out to bedecent to average. In itsofficial video, Google demonstrated that MusicLM can create good music in different variations modeled on popular songs. However, in our testing, MusicLM completely failed to output similar results.Prompt: Jazz with saxophone bella ciao

It may be because Google has not fully released the model as it’s still part of the experimental AI Test Kitchen initiative. In the future, you mayget an option to upload your own humming audioand ask MusicLM to add a saxophone and render the music in jazz. I also asked it to create a fusion of Western rock and Indian classical music and the output was bad.

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