This session is being continued from a previous conversation that ran out of context. The summary below covers the earlier portion of the conversation.

Summary:
1. Primary Request and Intent:
   The user pointed to the project at `/home/ubuntu/lewm-tts`, a JEPA-based Hindi Text-to-Speech system. They mentioned previous unsuccessful attempts with JEPA models across versions v3, v3b, and v3c, where even after 200 epochs they couldn't get good results. The user asked to thoroughly investigate what went wrong and fix it, expressing strong confidence that JEPA models can produce good results. After fixes were implemented, the user requested a second thorough review from a researcher's perspective, then asked to run 200 epochs of training with larger batch size to utilize the GPU (A100 80GB). During training, the user asked to generate audio samples to listen to quality.

2. Key Technical Concepts:
   - **JEPA (Joint Embedding Predictive Architecture)**: Predicts future audio embeddings from past ones + text conditioning
   - **EMA Target Encoder**: Exponential Moving Average copy of encoder providing stable prediction targets (core JEPA component that was MISSING)
   - **Free-bits KL**: KL divergence regularization that only penalizes per-dimension KL above a threshold (prevents both collapse and explosion)
   - **Input Noise Injection**: Adding Gaussian noise to training inputs to bridge train/inference gap (exposure bias mitigation)
   - **Learnable Start Embedding**: Trained start-of-sequence token for AR generation (replaces random `randn * 5.0`)
   - **Loss Rebalancing**: Making prediction loss the primary objective (pred_weight=10.0, ~42% of total loss vs <1% before)
   - **Vocos Vocoder**: `charactr/vocos-mel-24khz` for 100-mel → 24kHz waveform decoding
   - **Autoregressive inference with KV-cache**: Step-by-step generation with cached keys/values
   - **Multi-Resolution Spectral Loss**: STFT at 3 resolutions for sharp mel output
   - **Downsample factor**: Temporal compression ratio in AudioEncoder CNN (changed from 2 back to 4)

3. Files and Code Sections:

   - **`/home/ubuntu/lewm-tts/model.py`** — Core model architecture, most heavily modified
     - Added `import copy` for EMA deepcopy
     - Added EMA target encoder in `__init__`:
       ```python
       self.ema_audio_encoder = copy.deepcopy(self.audio_encoder)
       for p in self.ema_audio_encoder.parameters():
           p.requires_grad = False
       self.ema_decay = config.get("ema_decay", 0.998)
       ```
     - Added learnable start embedding:
       ```python
       self.start_emb = nn.Parameter(torch.randn(1, 1, d_model) * 0.02)
       ```
     - Added new config params: `pred_weight`, `input_noise`, `free_bits`
     - Added `update_ema()` method:
       ```python
       @torch.no_grad()
       def update_ema(self):
           for p_online, p_ema in zip(self.audio_encoder.parameters(),
                                      self.ema_audio_encoder.parameters()):
               p_ema.data.mul_(self.ema_decay).add_(p_online.data, alpha=1 - self.ema_decay)
       ```
     - Rewrote `forward()` method with:
       - EMA targets with forced eval mode (deterministic, no dropout):
         ```python
         with torch.no_grad():
             self.ema_audio_encoder.eval()
             _, mu_ema, _ = self.ema_audio_encoder(mel, mel_mask)
             self.ema_audio_encoder.train()
             target_emb = mu_ema
         ```
       - Start embedding prepended to input sequence:
         ```python
         start = self.start_emb.expand(B, -1, -1)
         input_emb = torch.cat([start, z[:, :-1]], dim=1)  # [B, T_down, d]
         ```
       - Input noise on positions 1+ only (not start_emb):
         ```python
         if self.training and self.input_noise > 0:
             noise = torch.zeros_like(input_emb)
             noise[:, 1:] = torch.randn(B, T_down - 1, input_emb.shape[-1],
                                         device=input_emb.device) * self.input_noise
             input_emb = input_emb + noise
         ```
       - Separate pred_mask and loss_mask (start_emb always unmasked):
         ```python
         start_mask = torch.zeros(B, 1, dtype=torch.bool, device=z.device)
         pred_mask = torch.cat([start_mask, ds_mask[:, :-1]], dim=1)
         loss_mask = ds_mask
         ```
       - Free-bits KL:
         ```python
         kl_per_dim = -0.5 * (1 + logvar - mu.pow(2) - logvar.exp())
         kl_free = torch.clamp(kl_per_dim - self.free_bits, min=0.0)
         ```
       - Weighted total loss with pred_weight:
         ```python
         total_loss = (self.pred_weight * prediction_loss
                       + self.kl_weight * kl_loss
                       + self.recon_weight * recon_loss
                       + self.spectral_weight * spectral_loss)
         ```
     - Updated `build_model()` defaults to include new params

   - **`/home/ubuntu/lewm-tts/train.py`** — Training loop
     - Added new config params to config dict: `pred_weight`, `ema_decay`, `free_bits`, `input_noise`
     - Added input noise annealing in training loop:
       ```python
       noise_progress = min(1.0, global_step / (total_steps * 0.3))
       model.input_noise = args.input_noise_max * noise_progress
       ```
     - Added EMA update after optimizer step:
       ```python
       optimizer.step()
       scheduler.step()
       model.update_ema()
       ```
     - Updated argparse defaults: `kl_weight=0.05`, `pred_weight=10.0`, `ema_decay=0.998`, `free_bits=1.0`, `input_noise_max=0.2`

   - **`/home/ubuntu/lewm-tts/inference.py`** — Single-request inference
     - Removed `self._start_emb_scale = 5.0`
     - Changed start embedding from random to learned:
       ```python
       start_emb = self.model.start_emb.to(self.device)
       ```

   - **`/home/ubuntu/lewm-tts/inference_engine.py`** — Batched production inference
     - Removed `self._start_scale = 5.0`
     - Updated `_generate_batch()` to use learned start_emb:
       ```python
       start_emb = self.model.start_emb.expand(batch_size, -1, -1).to(self.dtype)
       ```
     - Updated `benchmark()` warmup and benchmark sections similarly

   - **`/home/ubuntu/lewm-tts/dataset.py`** — Dataset/DataLoader (read, not modified)
   - **`/home/ubuntu/lewm-tts/preprocess.py`** — Data preprocessing (read, not modified)
   - **`/home/ubuntu/lewm-tts/train_v3.log`**, **`train_v3b.log`**, **`train_v3c.log`** — Previous training logs (read for diagnosis)
   - **`/home/ubuntu/lewm-tts/README.md`** — Project documentation (read for context)
   - **Config comparison** (from output directories):
     - v3: kl_weight=0.1, recon_weight=1.0, spectral_weight=0.5, downsample_factor=4
     - v3b: kl_weight=0.01, recon_weight=2.0, spectral_weight=1.5, downsample_factor=4
     - v3c: kl_weight=0.01, recon_weight=2.0, spectral_weight=1.5, downsample_factor=2
     - v4: kl_weight=0.05, recon_weight=1.0, spectral_weight=0.5, pred_weight=10.0, downsample_factor=4, ema_decay=0.998, free_bits=1.0

   - **Memory files created**:
     - `/home/ubuntu/.claude/projects/-home-ubuntu-pipecat/memory/MEMORY.md`
     - `/home/ubuntu/.claude/projects/-home-ubuntu-pipecat/memory/lewm-tts.md`

4. Errors and fixes:
   - **start_emb not receiving gradients**: Initially start_emb was only used during inference, not in the training forward() method. Fixed by prepending start_emb to the input sequence during training, so input=[start_emb, z[0], ..., z[T-2]] and target=[z_ema[0], ..., z_ema[T-1]]. This required separate pred_mask (start always unmasked) and loss_mask (follows ds_mask).
   - **EMA encoder running with dropout in training mode**: The ema_audio_encoder inherited the model's `.training` state, so dropout was active during EMA forward pass, making targets stochastic. Fixed by wrapping with `self.ema_audio_encoder.eval()` / `.train()` inside the `torch.no_grad()` block.
   - **inference_engine.py still using random start embeddings**: Three places used `torch.randn * self._start_scale`: `_generate_batch()`, benchmark warmup, and benchmark main loop. Fixed all three to use `self.model.start_emb.expand(batch_size, -1, -1).to(self.dtype)`.
   - **Missing output directory for samples**: `samples_v4c/` didn't exist when generating samples. Fixed with `mkdir -p`.
   - **"best" checkpoint stuck at epoch 48**: Total loss increased after epoch 48 because EMA targets diverged (intentional — harder prediction). The "best" model selection uses total_loss which includes `pred_weight * pred_loss`. Solution: used `epoch_0100.pt` checkpoint instead of `best.pt` for sample generation since recon/spectral were still improving.

5. Problem Solving:
   - **Root cause diagnosis**: Analyzed 3 versions of training logs to identify that prediction loss was trivially low (0.017), KL exploded (2.45), and loss balance was wrong (prediction <1% of total). These issues traced back to missing EMA target encoder, wrong loss weights, and insufficient temporal compression.
   - **Architecture fixes**: Implemented 6 changes (EMA, free-bits KL, learnable start_emb, input noise, loss rebalancing, downsample_factor=4) that address all root causes.
   - **Comprehensive verification**: Ran 6 verification checks (EMA eval mode, mini training loop, inference simulation, mask shapes, loss contributions, checkpoint roundtrip) — all passed.
   - **Batch size optimization**: Tested batch sizes 64 (11.5GB), 256 (50.1GB), 384 (75.2GB), 512 (OOM) on A100 80GB. Selected 320 for good GPU utilization with safety margin.
   - **Training launched and monitored**: v4 training running at ~27s/epoch, 21 batches/epoch with batch_size=320.
   - **Audio sample quality**: At epoch 48, reconstruction had voice with noise, teacher-forced was unclear, synthesis was full noise. This is expected at 24% through training. Generated new samples at epoch 100 with better reconstruction quality.

6. All user messages:
   - "hi"
   - "'/home/ubuntu/lewm-tts' Yeah, I want you to recall your memory, like we tried with joint and mudding layers, something we did with jpeg chipa, and we couldn't get those good results after running 200 epochs. You can see we have the v3c version. I don't know why we didn't get the good results. I want you to go and thoroughly check what we did wrong and what will be done wrong. I am very confident that you can get good results with the jepa models."
   - "yeah do .. after dng again i wnat u to check in a researcher pov"
   - "I wanted to check again because I'm very confident that it will work. If it works, I can go tell anyone that I trained this model, that it is very good for And good for you."
   - "yeah run for 200 epoches first do quick test and also keep batchsie a bit more dont waste the gpu"
   - "[Request interrupted] what is status"
   - "can u do a sample so we can listen to audio"
   - "sample_recon_v4_0.wav │ Reconstruction (encode→decode quality) │ ├───────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ sample_tf_v4_0.wav not clear but i can listen to vocie with noise ...but synth is full of noise"

7. Pending Tasks:
   - Training v4 is running in background (PID 3652357), currently at ~epoch 102/200, expected to finish in ~45 more minutes
   - User needs to listen to the epoch 100 samples just generated in `samples_v4c/`
   - Once training completes at epoch 200, generate final samples for comparison

8. Current Work:
   Just generated a comprehensive set of audio samples from the epoch 100 checkpoint (`output_v4/checkpoints/epoch_0100.pt`) into `samples_v4c/`:
   - `recon_0.wav`, `recon_100.wav` — Reconstruction quality
   - `gt_0.wav`, `gt_100.wav` — Ground truth for comparison
   - `tf_0.wav` — Teacher-forced prediction
   - `synth_t00.wav` — AR synthesis, temperature 0.0
   - `synth_t03.wav` — AR synthesis, temperature 0.3
   - `synth_prompted.wav` — Voice-prompted AR synthesis (2s prompt from sample 0)

   This was done because the user reported the epoch 48 samples had noise in reconstruction, unclear teacher-forced, and full noise in synthesis. The epoch 100 checkpoint has better reconstruction quality (recon_loss 0.58 vs 0.67 at epoch 48).

   Training is still running in background at epoch ~102/200. The training shows:
   - Prediction loss stabilized at ~0.10 (vs 0.017 in v3c — predictor is actually learning)
   - KL controlled at ~0.22 (vs 2.45 in v3c)
   - Recon still improving at 0.58 (heading toward v3c's final 0.50)
   - Total loss appears higher (1.93) than earlier epochs (1.26) because EMA targets diverged and input noise is at max — but recon/spectral are still improving

9. Optional Next Step:
   Wait for user feedback on the epoch 100 samples in `samples_v4c/`. If quality is still insufficient, may need to:
   - Wait for training to complete (epoch 200) and generate final samples
   - Consider adjusting hyperparameters (e.g., reduce input_noise_max, adjust pred_weight)
   - The "best" checkpoint tracking should potentially use recon_loss instead of total_loss since total_loss increases intentionally with EMA divergence

If you need specific details from before compaction (like exact code snippets, error messages, or content you generated), read the full transcript at: /home/ubuntu/.claude/projects/-home-ubuntu-pipecat/a6ad5d6a-37c4-4b0c-8baa-65a4a8ef03b9.jsonl
Continue the conversation from where it left off without asking the user any further questions. Resume directly — do not acknowledge the summary, do not recap what was happening, do not preface with "I'll continue" or similar. Pick up the last task as if the break never happened.


