So a new model was released when I wasn't looking. Thanks for letting me know, you douche. It's really good. Really good, much better than 1.5. Must be the textile recoder thing. I've heard that those are good. Lately I've been using MiniMax Music, with Ace relegated to remixing (which MM can't do). But I am pleasantly surprised at the quality of the new model.

• There is a full model and a turbo model (links in the WF). I'm not sure why, but the remix group does not work well with the full model, so use turbo for that. I have to fiddle with the settings to see what it doesn't like.

• Steps+CFG are handled by a Turbo? switch in the loader subgraph. This toggle does not switch the models, that would just be an annoyance if you don't want to download both of them. I know how you hate red nodes. Turbo is the default.

• I ditched the calculation logic - if you go over to the MM music template and punch in your lyrics- it will spit out a song length that fits them (if it's within the cap you set). That works much better for finding the optimal length.

• The remix/cover section is totally redone - I've imported my cover workflow as a group. Uses ROTI nodes, which you should already have. If you don't there is definitely something wrong with you.

• If rgthree is giving your comfy front end fits, you can delete the bypasser and manually bypass the unused mode group.

Old v2 description:

So the new model is here, 1.5 Turbo. It's pretty great. It has its idiosyncrasies, like the previous version, they're just different. The very latest comfyui update has native Ace-Step nodes, so all you really need is to update comfy. I've got a bunch of custom nodes in the new workflow, but none of them are required for the actual encoding/sampling. It's all logic. I could not switch the latents in the old version, but I can with these, so there is a switch for toggling between new empty latent and inpainting (remixing). There is also a switch if you want to compare models. The AIO is a checkpoint, and goes just where you think it does. The other way to do it is with the diffusion model, two text encoders (dual-clip loader) and a VAE. If you just want one method, delete the loaders you don't need and the switch.

The new encoding node has many more features. Since it now has a BPM widget, figuring out the appropriate word count can be tricky. So I automated all of that annoying stuff. Just enter your duration and your BPM and after running you will get the calculations that tell you (based on your lyrics and the widget values you set) the total number of bars in the song, what the optimal word count is, what your actual count is, and the difference between the two. This can help you dial it in. A lot of artifacts people get are coming from a mismatch between their duration and the prompt. It's not the model- it's you. You suck, stop it.

I included a slider in the logic section to adjust the vocal speed as part of the calculated values. For example, a really fast rapper vs a melismatic diva.

A note on the time signature - because the input to the signature is a combo, I had difficulty connecting it to the logic (and it most definitely needs to be) so there is a separate INT node for the logic. If you change the time signature on the encoder, make sure to change it on the INT node. It's right next to it. This will ensure that your calculations are correct.

If you don't have any experience with TTS and have no idea what temperature, p and k values are, don't mess with them too much. It's a bit like CFG, they target specific ranges and limits on how much freedom the model has. Best bet is to leave them alone, CFG too, and focus mainly on the prompting. The model is now better at natural-language prompting in the style section. Don't go by my default text, that's just carried over from the previous workflow. It can be written out descriptively now instead of being parsed into simple tokens.

Euler works pretty good as a base. Others work as well, dpmpp_2m gives interesting results. Just be warned that it has no idea what a key is. Your output will be a multimodal wet dream. It's pretty cool if that effect is what you want.

Original v1 description:

This is pretty much Ace-Step right out of the box. It's there in the templates. I post this what for to remind you that it exists. Silent movies are boring. And none of you even have the decency to include intertitles. Admittedly, they'd have to be mostly onomatopoeia, but you could try. Here is a friendly reminder that you can make awful music just as easily as you make awful pictures. Easier actually. Way, way easier. Just use it. You don't even need to download this workflow. It's right there. End of PSA.