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Comprehensive guide to using Meta's AudioCraft for text-to-music and text-to-audio generation with MusicGen, AudioGen, and EnCodec.
When to use AudioCraft
Use AudioCraft when:
Need to generate music from text descriptions
Creating sound effects and environmental audio
Building music generation applications
Need melody-conditioned music generation
Want stereo audio output
Require controllable music generation with style transfer
Key features:
MusicGen: Text-to-music generation with melody conditioning
AudioGen: Text-to-sound effects generation
EnCodec: High-fidelity neural audio codec
Multiple model sizes: Small (300M) to Large (3.3B)
Stereo support: Full stereo audio generation
Style conditioning: MusicGen-Style for reference-based generation
Use alternatives instead:
Stable Audio: For longer commercial music generation
Bark: For text-to-speech with music/sound effects
Riffusion: For spectogram-based music generation
OpenAI Jukebox: For raw audio generation with lyrics
Quick start
Installation
# From PyPIpip install audiocraft
# From GitHub (latest)pip install git+https://github.com/facebookresearch/audiocraft.git
# Or use HuggingFace Transformerspip install transformers torch torchaudio
Basic text-to-music (AudioCraft)
import torchaudio
from audiocraft.models import MusicGen
# Load modelmodel = MusicGen.get_pretrained('facebook/musicgen-small')# Set generation parametersmodel.set_generation_params( duration=8,# seconds top_k=250, temperature=1.0)# Generate from textdescriptions =["happy upbeat electronic dance music with synths"]wav = model.generate(descriptions)# Save audiotorchaudio.save("output.wav", wav[0].cpu(), sample_rate=32000)
Using HuggingFace Transformers
from transformers import AutoProcessor, MusicgenForConditionalGeneration
import scipy
# Load model and processorprocessor = AutoProcessor.from_pretrained("facebook/musicgen-small")model = MusicgenForConditionalGeneration.from_pretrained("facebook/musicgen-small")model.to("cuda")# Generate musicinputs = processor( text=["80s pop track with bassy drums and synth"], padding=True, return_tensors="pt").to("cuda")audio_values = model.generate(**inputs, do_sample=True, guidance_scale=3, max_new_tokens=256)# Savesampling_rate = model.config.audio_encoder.sampling_rate
scipy.io.wavfile.write("output.wav", rate=sampling_rate, data=audio_values[0,0].cpu().numpy())
Text-to-sound with AudioGen
from audiocraft.models import AudioGen
# Load AudioGenmodel = AudioGen.get_pretrained('facebook/audiogen-medium')model.set_generation_params(duration=5)# Generate sound effectsdescriptions =["dog barking in a park with birds chirping"]wav = model.generate(descriptions)torchaudio.save("sound.wav", wav[0].cpu(), sample_rate=16000)
from audiocraft.models import MusicGen
import torchaudio
model = MusicGen.get_pretrained('facebook/musicgen-medium')# Configure generationmodel.set_generation_params( duration=30,# Up to 30 seconds top_k=250,# Sampling diversity top_p=0.0,# 0 = use top_k only temperature=1.0,# Creativity (higher = more varied) cfg_coef=3.0# Text adherence (higher = stricter))# Generate multiple samplesdescriptions =["epic orchestral soundtrack with strings and brass","chill lo-fi hip hop beat with jazzy piano","energetic rock song with electric guitar"]# Generate (returns [batch, channels, samples])wav = model.generate(descriptions)# Save eachfor i, audio inenumerate(wav): torchaudio.save(f"music_{i}.wav", audio.cpu(), sample_rate=32000)
Melody-conditioned generation
from audiocraft.models import MusicGen
import torchaudio
# Load melody modelmodel = MusicGen.get_pretrained('facebook/musicgen-melody')model.set_generation_params(duration=30)# Load melody audiomelody, sr = torchaudio.load("melody.wav")# Generate with melody conditioningdescriptions =["acoustic guitar folk song"]wav = model.generate_with_chroma(descriptions, melody, sr)torchaudio.save("melody_conditioned.wav", wav[0].cpu(), sample_rate=32000)
Stereo generation
from audiocraft.models import MusicGen
# Load stereo modelmodel = MusicGen.get_pretrained('facebook/musicgen-stereo-medium')model.set_generation_params(duration=15)descriptions =["ambient electronic music with wide stereo panning"]wav = model.generate(descriptions)# wav shape: [batch, 2, samples] for stereo
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Make data-driven prioritization decisions faster
Stakeholder Communication
Draft PRDs, status updates, and stakeholder presentations
βΊAccess to product documentation and roadmap tools (Jira, Notion, etc.)
βΊUnderstanding of product management frameworks (RICE, Jobs-to-be-Done, etc.)
βΊStakeholder contact information and communication channels
Time Estimate
30-60 minutes to see productivity improvements
Steps
1Install product management skill
2Start with user story generation for known feature
3Progress to competitive analysis: research 2-3 competitors
4Use for roadmap prioritization: apply RICE/ICE scoring
5Draft stakeholder communications and refine based on feedback
6Build template library for recurring PM tasks
7Share effective prompts with product team
Common Pitfalls
β Not validating competitive researchβverify facts before sharing
β Accepting user stories without involving engineering team
β Over-relying on frameworks without qualitative judgment
β Not customizing outputs to company culture and communication style
β Skipping stakeholder validation of generated requirements
Best Practices
β Do
+Validate research and competitive analysis with real data
+Collaborate with engineering when generating technical requirements
+Customize frameworks and templates to your company context
+Use skill for first drafts, refine with stakeholder input
+Document successful prompt patterns for PM tasks
+Combine AI efficiency with human judgment and intuition
β Don't
βDon't publish competitive analysis without fact-checking
βDon't finalize user stories without engineering review
βDon't make prioritization decisions solely on AI scoring
βDon't skip customer validation of generated requirements
βDon't ignore company-specific context and culture
π‘ Pro Tips
β Provide context: company goals, constraints, customer feedback
β Ask for alternatives: 'Show 3 ways to prioritize this roadmap'
β Request stakeholder-specific formatting: 'Executive summary vs. engineering spec'
β Use skill for 70% generation + 30% customization to company needs
When to Use This
β Use when
Use for user story writing, competitive research, roadmap prioritization, stakeholder communication, and PRD drafting. Best for reducing repetitive documentation and research work.
β Avoid when
Avoid for strategic product vision (requires deep customer empathy), pricing decisions (needs market and financial expertise), or when face-to-face customer discovery is more valuable than speed.
Learning Path
1Basic: user stories, feature specs, status updates