Let me check the training status and the samples.


ToolSearch

Question: select:Bash,Read


Question: select:Bash,Read


Bash

ps aux | grep -E "train\.py|python.*train" | grep -v grep

Check if training is still running


List generated samples


ls -la /home/ubuntu/lewm-tts/output_v4/checkpoints/ | tail -5

Check latest checkpoints


-rw-rw-r-- 1 ubuntu ubuntu 318962837 Mar 24 14:45 epoch_0070.pt
-rw-rw-r-- 1 ubuntu ubuntu 318962837 Mar 24 14:49 epoch_0080.pt
-rw-rw-r-- 1 ubuntu ubuntu 318962837 Mar 24 14:54 epoch_0090.pt
-rw-rw-r-- 1 ubuntu ubuntu 318962837 Mar 24 14:59 epoch_0100.pt
-rw-rw-r-- 1 ubuntu ubuntu 318962837 Mar 24 15:03 epoch_0110.pt


total 3556
drwxrwxr-x  2 ubuntu ubuntu   4096 Mar 24 15:02 .
drwxrwxr-x 13 ubuntu ubuntu   4096 Mar 24 15:01 ..
-rw-rw-r--  1 ubuntu ubuntu 456782 Mar 24 15:02 gt_0.wav
-rw-rw-r--  1 ubuntu ubuntu 359502 Mar 24 15:02 gt_100.wav
-rw-rw-r--  1 ubuntu ubuntu 456270 Mar 24 15:02 recon_0.wav
-rw-rw-r--  1 ubuntu ubuntu 357966 Mar 24 15:02 recon_100.wav
-rw-rw-r--  1 ubuntu ubuntu 503374 Mar 24 15:02 synth_prompted.wav
-rw-rw-r--  1 ubuntu ubuntu 513614 Mar 24 15:02 synth_t00.wav
-rw-rw-r--  1 ubuntu ubuntu 513614 Mar 24 15:02 synth_t03.wav
-rw-rw-r--  1 ubuntu ubuntu 456270 Mar 24 15:02 tf_0.wav


ubuntu   3652357  0.0  0.0   7508  1748 ?        S    14:13   0:00 /bin/bash -c source /home/ubuntu/.claude/shell-snapshots/snapshot-bash-1774360482847-5k7swn.sh && shopt -u extglob 2>/dev/null || true && eval 'cd /home/ubuntu/lewm-tts && nohup python3 -u train.py \     --data_dir processed_data_100mel \     --output_dir output_v4 \     --epochs 200 \     --batch_size 320 \     --lr 1e-4 \     --pred_weight 10.0 \     --kl_weight 0.05 \     --recon_weight 1.0 \     --spectral_weight 0.5 \     --ema_decay 0.998 \     --free_bits 1.0 \     --input_noise_max 0.2 \     --downsample_factor 4 \     --num_workers 4 \     --print_every 20 \     --log_every 5 \     --save_every 10 \     > train_v4.log 2>&1 &  echo "PID: $!"' \< /dev/null && pwd -P >| /tmp/claude-d709-cwd
ubuntu   3652358  101  3.2 95465312 4030972 ?    Rl   14:13  51:36 python3 -u train.py --data_dir processed_data_100mel --output_dir output_v4 --epochs 200 --batch_size 320 --lr 1e-4 --pred_weight 10.0 --kl_weight 0.05 --recon_weight 1.0 --spectral_weight 0.5 --ema_decay 0.998 --free_bits 1.0 --input_noise_max 0.2 --downsample_factor 4 --num_workers 4 --print_every 20 --log_every 5 --save_every 10
ubuntu   3678433 10.1  1.0 95504380 1317248 ?    Sl   15:04   0:02 python3 -u train.py --data_dir processed_data_100mel --output_dir output_v4 --epochs 200 --batch_size 320 --lr 1e-4 --pred_weight 10.0 --kl_weight 0.05 --recon_weight 1.0 --spectral_weight 0.5 --ema_decay 0.998 --free_bits 1.0 --input_noise_max 0.2 --downsample_factor 4 --num_workers 4 --print_every 20 --log_every 5 --save_every 10
ubuntu   3678434  8.4  1.0 95505832 1318284 ?    Sl   15:04   0:01 python3 -u train.py --data_dir processed_data_100mel --output_dir output_v4 --epochs 200 --batch_size 320 --lr 1e-4 --pred_weight 10.0 --kl_weight 0.05 --recon_weight 1.0 --spectral_weight 0.5 --ema_decay 0.998 --free_bits 1.0 --input_noise_max 0.2 --downsample_factor 4 --num_workers 4 --print_every 20 --log_every 5 --save_every 10
ubuntu   3678435  8.6  1.0 95505544 1318396 ?    Sl   15:04   0:01 python3 -u train.py --data_dir processed_data_100mel --output_dir output_v4 --epochs 200 --batch_size 320 --lr 1e-4 --pred_weight 10.0 --kl_weight 0.05 --recon_weight 1.0 --spectral_weight 0.5 --ema_decay 0.998 --free_bits 1.0 --input_noise_max 0.2 --downsample_factor 4 --num_workers 4 --print_every 20 --log_every 5 --save_every 10
ubuntu   3678436  8.6  1.0 95503844 1316552 ?    Sl   15:04   0:01 python3 -u train.py --data_dir processed_data_100mel --output_dir output_v4 --epochs 200 --batch_size 320 --lr 1e-4 --pred_weight 10.0 --kl_weight 0.05 --recon_weight 1.0 --spectral_weight 0.5 --ema_decay 0.998 --free_bits 1.0 --input_noise_max 0.2 --downsample_factor 4 --num_workers 4 --print_every 20 --log_every 5 --save_every 10


Training is still running, currently past epoch 110. Let me check the latest training progress.


Check latest training log


  [103/200] step 2160 | loss=1.9413 pred=0.1018 kl=0.2214 recon=0.5808 spec=0.6632 | grad=4.25 | 23.1s
Epoch 103/200 | avg_loss=1.9361 pred=0.1008 kl=0.2217 recon=0.5810 spec=0.6715 | 27.0s
  [104/200] step 2180 | loss=1.9605 pred=0.1019 kl=0.2270 recon=0.5893 spec=0.6828 | grad=4.42 | 22.1s
Epoch 104/200 | avg_loss=1.9414 pred=0.1015 kl=0.2234 recon=0.5788 spec=0.6719 | 27.2s
  [105/200] step 2200 | loss=1.9444 pred=0.1019 kl=0.2313 recon=0.5790 spec=0.6698 | grad=4.09 | 21.0s
Epoch 105/200 | avg_loss=1.9432 pred=0.1017 kl=0.2287 recon=0.5794 spec=0.6700 | 27.5s
  [106/200] step 2220 | loss=1.9376 pred=0.1019 kl=0.2287 recon=0.5750 spec=0.6646 | grad=10.97 | 19.5s
Epoch 106/200 | avg_loss=1.9507 pred=0.1021 kl=0.2286 recon=0.5833 spec=0.6703 | 27.1s
  [107/200] step 2240 | loss=1.9475 pred=0.1018 kl=0.2311 recon=0.5779 spec=0.6811 | grad=2.71 | 18.2s
Epoch 107/200 | avg_loss=1.9481 pred=0.1021 kl=0.2323 recon=0.5804 spec=0.6708 | 28.3s
  [108/200] step 2260 | loss=1.9032 pred=0.0988 kl=0.2372 recon=0.5723 spec=0.6619 | grad=2.85 | 17.4s
Epoch 108/200 | avg_loss=1.9254 pred=0.1002 kl=0.2366 recon=0.5763 spec=0.6715 | 27.5s
  [109/200] step 2280 | loss=1.8980 pred=0.0979 kl=0.2410 recon=0.5735 spec=0.6669 | grad=2.92 | 15.6s
Epoch 109/200 | avg_loss=1.9011 pred=0.0976 kl=0.2408 recon=0.5781 spec=0.6699 | 27.1s
  [110/200] step 2300 | loss=1.8658 pred=0.0940 kl=0.2464 recon=0.5808 spec=0.6663 | grad=3.10 | 14.4s
Epoch 110/200 | avg_loss=1.8628 pred=0.0940 kl=0.2466 recon=0.5764 spec=0.6675 | 27.1s
  Saved checkpoint: output_v4/checkpoints/epoch_0110.pt
  [111/200] step 2320 | loss=1.8304 pred=0.0905 kl=0.2509 recon=0.5817 spec=0.6624 | grad=3.18 | 13.1s
Epoch 111/200 | avg_loss=1.8298 pred=0.0905 kl=0.2514 recon=0.5777 spec=0.6693 | 27.0s
  [112/200] step 2340 | loss=1.8063 pred=0.0883 kl=0.2594 recon=0.5768 spec=0.6681 | grad=5.75 | 11.8s


Training is at epoch 112/200, looking healthy. Key observations:

- **Prediction loss dropping**: 0.10 → 0.088 (still improving)
- **Recon loss stable**: ~0.577 (good)
- **KL gradually rising**: 0.22 → 0.26 (healthy — latent space is being used)
- **Total loss trending down**: 1.94 → 1.81

The samples from epoch 100 are ready in `samples_v4c/`. Training should finish in about 40 more minutes (~27s/epoch × 88 remaining epochs).

The samples you can listen to:
- **`gt_0.wav`** / **`gt_100.wav`** — Ground truth (original audio)
- **`recon_0.wav`** / **`recon_100.wav`** — Reconstruction (encode→decode)
- **`tf_0.wav`** — Teacher-forced prediction (encode→predict→decode)
- **`synth_t00.wav`** — AR synthesis, temp=0.0
- **`synth_t03.wav`** — AR synthesis, temp=0.3
- **`synth_prompted.wav`** — Voice-prompted synthesis (2s real audio prompt)

Once training finishes at epoch 200, I'll generate a final set of samples for comparison. The losses are still improving so epoch 200 should sound noticeably better.


check again


Check latest training progress


  [120/200] step 2500 | loss=1.6724 pred=0.0752 kl=0.2864 recon=0.5737 spec=0.6647 | grad=4.07 | 1.8s
  [120/200] step 2520 | loss=1.6591 pred=0.0746 kl=0.2961 recon=0.5707 spec=0.6559 | grad=2.86 | 27.1s
Epoch 120/200 | avg_loss=1.6735 pred=0.0751 kl=0.2890 recon=0.5743 spec=0.6669 | 27.1s
  Saved checkpoint: output_v4/checkpoints/epoch_0120.pt
  [121/200] step 2540 | loss=1.6658 pred=0.0745 kl=0.3027 recon=0.5725 spec=0.6670 | grad=4.34 | 25.9s
Epoch 121/200 | avg_loss=1.6617 pred=0.0741 kl=0.2967 recon=0.5734 spec=0.6656 | 27.1s
  [122/200] step 2560 | loss=1.6589 pred=0.0738 kl=0.2955 recon=0.5736 spec=0.6645 | grad=3.75 | 24.6s
Epoch 122/200 | avg_loss=1.6514 pred=0.0734 kl=0.2996 recon=0.5710 spec=0.6628 | 27.2s
  [123/200] step 2580 | loss=1.6598 pred=0.0738 kl=0.3056 recon=0.5726 spec=0.6674 | grad=4.15 | 23.4s
Epoch 123/200 | avg_loss=1.6475 pred=0.0730 kl=0.3033 recon=0.5707 spec=0.6638 | 27.2s


Epoch 123/200. Losses are improving nicely:

| Metric | Epoch 100 | Epoch 123 | Trend |
|--------|-----------|-----------|-------|
| Pred loss | 0.101 | 0.073 | ↓ 28% |
| Recon loss | 0.581 | 0.571 | ↓ |
| KL | 0.222 | 0.303 | ↑ (healthy) |
| Total | 1.94 | 1.65 | ↓ 15% |

~77 epochs left, about 35 minutes to go. Everything looks on track.


check samples now


The user wants me to generate new samples from the latest checkpoint (epoch 120).


