DGX Music - AI-Powered Music Production Platform

Production-grade AI music generation and editing system for NVIDIA DGX Spark

Overview

DGX Music is a comprehensive AI-powered music production platform that brings cutting-edge music generation capabilities to professional DAW workflows. Built specifically for NVIDIA DGX Spark hardware, this system combines state-of-the-art open source AI models with traditional music production tools to enable natural language music creation, real-time editing, and professional-quality output.

Key Capabilities

  • Full Song Generation: Generate complete songs with vocals and accompaniment using YuE and DiffRhythm models
  • Genre-Specific Training: Fine-tuned models for hip-hop and EDM/dubstep production
  • DAW Integration: Seamless integration with Ardour DAW via MCP (Model Context Protocol)
  • Text-to-Music Pipeline: Natural language prompts → MIDI → rendered audio
  • Real-Time Editing: Edit generated music with professional plugins and virtual instruments
  • Production Architecture: Scalable Kubernetes deployment with 110GB memory optimization

Target Hardware

  • Platform: NVIDIA DGX Spark
  • Memory: 128GB unified LPDDR5x
  • GPU: NVIDIA GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip
  • CPU: 20-core ARM (10x Cortex-X925 + 10x Cortex-A725)
  • Storage: 4TB SSD

Quick Start

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/[your-org]/dgx-music.git
cd dgx-music
 
# Run initialization
just init
 
# Start services
tilt up

Architecture

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                    ARDOUR DAW                               │
│            Professional music editing                        │
└─────────┬────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────┘
          │                            │
    ┌─────▼─────────┐          ┌──────▼──────────┐
    │  AI Generation│          │  Audio Rendering │
    │  - YuE        │          │  - FluidSynth    │
    │  - DiffRhythm │          │  - Carla Host    │
    │  - MusicGen   │          │  - VST/LV2       │
    └───────┬───────┘          └──────────────────┘
            │
    ┌───────▼───────────────────────────────────┐
    │     Orchestration & Storage               │
    │  PostgreSQL | Redis | FAISS | Kubernetes  │
    └───────────────────────────────────────────┘

Core Technologies

AI Models

ModelPurposeLicenseVRAM
YuEFull song generationApache 2.024-80GB
DiffRhythmFast rhythm synthesisApache 2.08GB
MusicGenControllable music genMIT8-24GB
JASCOChord-conditioned genMIT8GB

Production Stack

  • DAW: Ardour 8.8+ (GPL)
  • Audio Server: Jack Audio
  • Plugin Host: Carla
  • MIDI Rendering: FluidSynth
  • Source Separation: Demucs v4
  • Transcription: Spotify Basic Pitch
  • Database: PostgreSQL 15+
  • Cache: Redis
  • Vector Search: FAISS
  • Orchestration: Kubernetes + Tilt

Documentation

Research Documents

Comprehensive research and planning documents located in /docs:

  1. AI Music Generation Research

    • Complete pipeline exploration (text → MIDI → audio)
    • Technology stack evaluation (MusicGen, Text2MIDI, FluidSynth)
    • Virtual instruments and synthesis options
    • Implementation roadmap and workflows
  2. AI Music Training Research

    • Training methodologies for hip-hop and dubstep/EDM
    • DGX Spark optimization strategies
    • Dataset curation and preprocessing
    • Fine-tuning recipes and best practices
    • Multi-stage training approaches
  3. Cutting-Edge Music AI 2024-2025

    • Latest open source models survey
    • ARM/Linux compatibility analysis
    • Integration architecture for Ardour
    • Installation guides and benchmarks
    • Production workflows and examples
  4. DGX Spark Production Architecture

    • Memory allocation table (110GB optimized)
    • Service dependency graph
    • API communication patterns
    • Performance expectations and benchmarks
    • Deployment strategy and monitoring

Project Structure

dgx-music/
├── docs/                          # Research and documentation
├── services/                      # Microservices
│   ├── orchestrator/             # Main orchestration agent
│   ├── generation/               # AI generation workers
│   ├── rendering/                # Audio rendering services
│   └── integration/              # Ardour/DAW integration
├── k8s/                          # Kubernetes manifests
├── scripts/                      # Nushell automation scripts
├── configs/                      # Configuration files
├── Justfile                      # Task automation
├── Tiltfile                      # Development environment
└── README.md                     # This file

Development Workflow

Prerequisites

  • NVIDIA DGX Spark with CUDA 12.1+
  • Kubernetes cluster (or local k3s)
  • Tilt CLI
  • Just command runner
  • Nushell

Common Tasks

# Initialize project
just init
 
# Start development environment
tilt up
 
# Run tests
just test
 
# Generate music (example)
just generate "trap beat with 808 bass 140 BPM"
 
# Train custom model
just train-model hip-hop dataset/
 
# Deploy to production
just deploy production

Roadmap

Phase 1: Foundation (Weeks 1-2)

  • Research compilation
  • Infrastructure setup
  • Basic MIDI pipeline
  • Ardour integration prototype

Phase 2: AI Integration (Weeks 3-4)

  • Model deployment (MusicGen, DiffRhythm)
  • Generation API
  • Real-time transcription
  • Stem separation

Phase 3: Production (Weeks 5-6)

  • Kubernetes deployment
  • Performance optimization
  • Monitoring and logging
  • User workflows

Phase 4: Advanced Features (Weeks 7-8)

  • Genre-specific fine-tuning
  • Multi-track generation
  • Style transfer
  • Production presets

Contributing

This project uses an orchestrator/subagent pattern for development. See CONTRIBUTING.md for details on:

  • Development workflow
  • Code standards
  • Testing requirements
  • Issue management

Performance

Expected performance on DGX Spark:

OperationLatencyThroughput
16s music generation12-18s3.5 req/min
MIDI → Audio rendering0.5-1.2s20+ req/min
Audio-to-MIDI transcription<1sReal-time
Full song (4m45s)~10sDiffRhythm

License

  • Code: Apache 2.0
  • Models: See individual model licenses in documentation
  • Research: CC-BY-4.0

Acknowledgments

Built on research from:

  • Meta AI Research (AudioCraft, Demucs)
  • Stability AI (Stable Audio)
  • Spotify Research (Basic Pitch)
  • ASLP Lab (DiffRhythm)
  • M-A-P/HKUST (YuE)
  • Ardour Community

Citation

If you use this work in research, please cite:

@software{dgx_music_2025,
  title = {DGX Music: AI-Powered Music Production Platform},
  author = {Raibid Labs},
  year = {2025},
  url = {https://github.com/raibid-labs/dgx-music}
}

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Status: Research Complete, Implementation in Progress Last Updated: November 6, 2025 Version: 0.1.0-alpha