In this chapter, we'll use the following tools:
- Python, Conda, and pip, to install and execute the Magenta environment
- Magenta, to test our setup by performing music generation
- Magenta GPU (optional), CUDA drivers, and cuDNN drivers, to make Magenta run on the GPU
- FluidSynth, to listen to the generated music sample using a software synthesizer
- Other optional software we might use throughout this book, such as Audacity for audio editing, MuseScore for sheet music editing, and Jupyter Notebook for code editing.
It is recommended that you follow this book's source code when you read the chapters in this book. The source code also provides useful scripts and tips. Follow these steps to check out the code in your user directory (you can use another location if you want):
- First, you need to install Git, which can be installed on any platform by downloading...