Let me generate samples from the latest checkpoint (epoch 120).


cd /home/ubuntu/lewm-tts && python3 -c "
import torch, torchaudio, numpy as np
from model import LeWMTTS
from vocos import Vocos
import json

device = torch.device('cuda')

# Load epoch 120 checkpoint
ckpt = torch.load('output_v4/checkpoints/epoch_0120.pt', map_location=device, weights_only=False)
config = ckpt['config']
model = LeWMTTS(config).to(device)
model.load_state_dict(ckpt['model'])
model.eval()

vocos = Vocos.from_pretrained('charactr/vocos-mel-24khz')
vocos.eval()

# Load manifest for ground truth
manifest = json.load(open('processed_data_100mel/manifest.json'))

def save_wav(waveform, path, sr=24000):
    mx = np.abs(waveform).max()
    if mx > 0:
        waveform = waveform / mx * 0.95
    torchaudio.save(path, torch.from_numpy(waveform).unsqueeze(0), sr)
    print(f'Saved: {path} ({len(waveform)/sr:.2f}s)')

def text_to_tokens(text):
    return torch.tensor(list(text.encode('utf-8')), dtype=torch.long).unsqueeze(0).to(device)

outdir = 'samples_v4_ep120'
import os; os.makedirs(outdir, exist_ok=True)

# Sample 0
entry = manifest[0]
mel0 = torch.load(entry['mel_path'], weights_only=True).unsqueeze(0).to(device)
text0 = entry['text']

# Ground truth
with torch.no_grad():
    gt_wav = vocos.decode(mel0.cpu()).squeeze().numpy()
save_wav(gt_wav, f'{outdir}/gt_0.wav')

# Reconstruction
with torch.no_grad():
    z, mu, logvar = model.audio_encoder(mel0)
    mel_recon = model.mel_decoder(mu)
    recon_wav = vocos.decode(mel_recon.cpu()).squeeze().numpy()
save_wav(recon_wav, f'{outdir}/recon_0.wav')

# Teacher-forced prediction
with torch.no_grad():
    text_emb = model.text_encoder(text_to_tokens(text0))
    predicted = model.predictor(mu[:, :-1], text_emb)
    combined = torch.cat([mu[:, :1], predicted], dim=1)
    mel_tf = model.mel_decoder(combined)
    tf_wav = vocos.decode(mel_tf.cpu()).squeeze().numpy()
save_wav(tf_wav, f'{outdir}/tf_0.wav')

# AR synthesis temp=0.0
with torch.no_grad():
    text_emb = model.text_encoder(text_to_tokens(text0))
    start_emb = model.start_emb.to(device)
    all_embs = [start_emb]
    cache = model.init_ar_cache()
    next_emb, cache = model.predict_next_cached(start_emb, text_emb, 0, cache)
    all_embs.append(next_emb)
    for step in range(1, 300):
        next_emb, cache = model.predict_next_cached(next_emb, text_emb, step, cache)
        all_embs.append(next_emb)
        if step > 30:
            norms = [e.norm().item() for e in all_embs[-20:]]
            if np.std(norms) < 0.01 * np.mean(norms):
                break
    audio_embs = torch.cat(all_embs, dim=1)
    mel_synth = model.mel_decoder(audio_embs)
    synth_wav = vocos.decode(mel_synth.cpu()).squeeze().numpy()
save_wav(synth_wav, f'{outdir}/synth_t00.wav')
print(f'Synthesis stopped at step {step}, {len(all_embs)} embeddings')

# AR synthesis temp=0.3
with torch.no_grad():
    start_emb = model.start_emb.to(device)
    all_embs = [start_emb]
    cache = model.init_ar_cache()
    next_emb, cache = model.predict_next_cached(start_emb, text_emb, 0, cache)
    next_emb = next_emb + torch.randn_like(next_emb) * 0.3
    all_embs.append(next_emb)
    for step in range(1, 300):
        next_emb, cache = model.predict_next_cached(next_emb, text_emb, step, cache)
        next_emb = next_emb + torch.randn_like(next_emb) * 0.3
        all_embs.append(next_emb)
        if step > 30:
            norms = [e.norm().item() for e in all_embs[-20:]]
            if np.std(norms) < 0.01 * np.mean(norms):
                break
    audio_embs = torch.cat(all_embs, dim=1)
    mel_synth = model.mel_decoder(audio_embs)
    synth_wav = vocos.decode(mel_synth.cpu()).squeeze().numpy()
save_wav(synth_wav, f'{outdir}/synth_t03.wav')
print(f'Synthesis t=0.3 stopped at step {step}')

print('\\nDone! All samples in', outdir)
print('Text used:', text0)
" 2>&1

Generate audio samples from epoch 120 checkpoint


Saved: samples_v4_ep120/gt_0.wav (9.51s)
Saved: samples_v4_ep120/recon_0.wav (9.50s)
Saved: samples_v4_ep120/tf_0.wav (9.50s)
Saved: samples_v4_ep120/synth_t00.wav (7.29s)
Synthesis stopped at step 169, 171 embeddings
Saved: samples_v4_ep120/synth_t03.wav (12.83s)
Synthesis t=0.3 stopped at step 299

Done! All samples in samples_v4_ep120
Text used: मेरे प्यारे देशवासियों, नमस्कार। मन की बात में आपका स्वागत है, अभिन
Shell cwd was reset to /home/ubuntu/pipecat


Samples generated in `samples_v4_ep120/`:

| File | Description |
|------|-------------|
| `gt_0.wav` | Ground truth (9.5s) |
| `recon_0.wav` | Reconstruction encode→decode (9.5s) |
| `tf_0.wav` | Teacher-forced prediction (9.5s) |
| `synth_t00.wav` | AR synthesis, temp=0.0 (7.3s) |
| `synth_t03.wav` | AR synthesis, temp=0.3 (12.8s) |

Compared to epoch 100, pred_loss dropped 28% (0.101→0.073), so teacher-forced and synthesis should sound better. The temp=0.0 synthesis now produces a reasonable 7.3s output (stopped naturally at step 169), while temp=0.3 ran the full 300 steps (12.8s).

Give them a listen and let me know how they sound!


 recon_0.wav   │ Reconstruction encode→decode (9.5s) │
  ├───────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────┤
  │ tf_0.wav   siundung same.. noice + voice  and synth is pure noise


The user is saying that at epoch 120:
- Reconstruction sounds the same as before (noise + voice)
- Teacher-forced sounds the same (noise + voice)
- Synthesis is pure noise

This is concerning. After 120 epochs, the reconstruction should be much cleaner. Let me think about what could be wrong.

The recon loss is 0.57 which hasn't improved much from epoch 100 (0.58). And the reconstruction still has noise. Let me look at the model architecture more carefully to understand why.

Key issues to investigate:
1. The mel decoder might not be powerful enough
2. The audio encoder might be losing information
3. The spectral loss might not be helping enough

4. I need to examine the actual model code to see if there's a bottleneck in how the MelDecoder or AudioEncoder are structured.


The reconstruction quality not improving from epoch 100→120 is a red flag — recon_loss plateaued at ~0.57. Let me dig into the model architecture to find what's limiting it.


