88Z AI, 5 June — Google's Magenta team releases Magenta RealTime 2, offering two versions optimized for Apple Silicon. It significantly reduces latency and supports various control methods, accompanied by new tools for low-latency improvisation on Mac.
At a glance
- MRT2 is optimized for Apple Silicon with latency reduced to ~200ms
- Jam app and plugins launched for Mac-based improvisational ensemble
The update
Google's Magenta team has officially launched Magenta RealTime 2, a local real-time AI music model. The release includes a 2.4B high-quality version and a 230M high-speed version, both optimized specifically for Apple Silicon architecture. By adopting a frame-by-frame generation architecture, the model reduces processing latency from 3 seconds to approximately 200 milliseconds, while supporting control via text, MIDI, and audio styles. Concurrently, the free instrument app Jam and DAW plugins were released to help users achieve low-latency improvisational ensemble experiences on Mac devices.
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