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How to Train a Gen AI Kick Drum Model on Your Old Linux Desktop with 6GB VRAM

https://www.zhinit.dev/blog/training-a-kick-drum-diffusion-model
25•zhinit•2h ago

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pringk02•1h ago
I just wish it had samples! I want to hear it
zhinit•43m ago
For sure! I just added a couple
motoxpro•32m ago
They sound cool! Add a few more! :P
jdalgetty•21m ago
I was hoping to hear some songs using these samples!
kleiba2•1h ago
I have to admit I don't understand what exactly the problem is we're trying to solve with ML here...?
tgv•1h ago
Decomposing sounds from (fully produced?) tracks into underlying components, and then giving the user the option to synthesize them with different parameter settings. I think.
pennomi•31m ago
I was trying (and failing) to do this the other day. It’s a really interesting problem space and I love to see someone with a more solid foundation give it a try.
zhinit•1h ago
I wouldn't exactly say it's trying to solve a problem. It's to explore and see what happens which is what music is all about. It's also a unique niche model I haven't seen before.
mock-possum•1h ago
This is a really really fun sounding project - ironically, because there are no audio samples provided at all. I would have thought a music producer creating samples for music would naturally let you listen to what they were making.
zhinit•44m ago
Good point! I just added a couple at the end of the intro
lardosaurusrex•49m ago
I always roll my eyes when I see LLM weirdos talk about getting models to run on "old" hardware and finding out it's hardware that's still better than what most people have access to.

It doesn't make it any less impressive to those who know what hardware requirements for LLMs usually is/are but for those with no idea it usually ends up reinforcing bitterness towards it as they feel annoyed that their own hardware is somehow worse and yet are unable to upgrade because of said LLMs stealing all the hardware in the world all while RAM/memory/storage manufacturers manipulate the market(s) against them.

zhinit•31m ago
For sure.

If you are curious I used a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER So to be exact, it came out 7 years ago (I upgraded at some point on this desktop a long time ago and didn't remember the exact year) (I updated the article to reflect this now)

This cost $230 new and you can get one now for $100 which I don't think is too out of reach.

jdboyd•16m ago
Saying 10yo 6GB will make most people think you are talking about a Geforce GTX 1060.
zhinit•3m ago
That was an oversight. The tower is more than 10 years old. I updated the article to be exact now
jdboyd•4m ago
The Geforce GTX 1060 launched 10 years ago with a MSRP of $249. It spend 5 years and 4 months as the #1 card according to the Steam Hardware Survey. That makes it hard to feel that it is fair to accuse it of still being better than what most people have access to, unless you are asserting that most people have access to no GPU at all, which is likely accurate, but not likely to be accurate here, nor in any sort of enthusiast circumstance. If you lump the Intel Xe built in graphics (started with the 11th gen Core Is) and the Intel UHD (launched with 8th gen Core Is) together, the combined group would come in 6th place, with the 5 places above that in commonness for people who are actively playing steam games all being considerably faster than the Geforce GTX 1060 or Geforce GTX 1660 cards.

Interestingly, now the #1 GPU is the GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile version, which I believe is the first time the top has been a laptop chip instead of desktop chip.Items #2 and #3 on the list are the 2 generation old RTX 3060, followed by the 1 generation newer RTX 4060. 4th and 5th are RTX 5070 and RTX 3050.

juancn•11m ago
Excellent article! I think it has the right level of detail, one question though: why the shape of the tensor? 4x8x11.

That I didn't get from the text.

johndear223•6m ago
Articles like this are why I come back to HN. Interesting technically, kinda novel and fun. Got me thinking about datasets that may be sitting on old HDD, got TBs of old video and audio from projects of past. Blogs like this help point the way.. Now if only I had the time..

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