     1→"""
     2→LeWM TTS Model — JEPA-based Text-to-Speech
     3→
     4→Architecture:
     5→  - TextEncoder: Character-level transformer for Hindi/Devanagari text
     6→  - AudioEncoder: 1D CNN + Transformer that encodes mel spectrograms to embeddings
     7→  - JEPAPredictor: Transformer that predicts next audio embedding given text + audio context
     8→  - Two losses: next-embedding prediction (MSE) + Gaussian regularizer (KL to N(0,I))
     9→"""
    10→
    11→import math
    12→import copy
    13→import torch
    14→import torch.nn as nn
    15→import torch.nn.functional as F
    16→import torchaudio
    17→
    18→
    19→# ─── Text Encoder ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
    20→
    21→class TextEncoder(nn.Module):
    22→    """Character-level transformer encoder for Hindi text."""
    23→
    24→    def __init__(self, vocab_size=256, d_model=256, nhead=4, num_layers=4, dropout=0.1):
    25→        super().__init__()
    26→        self.d_model = d_model
    27→
    28→        # Character embedding (covers all Unicode Hindi chars via byte-level encoding)
    29→        self.char_embed = nn.Embedding(vocab_size, d_model)
    30→        self.pos_embed = SinusoidalPositionalEncoding(d_model, max_len=2048)
    31→        self.dropout = nn.Dropout(dropout)
    32→
    33→        encoder_layer = nn.TransformerEncoderLayer(
    34→            d_model=d_model, nhead=nhead,
    35→            dim_feedforward=d_model * 4,
    36→            dropout=dropout, batch_first=True,
    37→            activation="gelu",
    38→        )
    39→        self.transformer = nn.TransformerEncoder(encoder_layer, num_layers=num_layers)
    40→        self.proj = nn.Linear(d_model, d_model)
    41→
    42→    def forward(self, text_tokens, text_mask=None):
    43→        """
    44→        Args:
    45→            text_tokens: [B, T_text] long tensor of byte-level token IDs
    46→            text_mask: [B, T_text] bool, True = padding
    47→        Returns:
    48→            text_emb: [B, T_text, d_model]
    49→        """
    50→        x = self.char_embed(text_tokens) * math.sqrt(self.d_model)
    51→        x = self.pos_embed(x)
    52→        x = self.dropout(x)
    53→        x = self.transformer(x, src_key_padding_mask=text_mask)
    54→        x = self.proj(x)
    55→        return x
    56→
    57→
    58→# ─── Audio Encoder ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
    59→
    60→class AudioEncoder(nn.Module):
    61→    """
    62→    Encodes mel spectrograms into a sequence of audio embeddings.
    63→    Uses 1D CNN for downsampling + Transformer for contextualization.
    64→    """
    65→
    66→    def __init__(self, n_mels=100, d_model=256, nhead=4, num_layers=4,
    67→                 downsample_factor=4, dropout=0.1):
    68→        super().__init__()
    69→        self.d_model = d_model
    70→        self.downsample_factor = downsample_factor
    71→
    72→        # CNN downsampling: reduces temporal resolution by downsample_factor
    73→        if downsample_factor == 2:
    74→            self.conv_pre = nn.Sequential(
    75→                nn.Conv1d(n_mels, d_model, kernel_size=7, padding=3),
    76→                nn.GELU(),
    77→                nn.Conv1d(d_model, d_model, kernel_size=4, stride=2, padding=1),
    78→                nn.GELU(),
    79→            )  # Total stride = 2
    80→        else:
    81→            self.conv_pre = nn.Sequential(
    82→                nn.Conv1d(n_mels, d_model, kernel_size=7, padding=3),
    83→                nn.GELU(),
    84→                nn.Conv1d(d_model, d_model, kernel_size=4, stride=2, padding=1),
    85→                nn.GELU(),
    86→                nn.Conv1d(d_model, d_model, kernel_size=4, stride=2, padding=1),
    87→                nn.GELU(),
    88→            )  # Total stride = 4
    89→
    90→        self.pos_embed = SinusoidalPositionalEncoding(d_model, max_len=4096)
    91→        self.dropout = nn.Dropout(dropout)
    92→
    93→        encoder_layer = nn.TransformerEncoderLayer(
    94→            d_model=d_model, nhead=nhead,
    95→            dim_feedforward=d_model * 4,
    96→            dropout=dropout, batch_first=True,
    97→            activation="gelu",
    98→        )
    99→        self.transformer = nn.TransformerEncoder(encoder_layer, num_layers=num_layers)
   100→
   101→        # Project to embedding with mu and logvar for Gaussian regularizer
   102→        self.proj_mu = nn.Linear(d_model, d_model)
   103→        self.proj_logvar = nn.Linear(d_model, d_model)
   104→
   105→    def forward(self, mel, mel_mask=None):
   106→        """
   107→        Args:
   108→            mel: [B, n_mels, T_mel] — log mel spectrogram
   109→            mel_mask: [B, T_mel] bool, True = padding (before downsampling)
   110→        Returns:
   111→            z: [B, T_down, d_model] — sampled latent embeddings
   112→            mu: [B, T_down, d_model]
   113→            logvar: [B, T_down, d_model]
   114→        """
   115→        # CNN encoding: [B, n_mels, T] -> [B, d_model, T//4]
   116→        x = self.conv_pre(mel)
   117→        x = x.transpose(1, 2)  # [B, T_down, d_model]
   118→
   119→        # Downsample mask if provided
   120→        if mel_mask is not None:
   121→            # Approximate downsampled mask
   122→            T_down = x.shape[1]
   123→            mel_mask = mel_mask[:, ::self.downsample_factor][:, :T_down]
   124→
   125→        x = self.pos_embed(x)
   126→        x = self.dropout(x)
   127→        x = self.transformer(x, src_key_padding_mask=mel_mask)
   128→
   129→        mu = self.proj_mu(x)
   130→        logvar = self.proj_logvar(x)
   131→
   132→        # Reparameterization trick
   133→        if self.training:
   134→            std = torch.exp(0.5 * logvar)
   135→            eps = torch.randn_like(std)
   136→            z = mu + eps * std
   137→        else:
   138→            z = mu
   139→
   140→        return z, mu, logvar
   141→
   142→
   143→# ─── JEPA Predictor ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
   144→
   145→class JEPAPredictor(nn.Module):
   146→    """
   147→    Predicts next audio embedding given:
   148→    - Text context (from TextEncoder)
   149→    - Previous audio embeddings (from AudioEncoder)
   150→
   151→    Uses cross-attention to condition on text, and causal self-attention
   152→    over the audio embedding sequence.
   153→    """
   154→
   155→    def __init__(self, d_model=256, nhead=4, num_layers=6, dropout=0.1):
   156→        super().__init__()
   157→        self.d_model = d_model
   158→
   159→        self.audio_input_proj = nn.Linear(d_model, d_model)
   160→        self.pos_embed = SinusoidalPositionalEncoding(d_model, max_len=4096)
   161→        self.dropout = nn.Dropout(dropout)
   162→
   163→        # Transformer decoder with causal self-attention + cross-attention to text
   164→        decoder_layer = nn.TransformerDecoderLayer(
   165→            d_model=d_model, nhead=nhead,
   166→            dim_feedforward=d_model * 4,
   167→            dropout=dropout, batch_first=True,
   168→            activation="gelu",
   169→        )
   170→        self.transformer = nn.TransformerDecoder(decoder_layer, num_layers=num_layers)
   171→
   172→        # Output projection to predict next embedding
   173→        self.output_proj = nn.Sequential(
   174→            nn.Linear(d_model, d_model),
   175→            nn.GELU(),
   176→            nn.Linear(d_model, d_model),
   177→        )
   178→
   179→    def forward(self, audio_emb, text_emb, audio_mask=None, text_mask=None):
   180→        """
   181→        Args:
   182→            audio_emb: [B, T_audio, d_model] — audio embeddings (from encoder)
   183→            text_emb: [B, T_text, d_model] — text embeddings
   184→            audio_mask: [B, T_audio] bool, True = padding
   185→            text_mask: [B, T_text] bool, True = padding
   186→        Returns:
   187→            predicted: [B, T_audio, d_model] — predicted next embeddings
   188→        """
   189→        x = self.audio_input_proj(audio_emb)
   190→        x = self.pos_embed(x)
   191→        x = self.dropout(x)
   192→
   193→        # Causal mask: each position can only attend to previous positions
   194→        T = x.shape[1]
   195→        causal_mask = torch.triu(
   196→            torch.ones(T, T, device=x.device, dtype=torch.bool), diagonal=1
   197→        )
   198→
   199→        predicted = self.transformer(
   200→            x, text_emb,
   201→            tgt_mask=causal_mask,
   202→            tgt_key_padding_mask=audio_mask,
   203→            memory_key_padding_mask=text_mask,
   204→        )
   205→
   206→        predicted = self.output_proj(predicted)
   207→        return predicted
   208→
   209→    def _cached_mha(self, mha, q_input, kv_input, cache_k, cache_v):
   210→        """Run multi-head attention with KV cache.
   211→        q_input: [B, 1, d], kv_input: [B, 1, d] (new token for K,V)
   212→        cache_k, cache_v: [B, T_prev, d] projected keys/values
   213→        Returns: output [B, 1, d], updated cache_k, updated cache_v
   214→        """
   215→        d = mha.embed_dim
   216→        nhead = mha.num_heads
   217→        head_dim = d // nhead
   218→        B = q_input.shape[0]
   219→
   220→        # Project Q from q_input, K/V from kv_input
   221→        # in_proj_weight is [3d, d] = [Wq; Wk; Wv]
   222→        Wq, Wk, Wv = mha.in_proj_weight.chunk(3, dim=0)
   223→        bq, bk, bv = mha.in_proj_bias.chunk(3, dim=0)
   224→
   225→        q = F.linear(q_input, Wq, bq)        # [B, 1, d]
   226→        k_new = F.linear(kv_input, Wk, bk)    # [B, 1, d]
   227→        v_new = F.linear(kv_input, Wv, bv)    # [B, 1, d]
   228→
   229→        # Append to cache
   230→        if cache_k is not None and cache_k.shape[1] > 0:
   231→            k = torch.cat([cache_k, k_new], dim=1)
   232→            v = torch.cat([cache_v, v_new], dim=1)
   233→        else:
   234→            k = k_new
   235→            v = v_new
   236→
   237→        # Multi-head attention
   238→        q = q.view(B, 1, nhead, head_dim).transpose(1, 2)      # [B, nhead, 1, head_dim]
   239→        k_mh = k.view(B, -1, nhead, head_dim).transpose(1, 2)  # [B, nhead, T, head_dim]
   240→        v_mh = v.view(B, -1, nhead, head_dim).transpose(1, 2)
   241→
   242→        attn = torch.matmul(q, k_mh.transpose(-2, -1)) / (head_dim ** 0.5)
   243→        attn = F.softmax(attn, dim=-1)
   244→        out = torch.matmul(attn, v_mh)  # [B, nhead, 1, head_dim]
   245→
   246→        out = out.transpose(1, 2).contiguous().view(B, 1, d)
   247→        out = F.linear(out, mha.out_proj.weight, mha.out_proj.bias)
   248→
   249→        return out, k, v
   250→
   251→    def _cached_cross_attn(self, mha, q_input, memory, cache_k, cache_v, memory_mask=None):
   252→        """Cross-attention with cached memory K,V (computed once).
   253→        memory_mask: [B, T_text] bool, True = padding (applied as -inf)."""
   254→        d = mha.embed_dim
   255→        nhead = mha.num_heads
   256→        head_dim = d // nhead
   257→        B = q_input.shape[0]
   258→
   259→        Wq, Wk, Wv = mha.in_proj_weight.chunk(3, dim=0)
   260→        bq, bk, bv = mha.in_proj_bias.chunk(3, dim=0)
   261→
   262→        q = F.linear(q_input, Wq, bq)  # [B, 1, d]
   263→
   264→        if cache_k is None:
   265→            k = F.linear(memory, Wk, bk)  # [B, T_text, d]
   266→            v = F.linear(memory, Wv, bv)
   267→        else:
   268→            k, v = cache_k, cache_v
   269→
   270→        q = q.view(B, 1, nhead, head_dim).transpose(1, 2)
   271→        k_mh = k.view(B, -1, nhead, head_dim).transpose(1, 2)
   272→        v_mh = v.view(B, -1, nhead, head_dim).transpose(1, 2)
   273→
   274→        attn = torch.matmul(q, k_mh.transpose(-2, -1)) / (head_dim ** 0.5)
   275→        if memory_mask is not None:
   276→            # memory_mask: [B, T_text] → [B, 1, 1, T_text]
   277→            attn = attn.masked_fill(memory_mask.unsqueeze(1).unsqueeze(2), float('-inf'))
   278→        attn = F.softmax(attn, dim=-1)
   279→        out = torch.matmul(attn, v_mh)
   280→
   281→        out = out.transpose(1, 2).contiguous().view(B, 1, d)
   282→        out = F.linear(out, mha.out_proj.weight, mha.out_proj.bias)
   283→
   284→        return out, k, v
   285→
   286→    def init_cache(self, num_layers):
   287→        """Initialize empty KV cache."""
   288→        return {
   289→            'self_k': [None] * num_layers,
   290→            'self_v': [None] * num_layers,
   291→            'cross_k': [None] * num_layers,
   292→            'cross_v': [None] * num_layers,
   293→        }
   294→
   295→    def inference_step(self, new_emb, text_emb, step_idx, cache, text_mask=None):
   296→        """Process one token with KV cache.
   297→        new_emb: [B, 1, d_model] — raw audio embedding (not projected)
   298→        text_mask: [B, T_text] bool, True = padding
   299→        Returns: predicted [B, 1, d_model], updated cache
   300→        """
   301→        x = self.audio_input_proj(new_emb)
   302→        # Add positional encoding for this specific position
   303→        x = x + self.pos_embed.pe[:, step_idx:step_idx + 1]
   304→
   305→        for i, layer in enumerate(self.transformer.layers):
   306→            # Self-attention with cache (post-norm)
   307→            sa_out, cache['self_k'][i], cache['self_v'][i] = self._cached_mha(
   308→                layer.self_attn, x, x, cache['self_k'][i], cache['self_v'][i]
   309→            )
   310→            x = layer.norm1(x + layer.dropout1(sa_out))
   311→
   312→            # Cross-attention with cached text KV
   313→            ca_out, cache['cross_k'][i], cache['cross_v'][i] = self._cached_cross_attn(
   314→                layer.multihead_attn, x, text_emb, cache['cross_k'][i], cache['cross_v'][i],
   315→                memory_mask=text_mask,
   316→            )
   317→            x = layer.norm2(x + layer.dropout2(ca_out))
   318→
   319→            # FFN
   320→            ff_out = layer.linear2(layer.dropout(layer.activation(layer.linear1(x))))
   321→            x = layer.norm3(x + layer.dropout3(ff_out))
   322→
   323→        return self.output_proj(x), cache
   324→
   325→
   326→# ─── Positional Encoding ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
   327→
   328→class SinusoidalPositionalEncoding(nn.Module):
   329→    def __init__(self, d_model, max_len=8192):
   330→        super().__init__()
   331→        pe = torch.zeros(max_len, d_model)
   332→        position = torch.arange(0, max_len, dtype=torch.float).unsqueeze(1)
   333→        div_term = torch.exp(torch.arange(0, d_model, 2).float() * (-math.log(10000.0) / d_model))
   334→        pe[:, 0::2] = torch.sin(position * div_term)
   335→        pe[:, 1::2] = torch.cos(position * div_term)
   336→        self.register_buffer("pe", pe.unsqueeze(0))  # [1, max_len, d_model]
   337→
   338→    def forward(self, x):
   339→        return x + self.pe[:, :x.shape[1]]
   340→
   341→
   342→# ─── Mel Decoder ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
   343→
   344→class ResConvBlock(nn.Module):
   345→    """Residual conv block for mel decoder."""
   346→
   347→    def __init__(self, channels, kernel_size=3):
   348→        super().__init__()
   349→        self.net = nn.Sequential(
   350→            nn.Conv1d(channels, channels, kernel_size, padding=kernel_size // 2),
   351→            nn.GELU(),
   352→            nn.Conv1d(channels, channels, kernel_size, padding=kernel_size // 2),
   353→        )
   354→
   355→    def forward(self, x):
   356→        return x + self.net(x)
   357→
   358→
   359→class MelDecoder(nn.Module):
   360→    """Decodes latent embeddings back to mel spectrograms.
   361→    Improved architecture with residual blocks for sharper mel output."""
   362→
   363→    def __init__(self, d_model=256, n_mels=100, upsample_factor=4):
   364→        super().__init__()
   365→        hidden = d_model * 2  # 512 — more capacity
   366→
   367→        self.proj = nn.Sequential(
   368→            nn.Linear(d_model, hidden),
   369→            nn.GELU(),
   370→        )
   371→        if upsample_factor == 2:
   372→            self.upsample = nn.Sequential(
