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Free & unlimited og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The BEST local AI music generator is here! Free & unlimited **[YouTube](https://daily.dev/sources/youtube)** · 26 min read · 27 upvotes · 3 comments ## Summary ACover of ACE-Step 1.5 XL, an open-source AI music generator that reportedly outperforms closed models like Suno v5 on benchmarks. The model supports diverse genres, multiple languages, vocals and instrumentals, and runs locally on consumer GPUs (12GB+ VRAM with CPU offload). The guide walks through installing UV, cloning the GitHub repo, downloading the XL Turbo model from HuggingFace, and configuring the web UI including CPU offloading, int8 quantization, and PyTorch model compilation for faster generation. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@bigmoses** · 2 upvotes > I cannot stress enough how I resent the AI-music movement. > Hearing AI generated music in restaurants, cafés and bars just feels plain wrong. It's supposed to be an art medium. **@hemna** · 0 upvotes > I tried it, it's output was terrible. total garbage. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Generate AI Music with ACE-Step 1.5](https://daily.dev/posts/generate-ai-music-with-ace-step-1-5-xaumzkcsv) · DigitalOcean Community · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#python](https://daily.dev/tags/python), [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#local-ai](https://daily.dev/tags/local-ai) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-best-local-ai-music-generator-is-here-free-unlimited-xfg8awmyx) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"The BEST local AI music generator is here! 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