ACE-Step 1.5

Pushing the Boundaries of Open-Source Music Generation

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Table of Contents

• ✨ Features
• 📦 Installation
• 🚀 Usage
• 🔨 Train
• 🏗️ Architecture
• 🦁 Model Zoo

📝 Abstract

We present ACE-Step v1.5, a highly efficient foundation model that democratizes commercial-grade music production on consumer hardware. Optimized for local deployment (<4GB VRAM), the model accelerates generation by over 100× compared to traditional pure LM architectures, producing superior high-fidelity audio in seconds characterized by coherent semantics and exceptional melodies. At its core lies a novel hybrid architecture where the Language Model (LM) functions as an omni-capable planner: it transforms simple user queries into comprehensive song blueprints—scaling from short loops to 10-minute compositions—while synthesizing metadata, lyrics, and captions via Chain-of-Thought to guide the Diffusion Transformer (DiT). Uniquely, this alignment is achieved through intrinsic reinforcement learning relying solely on the model’s internal mechanisms, thereby eliminating the biases inherent in external reward models or human preferences. Beyond standard synthesis, ACE-Step v1.5 unifies precise stylistic control with versatile editing capabilities—such as cover generation, repainting, and vocal-to-BGM conversion—while maintaining strict adherence to prompts across 50+ languages.

✨ Features

⚡ Performance

• ✅ Ultra-Fast Generation — 0.5s to 10s generation time on A100 (depending on think mode & diffusion steps)
• ✅ Flexible Duration — Supports 10 seconds to 10 minutes (600s) audio generation
• ✅ Batch Generation — Generate up to 8 songs simultaneously

🎵 Generation Quality

• ✅ Commercial-Grade Output — Quality between Suno v4.5 and Suno v5
• ✅ Rich Style Support — 1000+ instruments and styles with fine-grained timbre description
• ✅ Multi-Language Lyrics — Supports 50+ languages with lyrics prompt for structure & style control

🎛️ Versatility & Control

📦 Installation

Requirements: Python 3.11, CUDA GPU recommended (works on CPU/MPS but slower)

1. Install uv (Package Manager)

# macOS / Linux
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

# Windows (PowerShell)
powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -c "irm https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | iex"

2. Clone & Install

git clone https://github.com/ACE-Step/ACE-Step-1.5.git
cd ACE-Step-1.5
uv sync

3. Launch

🖥️ Gradio Web UI (Recommended)

uv run acestep

Open http://localhost:7860 in your browser. Models will be downloaded automatically on first run.

🌐 REST API Server

uv run acestep-api

API runs at http://localhost:8001. See API Documentation for endpoints.

Command Line Options

Gradio UI (acestep):

Examples:

# Public access with Chinese UI
uv run acestep --server-name 0.0.0.0 --share --language zh

# Pre-initialize models on startup
uv run acestep --init_service true --config_path acestep-v15-turbo

Development

# Add dependencies
uv add package-name
uv add --dev package-name

# Update all dependencies
uv sync --upgrade

🚀 Usage

We provide multiple ways to use ACE-Step:

📚 Documentation available in: English | 中文 | 日本語

🔨 Train

See the LoRA Training tab in Gradio UI for one-click training, or check Gradio Guide - LoRA Training for details.

🏗️ Architecture

🦁 Model Zoo

DiT Models

LM Models

📜 License & Disclaimer

This project is licensed under MIT

ACE-Step enables original music generation across diverse genres, with applications in creative production, education, and entertainment. While designed to support positive and artistic use cases, we acknowledge potential risks such as unintentional copyright infringement due to stylistic similarity, inappropriate blending of cultural elements, and misuse for generating harmful content. To ensure responsible use, we encourage users to verify the originality of generated works, clearly disclose AI involvement, and obtain appropriate permissions when adapting protected styles or materials. By using ACE-Step, you agree to uphold these principles and respect artistic integrity, cultural diversity, and legal compliance. The authors are not responsible for any misuse of the model, including but not limited to copyright violations, cultural insensitivity, or the generation of harmful content.

🔔 Important Notice
The only official website for the ACE-Step project is our GitHub Pages site.
We do not operate any other websites.
🚫 Fake domains include but are not limited to: ac**p.com, a**p.org, a***c.org
⚠️ Please be cautious. Do not visit, trust, or make payments on any of those sites.

🙏 Acknowledgements

This project is co-led by ACE Studio and StepFun.

📖 Citation

If you find this project useful for your research, please consider citing:

@misc{gong2026acestep,
    title={ACE-Step 1.5: Pushing the Boundaries of Open-Source Music Generation},
    author={Junmin Gong, Song Yulin, Wenxiao Zhao, Sen Wang, Shengyuan Xu, Jing Guo}, 
    howpublished={\url{https://github.com/ace-step/ACE-Step-1.5}},
    year={2026},
    note={GitHub repository}
}