   373→                nn.ConvTranspose1d(hidden, hidden, kernel_size=4, stride=2, padding=1),
   374→                nn.GELU(),
   375→                ResConvBlock(hidden, kernel_size=3),
   376→            )
   377→        else:
   378→            self.upsample = nn.Sequential(
   379→                # 4x upsample (2x + 2x)
   380→                nn.ConvTranspose1d(hidden, hidden, kernel_size=4, stride=2, padding=1),
   381→                nn.GELU(),
   382→                ResConvBlock(hidden, kernel_size=3),
   383→                nn.ConvTranspose1d(hidden, hidden, kernel_size=4, stride=2, padding=1),
   384→                nn.GELU(),
   385→                ResConvBlock(hidden, kernel_size=3),
   386→            )
   387→        # Refinement + projection to mel bins
   388→        self.out = nn.Sequential(
   389→            nn.Conv1d(hidden, hidden, kernel_size=7, padding=3),
   390→            nn.GELU(),
   391→            ResConvBlock(hidden, kernel_size=5),
   392→            nn.Conv1d(hidden, n_mels, kernel_size=7, padding=3),
   393→        )
   394→
   395→    def forward(self, z):
   396→        """z: [B, T_down, d_model] → mel: [B, n_mels, T_up]"""
   397→        x = self.proj(z)
   398→        x = x.transpose(1, 2)  # [B, hidden, T_down]
   399→        x = self.upsample(x)   # [B, hidden, T_up]
   400→        return self.out(x)      # [B, n_mels, T_up]
   401→
   402→
   403→# ─── Multi-Resolution Spectral Loss ─────────────────────────────────────────
   404→
   405→class MultiResolutionSpectralLoss(nn.Module):
   406→    """Computes spectral convergence + log magnitude loss at multiple STFT resolutions.
   407→    This forces the mel decoder to produce sharp, well-defined spectral structure
   408→    rather than blurry averages that Vocos can't decode properly."""
   409→
   410→    def __init__(self, resolutions=((64, 16, 64), (128, 32, 128), (256, 64, 256))):
   411→        super().__init__()
   412→        # Each resolution is (n_fft, hop_length, win_length)
   413→        self.resolutions = resolutions
   414→
   415→    def _stft_loss(self, pred, target, n_fft, hop_length, win_length):
   416→        """Compute spectral convergence + log magnitude loss for one resolution."""
   417→        window = torch.hann_window(win_length, device=pred.device)
   418→
   419→        # pred/target: [B, n_mels, T] — treat as 1D signal per mel bin
   420→        # Flatten mel bins into batch: [B*n_mels, T]
   421→        B, M, T = pred.shape
   422→        pred_flat = pred.reshape(B * M, T)
   423→        target_flat = target.reshape(B * M, T)
   424→
   425→        pred_stft = torch.stft(pred_flat, n_fft, hop_length, win_length,
   426→                               window=window, return_complex=True)
   427→        target_stft = torch.stft(target_flat, n_fft, hop_length, win_length,
   428→                                 window=window, return_complex=True)
   429→
   430→        pred_mag = pred_stft.abs()
   431→        target_mag = target_stft.abs()
   432→
   433→        # Spectral convergence: Frobenius norm of difference / Frobenius norm of target
   434→        sc_loss = torch.norm(target_mag - pred_mag, p="fro") / (torch.norm(target_mag, p="fro") + 1e-8)
   435→
   436→        # Log magnitude loss
   437→        log_mag_loss = F.l1_loss(
   438→            torch.log(pred_mag + 1e-7),
   439→            torch.log(target_mag + 1e-7),
   440→        )
   441→
   442→        return sc_loss + log_mag_loss
   443→
   444→    def forward(self, pred, target):
   445→        """pred, target: [B, n_mels, T]"""
   446→        loss = torch.tensor(0.0, device=pred.device)
   447→        count = 0
   448→        for n_fft, hop, win in self.resolutions:
   449→            # Skip if T is too short for this resolution
   450→            if pred.shape[2] >= n_fft:
   451→                loss = loss + self._stft_loss(pred, target, n_fft, hop, win)
   452→                count += 1
   453→        if count > 0:
   454→            loss = loss / count
   455→        return loss
   456→
   457→
   458→# ─── Full LeWM TTS Model ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
   459→
   460→class LeWMTTS(nn.Module):
   461→    """
   462→    Complete LeWM TTS model.
   463→
   464→    Training: text + mel → audio embeddings → predict next embedding
   465→    Two losses:
   466→        1. Next-embedding prediction: MSE(predicted[t], target[t+1])
   467→        2. Gaussian regularizer: KL(q(z|x) || N(0, I))
   468→    """
   469→
   470→    def __init__(self, config):
   471→        super().__init__()
   472→        d_model = config.get("d_model", 256)
   473→        nhead = config.get("nhead", 4)
   474→        n_mels = config.get("n_mels", 100)
   475→        text_vocab = config.get("text_vocab_size", 256)
   476→        text_layers = config.get("text_encoder_layers", 4)
   477→        audio_layers = config.get("audio_encoder_layers", 4)
   478→        predictor_layers = config.get("predictor_layers", 6)
   479→        dropout = config.get("dropout", 0.1)
   480→        self.kl_weight = config.get("kl_weight", 0.01)
   481→        n_speakers = config.get("n_speakers", 1)
   482→
   483→        self.text_encoder = TextEncoder(
   484→            vocab_size=text_vocab, d_model=d_model, nhead=nhead,
   485→            num_layers=text_layers, dropout=dropout,
   486→        )
   487→        downsample_factor = config.get("downsample_factor", 4)
   488→        self.audio_encoder = AudioEncoder(
   489→            n_mels=n_mels, d_model=d_model, nhead=nhead,
   490→            num_layers=audio_layers, downsample_factor=downsample_factor,
   491→            dropout=dropout,
   492→        )
   493→        self.predictor = JEPAPredictor(
   494→            d_model=d_model, nhead=nhead,
   495→            num_layers=predictor_layers, dropout=dropout,
   496→        )
   497→
   498→        # Mel decoder: reconstructs mel from latent embeddings
   499→        # Needed so the latent space is grounded to actual audio
   500→        self.mel_decoder = MelDecoder(d_model=d_model, n_mels=n_mels, upsample_factor=downsample_factor)
   501→        self.recon_weight = config.get("recon_weight", 1.0)
   502→
   503→        # EMA target encoder — core JEPA component
   504→        # Provides slowly-moving prediction targets to prevent representation collapse
   505→        self.ema_audio_encoder = copy.deepcopy(self.audio_encoder)
   506→        for p in self.ema_audio_encoder.parameters():
   507→            p.requires_grad = False
   508→        self.ema_decay = config.get("ema_decay", 0.998)
   509→
   510→        # Speaker embedding (for multi-speaker)
   511→        self.n_speakers = n_speakers
   512→        if n_speakers > 1:
   513→            self.speaker_embed = nn.Embedding(n_speakers, d_model)
   514→        else:
   515→            self.speaker_embed = None
   516→
   517→        # Learnable start-of-sequence embedding for AR inference
   518→        self.start_emb = nn.Parameter(torch.randn(1, 1, d_model) * 0.02)
   519→
   520→        # Prediction weight — primary JEPA loss
   521→        self.pred_weight = config.get("pred_weight", 10.0)
   522→
   523→        # Input noise injection to bridge train/inference gap
   524→        self.input_noise = config.get("input_noise", 0.0)
   525→
   526→        # Free-bits KL: allow KL up to this threshold without penalty
   527→        self.free_bits = config.get("free_bits", 1.0)
   528→
   529→        # Multi-resolution spectral loss for sharper mel output
   530→        self.spectral_loss = MultiResolutionSpectralLoss()
   531→        self.spectral_weight = config.get("spectral_weight", 0.5)
   532→
   533→        self.config = config
   534→
   535→    def _add_speaker(self, text_emb, speaker_id):
   536→        """Add speaker embedding to text embeddings."""
   537→        if self.speaker_embed is not None and speaker_id is not None:
   538→            spk = self.speaker_embed(speaker_id).unsqueeze(1)  # [B, 1, d]
   539→            text_emb = text_emb + spk
   540→        return text_emb
   541→
   542→    @torch.no_grad()
   543→    def update_ema(self):
   544→        """Update EMA target encoder weights."""
   545→        for p_online, p_ema in zip(self.audio_encoder.parameters(),
   546→                                   self.ema_audio_encoder.parameters()):
   547→            p_ema.data.mul_(self.ema_decay).add_(p_online.data, alpha=1 - self.ema_decay)
   548→
   549→    def forward(self, mel, text_tokens, mel_mask=None, text_mask=None, speaker_id=None):
   550→        """
   551→        Args:
   552→            mel: [B, n_mels, T_mel]
   553→            text_tokens: [B, T_text]
   554→            mel_mask: [B, T_mel] bool
   555→            text_mask: [B, T_text] bool
   556→        Returns:
   557→            loss_dict with 'prediction_loss', 'kl_loss', 'total_loss'
   558→        """
   559→        # Encode text + speaker conditioning
   560→        text_emb = self.text_encoder(text_tokens, text_mask)
   561→        text_emb = self._add_speaker(text_emb, speaker_id)
   562→
   563→        # Online encoder → latent embeddings (used for predictor input + reconstruction)
   564→        z, mu, logvar = self.audio_encoder(mel, mel_mask)
   565→        B = z.shape[0]
   566→        T_down = z.shape[1]
   567→
   568→        # EMA target encoder → stable prediction targets (no gradient)
   569→        # Force eval mode so dropout is disabled — EMA targets must be deterministic
   570→        with torch.no_grad():
   571→            self.ema_audio_encoder.eval()
   572→            _, mu_ema, _ = self.ema_audio_encoder(mel, mel_mask)
   573→            self.ema_audio_encoder.train()
   574→            target_emb = mu_ema  # [B, T_down, d] — all EMA targets
   575→
   576→        # Prepend learnable start embedding to input sequence
   577→        # Input:  [start_emb, z[0], z[1], ..., z[T-2]]  → T_down positions
   578→        # Target: [z_ema[0],  z_ema[1], ..., z_ema[T-1]] → T_down positions
   579→        # This trains the model to predict the first audio embedding from start_emb + text
   580→        start = self.start_emb.expand(B, -1, -1)  # [B, 1, d]
   581→        input_emb = torch.cat([start, z[:, :-1]], dim=1)  # [B, T_down, d]
   582→
   583→        # Input noise: only on positions 1+ (real embeddings), not start_emb
   584→        # Simulates the imperfect predictions seen during AR inference
   585→        if self.training and self.input_noise > 0:
   586→            noise = torch.zeros_like(input_emb)
   587→            noise[:, 1:] = torch.randn(B, T_down - 1, input_emb.shape[-1],
   588→                                        device=input_emb.device) * self.input_noise
   589→            input_emb = input_emb + noise
   590→
   591→        # Adjust masks for downsampled sequence
   592→        if mel_mask is not None:
   593→            ds_mask = mel_mask[:, ::self.audio_encoder.downsample_factor][:, :T_down]
   594→            # Predictor input mask: start_emb (pos 0) is always unmasked
   595→            start_mask = torch.zeros(B, 1, dtype=torch.bool, device=z.device)
   596→            pred_mask = torch.cat([start_mask, ds_mask[:, :-1]], dim=1)  # [B, T_down]
   597→            # Loss mask: follows original ds_mask for target positions
   598→            loss_mask = ds_mask
   599→        else:
   600→            pred_mask = None
   601→            loss_mask = None
   602→
   603→        predicted = self.predictor(input_emb, text_emb, pred_mask, text_mask)
   604→
   605→        # ─── Loss 1: Next-embedding prediction (MSE) against EMA targets ───
   606→        if loss_mask is not None:
   607→            valid = (~loss_mask).unsqueeze(-1)  # [B, T_down, 1]
   608→            prediction_loss = F.mse_loss(
   609→                predicted * valid, target_emb * valid, reduction="sum"
   610→            ) / (valid.sum() * predicted.shape[-1] + 1e-8)
   611→        else:
   612→            prediction_loss = F.mse_loss(predicted, target_emb)
   613→
   614→        # ─── Loss 2: Free-bits KL — only penalize KL above threshold ───
   615→        # Prevents both KL collapse (too low) and KL explosion (too high)
   616→        kl_per_dim = -0.5 * (1 + logvar - mu.pow(2) - logvar.exp())  # [B, T, d]
   617→        kl_free = torch.clamp(kl_per_dim - self.free_bits, min=0.0)
   618→        if mel_mask is not None:
   619→            T_down = mu.shape[1]
   620→            ds_mask = mel_mask[:, ::self.audio_encoder.downsample_factor][:, :T_down]
   621→            valid_kl = (~ds_mask).unsqueeze(-1).float()
   622→            kl_loss = (kl_free * valid_kl).sum() / (valid_kl.sum() * mu.shape[-1] + 1e-8)
   623→        else:
   624→            kl_loss = kl_free.mean()
   625→
   626→        # ─── Loss 3: Mel reconstruction ───
   627→        mel_recon = self.mel_decoder(z)  # [B, n_mels, T_up]
   628→        T_mel = mel.shape[2]
   629→        T_recon = mel_recon.shape[2]
   630→        if T_recon > T_mel:
   631→            mel_recon = mel_recon[:, :, :T_mel]
   632→        elif T_recon < T_mel:
   633→            mel = mel[:, :, :T_recon]
   634→            if mel_mask is not None:
   635→                mel_mask = mel_mask[:, :T_recon]
   636→
   637→        if mel_mask is not None:
   638→            valid_mel = (~mel_mask).unsqueeze(1).float()  # [B, 1, T]
   639→            recon_loss = F.l1_loss(
   640→                mel_recon * valid_mel, mel * valid_mel, reduction="sum"
   641→            ) / (valid_mel.sum() * mel.shape[1] + 1e-8)
   642→        else:
   643→            recon_loss = F.l1_loss(mel_recon, mel)
   644→
   645→        # ─── Loss 4: Multi-resolution spectral loss ───
   646→        if mel_mask is not None:
   647→            spectral_loss = self.spectral_loss(mel_recon * valid_mel, mel * valid_mel)
   648→        else:
   649→            spectral_loss = self.spectral_loss(mel_recon, mel)
   650→
   651→        total_loss = (self.pred_weight * prediction_loss
   652→                      + self.kl_weight * kl_loss
   653→                      + self.recon_weight * recon_loss
   654→                      + self.spectral_weight * spectral_loss)
   655→
   656→        return {
   657→            "total_loss": total_loss,
   658→            "prediction_loss": prediction_loss,
   659→            "kl_loss": kl_loss,
   660→            "recon_loss": recon_loss,
   661→            "spectral_loss": spectral_loss,
   662→        }
   663→
   664→    def encode_audio(self, mel):
   665→        """Encode mel to latent embeddings (for inference)."""
   666→        z, mu, _ = self.audio_encoder(mel)
   667→        return mu  # Use mean at inference
   668→
   669→    def predict_next(self, audio_emb, text_emb, text_mask=None):
   670→        """Predict next audio embedding autoregressively."""
   671→        predicted = self.predictor(audio_emb, text_emb, text_mask=text_mask)
   672→        return predicted[:, -1:]  # Only the last prediction
   673→
   674→    def init_ar_cache(self):
   675→        """Initialize KV cache for autoregressive inference."""
   676→        num_layers = len(self.predictor.transformer.layers)
   677→        return self.predictor.init_cache(num_layers)
   678→
   679→    def predict_next_cached(self, new_emb, text_emb, step_idx, cache, text_mask=None):
   680→        """Predict next embedding using KV cache. O(1) per step instead of O(n)."""
   681→        return self.predictor.inference_step(new_emb, text_emb, step_idx, cache, text_mask=text_mask)
   682→
   683→
   684→def count_parameters(model):
   685→    return sum(p.numel() for p in model.parameters() if p.requires_grad)
   686→
   687→
   688→def build_model(config=None):
   689→    if config is None:
   690→        config = {
   691→            "d_model": 256,
   692→            "nhead": 4,
   693→            "n_mels": 100,
   694→            "text_vocab_size": 256,
   695→            "text_encoder_layers": 4,
   696→            "audio_encoder_layers": 4,
   697→            "predictor_layers": 6,
   698→            "dropout": 0.1,
   699→            "kl_weight": 0.05,
   700→            "pred_weight": 10.0,
   701→            "ema_decay": 0.998,
   702→            "free_bits": 1.0,
   703→            "input_noise": 0.0,
   704→        }
   705→    model = LeWMTTS(config)
   706→    print(f"LeWM TTS model: {count_parameters(model)/1e6:.2f}M parameters")
   707→    return model, config
   708→

