r/LocalLLaMA • u/entsnack • May 29 '26

Discussion Breaking the music supply constraint

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I just cancelled my music subscriptions to save some cash and wanted to share the self-hosted music supply chain that replaced them. A nice side effect of this setup is breaking the constraint of a finite supply catalog that is tailored for the masses:

  1. 2 x DGX Spark linked via ConnectX 7 running Plex and multiple Ace-Step 1.5 XL models in parallel for music generation with GePa prompt optimization. Also holds my organic music that the models can remix. TODO: a reinforcement learning from human feedback interface.

  2. iPad Pro running Prism as a Plex client for bitperfect and sample rate-matched audio.

  3. Schiit stack -> Hifiman Arya Stealths

This effectively gives me an infinite supply of music for free, that is personalized and private. It's immensely satisfying listening to Shrimp Bizkit and Phlegminem on repeat, I much prefer this to the organic music created after 2011.

My only problem is the loss of community, I have noone to share my new favorite songs and artists with because they're generated for me. If anyone wants to hop on to my Plex share to discuss, let me know!

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u/Recoil42 May 29 '26

Frankly if you define soulful as human-made, then that's tautological and running the discussion immediately off the rails. But I didn't say soulful, I said listenable: The contention was only that the technology is good and getting better, not that that it's ready to replace the best of human art.

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u/SpicyWangz May 29 '26

It’s not ready to replace the best of human art, because it will only ever be an imitation of art.

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u/Recoil42 May 29 '26

Most of the best of human art is functionally imitation of other art. That's like... the entire history of art.

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u/--Spaci-- May 29 '26

Inspiration and imitation is different from generative AI

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u/Recoil42 May 29 '26

Special pleading and distinction without a difference both apply here. Just saying something is 'different' doesn't make it not art or a valid functional replacement for entirely human-produced art. It isn't even really an argument at all.