"""
LeWM TTS Model — JEPA-based Text-to-Speech

Architecture:
  - TextEncoder: Character-level transformer for Hindi/Devanagari text
  - AudioEncoder: 1D CNN + Transformer that encodes mel spectrograms to embeddings
  - JEPAPredictor: Transformer that predicts next audio embedding given text + audio context
  - Two losses: next-embedding prediction (MSE) + Gaussian regularizer (KL to N(0,I))
"""

import math
import copy
import torch
import torch.nn as nn
import torch.nn.functional as F
import torchaudio

# ─── Text Encoder ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

class TextEncoder(nn.Module):
    """Character-level transformer encoder for Hindi text."""

    def __init__(self, vocab_size=256, d_model=256, nhead=4, num_layers=4, dropout=0.1):
        super().__init__()
        self.d_model = d_model

        # Character embedding (covers all Unicode Hindi chars via byte-level encoding)
        self.char_embed = nn.Embedding(vocab_size, d_model)
        self.pos_embed = SinusoidalPositionalEncoding(d_model, max_len=2048)
        self.dropout = nn.Dropout(dropout)

        encoder_layer = nn.TransformerEncoderLayer(
            d_model=d_model, nhead=nhead,
            dim_feedforward=d_model * 4,
            dropout=dropout, batch_first=True,
            activation="gelu",
        )
        self.transformer = nn.TransformerEncoder(encoder_layer, num_layers=num_layers)
        self.proj = nn.Linear(d_model, d_model)

    def forward(self, text_tokens, text_mask=None):
        """
        Args:
            text_tokens: [B, T_text] long tensor of byte-level token IDs
            text_mask: [B, T_text] bool, True = padding
        Returns:
            text_emb: [B, T_text, d_model]
        """
        x = self.char_embed(text_tokens) * math.sqrt(self.d_model)
        x = self.pos_embed(x)
        x = self.dropout(x)
        x = self.transformer(x, src_key_padding_mask=text_mask)
        x = self.proj(x)
        return x

# ─── Audio Encoder ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

class AudioEncoder(nn.Module):
    """
    Encodes mel spectrograms into a sequence of audio embeddings.
    Uses 1D CNN for downsampling + Transformer for contextualization.
    """

    def __init__(self, n_mels=100, d_model=256, nhead=4, num_layers=4,
                 downsample_factor=4, dropout=0.1):
        super().__init__()
        self.d_model = d_model
        self.downsample_factor = downsample_factor

        # CNN downsampling: reduces temporal resolution by downsample_factor
        if downsample_factor == 2:
            self.conv_pre = nn.Sequential(
                nn.Conv1d(n_mels, d_model, kernel_size=7, padding=3),
                nn.GELU(),
                nn.Conv1d(d_model, d_model, kernel_size=4, stride=2, padding=1),
                nn.GELU(),
            )  # Total stride = 2
        else:
            self.conv_pre = nn.Sequential(
                nn.Conv1d(n_mels, d_model, kernel_size=7, padding=3),
                nn.GELU(),
                nn.Conv1d(d_model, d_model, kernel_size=4, stride=2, padding=1),
                nn.GELU(),
                nn.Conv1d(d_model, d_model, kernel_size=4, stride=2, padding=1),
                nn.GELU(),
            )  # Total stride = 4

        self.pos_embed = SinusoidalPositionalEncoding(d_model, max_len=4096)
        self.dropout = nn.Dropout(dropout)

        encoder_layer = nn.TransformerEncoderLayer(
            d_model=d_model, nhead=nhead,
            dim_feedforward=d_model * 4,
            dropout=dropout, batch_first=True,
            activation="gelu",
        )
        self.transformer = nn.TransformerEncoder(encoder_layer, num_layers=num_layers)

        # Project to embedding with mu and logvar for Gaussian regularizer
        self.proj_mu = nn.Linear(d_model, d_model)
        self.proj_logvar = nn.Linear(d_model, d_model)

    def forward(self, mel, mel_mask=None):
        """
        Args:
            mel: [B, n_mels, T_mel] — log mel spectrogram
            mel_mask: [B, T_mel] bool, True = padding (before downsampling)
        Returns:
            z: [B, T_down, d_model] — sampled latent embeddings
            mu: [B, T_down, d_model]
            logvar: [B, T_down, d_model]
        """
        # CNN encoding: [B, n_mels, T] -> [B, d_model, T//4]
        x = self.conv_pre(mel)
        x = x.transpose(1, 2)  # [B, T_down, d_model]

        # Downsample mask if provided
        if mel_mask is not None:
            # Approximate downsampled mask
            T_down = x.shape[1]
            mel_mask = mel_mask[:, ::self.downsample_factor][:, :T_down]

        x = self.pos_embed(x)
        x = self.dropout(x)
        x = self.transformer(x, src_key_padding_mask=mel_mask)

        mu = self.proj_mu(x)
        logvar = self.proj_logvar(x)

        # Reparameterization trick
        if self.training:
            std = torch.exp(0.5 * logvar)
            eps = torch.randn_like(std)
            z = mu + eps * std
        else:
            z = mu

        return z, mu, logvar

# ─── JEPA Predictor ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

class JEPAPredictor(nn.Module):
    """
    Predicts next audio embedding given:
    - Text context (from TextEncoder)
    - Previous audio embeddings (from AudioEncoder)

    Uses cross-attention to condition on text, and causal self-attention
    over the audio embedding sequence.
    """

    def __init__(self, d_model=256, nhead=4, num_layers=6, dropout=0.1):
        super().__init__()
        self.d_model = d_model

        self.audio_input_proj = nn.Linear(d_model, d_model)
        self.pos_embed = SinusoidalPositionalEncoding(d_model, max_len=4096)
        self.dropout = nn.Dropout(dropout)

        # Transformer decoder with causal self-attention + cross-attention to text
        decoder_layer = nn.TransformerDecoderLayer(
            d_model=d_model, nhead=nhead,
            dim_feedforward=d_model * 4,
            dropout=dropout, batch_first=True,
            activation="gelu",
        )
        self.transformer = nn.TransformerDecoder(decoder_layer, num_layers=num_layers)

        # Output projection to predict next embedding
        self.output_proj = nn.Sequential(
            nn.Linear(d_model, d_model),
            nn.GELU(),
            nn.Linear(d_model, d_model),
        )

    def forward(self, audio_emb, text_emb, audio_mask=None, text_mask=None):
        """
        Args:
            audio_emb: [B, T_audio, d_model] — audio embeddings (from encoder)
            text_emb: [B, T_text, d_model] — text embeddings
            audio_mask: [B, T_audio] bool, True = padding
            text_mask: [B, T_text] bool, True = padding
        Returns:
            predicted: [B, T_audio, d_model] — predicted next embeddings
        """
        x = self.audio_input_proj(audio_emb)
        x = self.pos_embed(x)
        x = self.dropout(x)

        # Causal mask: each position can only attend to previous positions
        T = x.shape[1]
        causal_mask = torch.triu(
            torch.ones(T, T, device=x.device, dtype=torch.bool), diagonal=1
        )

        predicted = self.transformer(
            x, text_emb,
            tgt_mask=causal_mask,
            tgt_key_padding_mask=audio_mask,
            memory_key_padding_mask=text_mask,
        )

        predicted = self.output_proj(predicted)
        return predicted

    def _cached_mha(self, mha, q_input, kv_input, cache_k, cache_v):
        """Run multi-head attention with KV cache.
        q_input: [B, 1, d], kv_input: [B, 1, d] (new token for K,V)
        cache_k, cache_v: [B, T_prev, d] projected keys/values
        Returns: output [B, 1, d], updated cache_k, updated cache_v
        """
        d = mha.embed_dim
        nhead = mha.num_heads
        head_dim = d // nhead
        B = q_input.shape[0]

        # Project Q from q_input, K/V from kv_input
        # in_proj_weight is [3d, d] = [Wq; Wk; Wv]
        Wq, Wk, Wv = mha.in_proj_weight.chunk(3, dim=0)
        bq, bk, bv = mha.in_proj_bias.chunk(3, dim=0)

        q = F.linear(q_input, Wq, bq)        # [B, 1, d]
        k_new = F.linear(kv_input, Wk, bk)    # [B, 1, d]
        v_new = F.linear(kv_input, Wv, bv)    # [B, 1, d]

        # Append to cache
        if cache_k is not None and cache_k.shape[1] > 0:
            k = torch.cat([cache_k, k_new], dim=1)
            v = torch.cat([cache_v, v_new], dim=1)
        else:
            k = k_new
            v = v_new

        # Multi-head attention
        q = q.view(B, 1, nhead, head_dim).transpose(1, 2)      # [B, nhead, 1, head_dim]
        k_mh = k.view(B, -1, nhead, head_dim).transpose(1, 2)  # [B, nhead, T, head_dim]
        v_mh = v.view(B, -1, nhead, head_dim).transpose(1, 2)

        attn = torch.matmul(q, k_mh.transpose(-2, -1)) / (head_dim ** 0.5)
        attn = F.softmax(attn, dim=-1)
        out = torch.matmul(attn, v_mh)  # [B, nhead, 1, head_dim]

        out = out.transpose(1, 2).contiguous().view(B, 1, d)
        out = F.linear(out, mha.out_proj.weight, mha.out_proj.bias)

        return out, k, v

    def _cached_cross_attn(self, mha, q_input, memory, cache_k, cache_v, memory_mask=None):
        """Cross-attention with cached memory K,V (computed once).
        memory_mask: [B, T_text] bool, True = padding (applied as -inf)."""
        d = mha.embed_dim
        nhead = mha.num_heads
        head_dim = d // nhead
        B = q_input.shape[0]

        Wq, Wk, Wv = mha.in_proj_weight.chunk(3, dim=0)
        bq, bk, bv = mha.in_proj_bias.chunk(3, dim=0)

        q = F.linear(q_input, Wq, bq)  # [B, 1, d]

        if cache_k is None:
            k = F.linear(memory, Wk, bk)  # [B, T_text, d]
            v = F.linear(memory, Wv, bv)
        else:
            k, v = cache_k, cache_v

        q = q.view(B, 1, nhead, head_dim).transpose(1, 2)
        k_mh = k.view(B, -1, nhead, head_dim).transpose(1, 2)
        v_mh = v.view(B, -1, nhead, head_dim).transpose(1, 2)

        attn = torch.matmul(q, k_mh.transpose(-2, -1)) / (head_dim ** 0.5)
        if memory_mask is not None:
            # memory_mask: [B, T_text] → [B, 1, 1, T_text]
            attn = attn.masked_fill(memory_mask.unsqueeze(1).unsqueeze(2), float('-inf'))
        attn = F.softmax(attn, dim=-1)
        out = torch.matmul(attn, v_mh)

        out = out.transpose(1, 2).contiguous().view(B, 1, d)
        out = F.linear(out, mha.out_proj.weight, mha.out_proj.bias)

        return out, k, v

    def init_cache(self, num_layers):
        """Initialize empty KV cache."""
        return {
            'self_k': [None] * num_layers,
            'self_v': [None] * num_layers,
            'cross_k': [None] * num_layers,
            'cross_v': [None] * num_layers,
        }

    def inference_step(self, new_emb, text_emb, step_idx, cache, text_mask=None):
        """Process one token with KV cache.
        new_emb: [B, 1, d_model] — raw audio embedding (not projected)
        text_mask: [B, T_text] bool, True = padding
        Returns: predicted [B, 1, d_model], updated cache
        """
        x = self.audio_input_proj(new_emb)
        # Add positional encoding for this specific position
        x = x + self.pos_embed.pe[:, step_idx:step_idx + 1]

        for i, layer in enumerate(self.transformer.layers):
            # Self-attention with cache (post-norm)
            sa_out, cache['self_k'][i], cache['self_v'][i] = self._cached_mha(
                layer.self_attn, x, x, cache['self_k'][i], cache['self_v'][i]
            )
            x = layer.norm1(x + layer.dropout1(sa_out))

            # Cross-attention with cached text KV
            ca_out, cache['cross_k'][i], cache['cross_v'][i] = self._cached_cross_attn(
                layer.multihead_attn, x, text_emb, cache['cross_k'][i], cache['cross_v'][i],
                memory_mask=text_mask,
            )
            x = layer.norm2(x + layer.dropout2(ca_out))

            # FFN
            ff_out = layer.linear2(layer.dropout(layer.activation(layer.linear1(x))))
            x = layer.norm3(x + layer.dropout3(ff_out))

        return self.output_proj(x), cache

# ─── Positional Encoding ────────────────────────────────────────────────────

class SinusoidalPositionalEncoding(nn.Module):
    def __init__(self, d_model, max_len=8192):
        super().__init__()
        pe = torch.zeros(max_len, d_model)
        position = torch.arange(0, max_len, dtype=torch.float).unsqueeze(1)
        div_term = torch.exp(torch.arange(0, d_model, 2).float() * (-math.log(10000.0) / d_model))
        pe[:, 0::2] = torch.sin(position * div_term)
        pe[:, 1::2] = torch.cos(position * div_term)
        self.register_buffer("pe", pe.unsqueeze(0))  # [1, max_len, d_model]

    def forward(self, x):
        return x + self.pe[:, :x.shape[1]]

# ─── Mel Decoder ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

class ResConvBlock(nn.Module):
    """Residual conv block for mel decoder."""

    def __init__(self, channels, kernel_size=3):
        super().__init__()
        self.net = nn.Sequential(
            nn.Conv1d(channels, channels, kernel_size, padding=kernel_size // 2),
            nn.GELU(),
            nn.Conv1d(channels, channels, kernel_size, padding=kernel_size // 2),
        )

    def forward(self, x):
        return x + self.net(x)

class MelDecoder(nn.Module):
    """Decodes latent embeddings back to mel spectrograms.
    Improved architecture with residual blocks for sharper mel output."""

    def __init__(self, d_model=256, n_mels=100, upsample_factor=4):
        super().__init__()
        hidden = d_model * 2  # 512 — more capacity

        self.proj = nn.Sequential(
            nn.Linear(d_model, hidden),
            nn.GELU(),
        )
        if upsample_factor == 2:
            self.upsample = nn.Sequential(
                nn.ConvTranspose1d(hidden, hidden, kernel_size=4, stride=2, padding=1),
                nn.GELU(),
                ResConvBlock(hidden, kernel_size=3),
            )
        else:
            self.upsample = nn.Sequential(
                # 4x upsample (2x + 2x)
                nn.ConvTranspose1d(hidden, hidden, kernel_size=4, stride=2, padding=1),
                nn.GELU(),
                ResConvBlock(hidden, kernel_size=3),
                nn.ConvTranspose1d(hidden, hidden, kernel_size=4, stride=2, padding=1),
                nn.GELU(),
                ResConvBlock(hidden, kernel_size=3),
            )
        # Refinement + projection to mel bins
        self.out = nn.Sequential(
            nn.Conv1d(hidden, hidden, kernel_size=7, padding=3),
            nn.GELU(),
            ResConvBlock(hidden, kernel_size=5),
            nn.Conv1d(hidden, n_mels, kernel_size=7, padding=3),
        )

    def forward(self, z):
        """z: [B, T_down, d_model] → mel: [B, n_mels, T_up]"""
        x = self.proj(z)
        x = x.transpose(1, 2)  # [B, hidden, T_down]
        x = self.upsample(x)   # [B, hidden, T_up]
        return self.out(x)      # [B, n_mels, T_up]

# ─── Multi-Resolution Spectral Loss ─────────────────────────────────────────

class MultiResolutionSpectralLoss(nn.Module):
    """Computes spectral convergence + log magnitude loss at multiple STFT resolutions.
    This forces the mel decoder to produce sharp, well-defined spectral structure
    rather than blurry averages that Vocos can't decode properly."""

    def __init__(self, resolutions=((64, 16, 64), (128, 32, 128), (256, 64, 256))):
        super().__init__()
        # Each resolution is (n_fft, hop_length, win_length)
        self.resolutions = resolutions

    def _stft_loss(self, pred, target, n_fft, hop_length, win_length):
        """Compute spectral convergence + log magnitude loss for one resolution."""
        window = torch.hann_window(win_length, device=pred.device)

        # pred/target: [B, n_mels, T] — treat as 1D signal per mel bin
        # Flatten mel bins into batch: [B*n_mels, T]
        B, M, T = pred.shape
        pred_flat = pred.reshape(B * M, T)
        target_flat = target.reshape(B * M, T)

        pred_stft = torch.stft(pred_flat, n_fft, hop_length, win_length,
                               window=window, return_complex=True)
        target_stft = torch.stft(target_flat, n_fft, hop_length, win_length,
                                 window=window, return_complex=True)

        pred_mag = pred_stft.abs()
        target_mag = target_stft.abs()

        # Spectral convergence: Frobenius norm of difference / Frobenius norm of target
        sc_loss = torch.norm(target_mag - pred_mag, p="fro") / (torch.norm(target_mag, p="fro") + 1e-8)

        # Log magnitude loss
        log_mag_loss = F.l1_loss(
            torch.log(pred_mag + 1e-7),
            torch.log(target_mag + 1e-7),
        )

        return sc_loss + log_mag_loss

    def forward(self, pred, target):
        """pred, target: [B, n_mels, T]"""
        loss = torch.tensor(0.0, device=pred.device)
        count = 0
        for n_fft, hop, win in self.resolutions:
            # Skip if T is too short for this resolution
            if pred.shape[2] >= n_fft:
                loss = loss + self._stft_loss(pred, target, n_fft, hop, win)
                count += 1
        if count > 0:
            loss = loss / count
        return loss

# ─── Full LeWM TTS Model ────────────────────────────────────────────────────

class LeWMTTS(nn.Module):
    """
    Complete LeWM TTS model.

    Training: text + mel → audio embeddings → predict next embedding
    Two losses:
        1. Next-embedding prediction: MSE(predicted[t], target[t+1])
        2. Gaussian regularizer: KL(q(z|x) || N(0, I))
    """

    def __init__(self, config):
        super().__init__()
        d_model = config.get("d_model", 256)
        nhead = config.get("nhead", 4)
        n_mels = config.get("n_mels", 100)
        text_vocab = config.get("text_vocab_size", 256)
        text_layers = config.get("text_encoder_layers", 4)
        audio_layers = config.get("audio_encoder_layers", 4)
        predictor_layers = config.get("predictor_layers", 6)
        dropout = config.get("dropout", 0.1)
        self.kl_weight = config.get("kl_weight", 0.01)
        n_speakers = config.get("n_speakers", 1)

        self.text_encoder = TextEncoder(
            vocab_size=text_vocab, d_model=d_model, nhead=nhead,
            num_layers=text_layers, dropout=dropout,
        )
        downsample_factor = config.get("downsample_factor", 4)
        self.audio_encoder = AudioEncoder(
            n_mels=n_mels, d_model=d_model, nhead=nhead,
            num_layers=audio_layers, downsample_factor=downsample_factor,
            dropout=dropout,
        )
        self.predictor = JEPAPredictor(
            d_model=d_model, nhead=nhead,
            num_layers=predictor_layers, dropout=dropout,
        )

        # Mel decoder: reconstructs mel from latent embeddings
        # Needed so the latent space is grounded to actual audio
        self.mel_decoder = MelDecoder(d_model=d_model, n_mels=n_mels, upsample_factor=downsample_factor)
        self.recon_weight = config.get("recon_weight", 1.0)

        # EMA target encoder — core JEPA component
        # Provides slowly-moving prediction targets to prevent representation collapse
        self.ema_audio_encoder = copy.deepcopy(self.audio_encoder)
        for p in self.ema_audio_encoder.parameters():
            p.requires_grad = False
        self.ema_decay = config.get("ema_decay", 0.998)

        # Speaker embedding (for multi-speaker)
        self.n_speakers = n_speakers
        if n_speakers > 1:
            self.speaker_embed = nn.Embedding(n_speakers, d_model)
        else:
            self.speaker_embed = None

        # Learnable start-of-sequence embedding for AR inference
        self.start_emb = nn.Parameter(torch.randn(1, 1, d_model) * 0.02)

        # Prediction weight — primary JEPA loss
        self.pred_weight = config.get("pred_weight", 10.0)

        # Input noise injection to bridge train/inference gap
        self.input_noise = config.get("input_noise", 0.0)

        # Free-bits KL: allow KL up to this threshold without penalty
        self.free_bits = config.get("free_bits", 1.0)

        # Multi-resolution spectral loss for sharper mel output
        self.spectral_loss = MultiResolutionSpectralLoss()
        self.spectral_weight = config.get("spectral_weight", 0.5)

        self.config = config

    def _add_speaker(self, text_emb, speaker_id):
        """Add speaker embedding to text embeddings."""
        if self.speaker_embed is not None and speaker_id is not None:
            spk = self.speaker_embed(speaker_id).unsqueeze(1)  # [B, 1, d]
            text_emb = text_emb + spk
        return text_emb

    @torch.no_grad()
    def update_ema(self):
        """Update EMA target encoder weights."""
        for p_online, p_ema in zip(self.audio_encoder.parameters(),
                                   self.ema_audio_encoder.parameters()):
            p_ema.data.mul_(self.ema_decay).add_(p_online.data, alpha=1 - self.ema_decay)

    def forward(self, mel, text_tokens, mel_mask=None, text_mask=None, speaker_id=None):
        """
        Args:
            mel: [B, n_mels, T_mel]
            text_tokens: [B, T_text]
            mel_mask: [B, T_mel] bool
            text_mask: [B, T_text] bool
        Returns:
            loss_dict with 'prediction_loss', 'kl_loss', 'total_loss'
        """
        # Encode text + speaker conditioning
        text_emb = self.text_encoder(text_tokens, text_mask)
        text_emb = self._add_speaker(text_emb, speaker_id)

        # Online encoder → latent embeddings (used for predictor input + reconstruction)
        z, mu, logvar = self.audio_encoder(mel, mel_mask)
        B = z.shape[0]
        T_down = z.shape[1]

        # EMA target encoder → stable prediction targets (no gradient)
        # Force eval mode so dropout is disabled — EMA targets must be deterministic
        with torch.no_grad():
            self.ema_audio_encoder.eval()
            _, mu_ema, _ = self.ema_audio_encoder(mel, mel_mask)
            self.ema_audio_encoder.train()
            target_emb = mu_ema  # [B, T_down, d] — all EMA targets

        # Prepend learnable start embedding to input sequence
        # Input:  [start_emb, z[0], z[1], ..., z[T-2]]  → T_down positions
        # Target: [z_ema[0],  z_ema[1], ..., z_ema[T-1]] → T_down positions
        # This trains the model to predict the first audio embedding from start_emb + text
        start = self.start_emb.expand(B, -1, -1)  # [B, 1, d]
        input_emb = torch.cat([start, z[:, :-1]], dim=1)  # [B, T_down, d]

        # Input noise: only on positions 1+ (real embeddings), not start_emb
        # Simulates the imperfect predictions seen during AR inference
        if self.training and self.input_noise > 0:
            noise = torch.zeros_like(input_emb)
            noise[:, 1:] = torch.randn(B, T_down - 1, input_emb.shape[-1],
                                        device=input_emb.device) * self.input_noise
            input_emb = input_emb + noise

        # Adjust masks for downsampled sequence
        if mel_mask is not None:
            ds_mask = mel_mask[:, ::self.audio_encoder.downsample_factor][:, :T_down]
            # Predictor input mask: start_emb (pos 0) is always unmasked
            start_mask = torch.zeros(B, 1, dtype=torch.bool, device=z.device)
            pred_mask = torch.cat([start_mask, ds_mask[:, :-1]], dim=1)  # [B, T_down]
            # Loss mask: follows original ds_mask for target positions
            loss_mask = ds_mask
        else:
            pred_mask = None
            loss_mask = None

        predicted = self.predictor(input_emb, text_emb, pred_mask, text_mask)

        # ─── Loss 1: Next-embedding prediction (MSE) against EMA targets ───
        if loss_mask is not None:
            valid = (~loss_mask).unsqueeze(-1)  # [B, T_down, 1]
            prediction_loss = F.mse_loss(
                predicted * valid, target_emb * valid, reduction="sum"
            ) / (valid.sum() * predicted.shape[-1] + 1e-8)
        else:
            prediction_loss = F.mse_loss(predicted, target_emb)

        # ─── Loss 2: Free-bits KL — only penalize KL above threshold ───
        # Prevents both KL collapse (too low) and KL explosion (too high)
        kl_per_dim = -0.5 * (1 + logvar - mu.pow(2) - logvar.exp())  # [B, T, d]
        kl_free = torch.clamp(kl_per_dim - self.free_bits, min=0.0)
        if mel_mask is not None:
            T_down = mu.shape[1]
            ds_mask = mel_mask[:, ::self.audio_encoder.downsample_factor][:, :T_down]
            valid_kl = (~ds_mask).unsqueeze(-1).float()
            kl_loss = (kl_free * valid_kl).sum() / (valid_kl.sum() * mu.shape[-1] + 1e-8)
        else:
            kl_loss = kl_free.mean()

        # ─── Loss 3: Mel reconstruction ───
        mel_recon = self.mel_decoder(z)  # [B, n_mels, T_up]
        T_mel = mel.shape[2]
        T_recon = mel_recon.shape[2]
        if T_recon > T_mel:
            mel_recon = mel_recon[:, :, :T_mel]
        elif T_recon < T_mel:
            mel = mel[:, :, :T_recon]
            if mel_mask is not None:
                mel_mask = mel_mask[:, :T_recon]

        if mel_mask is not None:
            valid_mel = (~mel_mask).unsqueeze(1).float()  # [B, 1, T]
            recon_loss = F.l1_loss(
                mel_recon * valid_mel, mel * valid_mel, reduction="sum"
            ) / (valid_mel.sum() * mel.shape[1] + 1e-8)
        else:
            recon_loss = F.l1_loss(mel_recon, mel)

        # ─── Loss 4: Multi-resolution spectral loss ───
        if mel_mask is not None:
            spectral_loss = self.spectral_loss(mel_recon * valid_mel, mel * valid_mel)
        else:
            spectral_loss = self.spectral_loss(mel_recon, mel)

        total_loss = (self.pred_weight * prediction_loss
                      + self.kl_weight * kl_loss
                      + self.recon_weight * recon_loss
                      + self.spectral_weight * spectral_loss)

        return {
            "total_loss": total_loss,
            "prediction_loss": prediction_loss,
            "kl_loss": kl_loss,
            "recon_loss": recon_loss,
            "spectral_loss": spectral_loss,
        }

    def encode_audio(self, mel):
        """Encode mel to latent embeddings (for inference)."""
        z, mu, _ = self.audio_encoder(mel)
        return mu  # Use mean at inference

    def predict_next(self, audio_emb, text_emb, text_mask=None):
        """Predict next audio embedding autoregressively."""
        predicted = self.predictor(audio_emb, text_emb, text_mask=text_mask)
        return predicted[:, -1:]  # Only the last prediction

    def init_ar_cache(self):
        """Initialize KV cache for autoregressive inference."""
        num_layers = len(self.predictor.transformer.layers)
        return self.predictor.init_cache(num_layers)

    def predict_next_cached(self, new_emb, text_emb, step_idx, cache, text_mask=None):
        """Predict next embedding using KV cache. O(1) per step instead of O(n)."""
        return self.predictor.inference_step(new_emb, text_emb, step_idx, cache, text_mask=text_mask)

def count_parameters(model):
    return sum(p.numel() for p in model.parameters() if p.requires_grad)

def build_model(config=None):
    if config is None:
        config = {
            "d_model": 256,
            "nhead": 4,
            "n_mels": 100,
            "text_vocab_size": 256,
            "text_encoder_layers": 4,
            "audio_encoder_layers": 4,
            "predictor_layers": 6,
            "dropout": 0.1,
            "kl_weight": 0.05,
            "pred_weight": 10.0,
            "ema_decay": 0.998,
            "free_bits": 1.0,
            "input_noise": 0.0,
        }
    model = LeWMTTS(config)
    print(f"LeWM TTS model: {count_parameters(model)/1e6:.2f}M parameters")
    return model, config


Let me analyze why reconstruction is noisy. The key issue is:

1. **d_model=256 is very small** for reconstructing 100-mel spectrograms. The bottleneck is severe - compressing 100 mel bins × 4 frames into just 256 dimensions.

2. **The MelDecoder is decent** but the information bottleneck at 256 dims with stride-4 downsampling means each latent vector represents 400 mel values (100 bins × 4 frames) compressed into 256 dims. That's significant information loss.

3. **Recon loss plateaued at 0.57** - this suggests the bottleneck is the latent dimension, not training duration.

The user's v3c achieved 0.50 loss after 200 epochs, so there's room for improvement, but I'm noticing something else: during training I'm using the sampled z with reparameterization noise, which makes the decoder's job harder, while at inference I switch to using mu directly. This mismatch could be contributing to the quality issues.

The real bottleneck seems to be that 256 dimensions might be too constrained for reconstructing 100-mel spectrograms, and the decoder capacity could be undersized. The 0.57 L1 loss on log-mel is creating audible artifacts when Vocos processes it downstream.

But there's something odd about the spectral loss—it's computing STFT on the temporal evolution of individual mel bins rather than on actual audio, which seems like it might not be helping the reconstruction quality much.

Since we can't compute STFT loss on the waveform during training (Vocos handles that decoding later), I'm thinking through what would actually move the needle: increasing the model capacity with more residual blocks in the decoder seems most practical, though reducing the KL weight further or switching to decode from the mean instead of sampling could also help reduce the noise in the latent space.

The problem is that after 120 epochs of training, any architectural changes would require starting over and losing all that progress, so I need to decide whether to keep training and hope for improvement or bite the bullet and restart with a better model design.

Looking at the actual numbers, the 256-dimensional latent space compressing 400 mel values isn't inherently the bottleneck—a 1.56x compression ratio should be manageable. The real issue is likely that the decoder isn't expressive enough or the KL regularization is pulling the latents away from what would give good reconstructions. Let me test whether using the mean directly instead of the reparameterized sample would show better reconstruction performance.

Wait, I'm already doing that in inference—the code uses the mean for reconstruction, so the noise isn't the culprit. The gap between training loss and evaluation reconstruction quality suggests either the decoder architecture is genuinely insufficient or there's a train/eval mismatch. I should directly measure whether the mean-based reconstruction loss during evaluation matches what we see during training to pinpoint whether this is an architectural limitation or something else.


The recon loss has plateaued at ~0.57 for many epochs — this is an architectural bottleneck, not a training duration issue. Let me diagnose exactly where the noise is coming from.


cd /home/ubuntu/lewm-tts && python3 -c "
import torch, numpy as np, json
from model import LeWMTTS

device = torch.device('cuda')
ckpt = torch.load('output_v4/checkpoints/epoch_0120.pt', map_location=device, weights_only=False)
model = LeWMTTS(ckpt['config']).to(device)
model.load_state_dict(ckpt['model'])
model.eval()

manifest = json.load(open('processed_data_100mel/manifest.json'))

# Check reconstruction quality in detail
mel = torch.load(manifest[0]['mel_path'], weights_only=True).unsqueeze(0).to(device)
print(f'Input mel shape: {mel.shape}, range: [{mel.min():.2f}, {mel.max():.2f}]')

with torch.no_grad():
    z, mu, logvar = model.audio_encoder(mel)
    print(f'Latent z shape: {z.shape}, mu range: [{mu.min():.2f}, {mu.max():.2f}]')
    print(f'Latent std (from logvar): mean={torch.exp(0.5*logvar).mean():.4f}')

    mel_recon = model.mel_decoder(mu)
    print(f'Recon mel shape: {mel_recon.shape}')

    # Trim to same size
    T = min(mel.shape[2], mel_recon.shape[2])
    mel_t = mel[:,:,:T]
    mel_r = mel_recon[:,:,:T]

    l1 = (mel_t - mel_r).abs().mean().item()
    print(f'L1 error: {l1:.4f}')

    # Per-frequency-bin error
    per_bin = (mel_t - mel_r).abs().mean(dim=(0,2))  # [100]
    print(f'Error by freq band: low={per_bin[:25].mean():.4f}, mid={per_bin[25:75].mean():.4f}, high={per_bin[75:].mean():.4f}')

    # Information bottleneck analysis
    d = mu.shape[-1]
    T_down = mu.shape[1]
    n_mels = mel.shape[1]
    T_mel = mel.shape[2]
    print(f'\\nBottleneck: {n_mels}x{T_mel}={n_mels*T_mel} mel values → {d}x{T_down}={d*T_down} latent values')
    print(f'Compression ratio: {n_mels*T_mel/(d*T_down):.2f}x')

    # Check if mu contains enough info — compare to PCA of original mel
    # Reconstruction from z (with reparam noise) vs mu (clean)
    mel_recon_z = model.mel_decoder(z)[:,:,:T]
    l1_z = (mel_t - mel_recon_z[:,:,:T]).abs().mean().item()
    print(f'\\nRecon from mu: L1={l1:.4f}')
    print(f'Recon from z:  L1={l1_z:.4f}')
    print(f'Gap (reparam noise effect): {l1_z - l1:.4f}')
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Diagnose reconstruction quality bottleneck


Input mel shape: torch.Size([1, 100, 893]), range: [-8.69, 4.46]
Latent z shape: torch.Size([1, 223, 256]), mu range: [-3.15, 3.22]
Latent std (from logvar): mean=0.2487
Recon mel shape: torch.Size([1, 100, 892])
L1 error: 0.5274
Error by freq band: low=0.6747, mid=0.5025, high=0.4302

Bottleneck: 100x893=89300 mel values → 256x223=57088 latent values
Compression ratio: 1.56x

Recon from mu: L1=0.5274
Recon from z:  L1=0.5274
Gap (reparam noise effect): 0.0000
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Key findings:
1. Compression ratio is only 1.56x — this should be very doable
2. No difference between mu and z reconstruction — the reparameterization noise doesn't matter (std=0.25 is small)
3. L1 error is 0.5274 on a range of [-8.69, 4.46] = ~13 range. So relative error is ~4%
4. High-frequency bins have LOWER error than low-frequency bins — the low frequencies have the most error

The issue is that 0.53 L1 on log-mel with range ~13 is actually not terrible mathematically (~4% relative error), but Vocos is very sensitive to mel errors, especially in the lower frequencies where most speech energy lives.

The low frequencies showing 0.67 error versus 0.43 for high frequencies is the real problem — that's where the fundamental frequency and harmonics live. Since the compression ratio is already tight at 1.56x, the bottleneck must be in how the decoder reconstructs from the latent space. Let me examine the MelDecoder architecture to see where it's losing information.

Looking at the current design, it's quite minimal — just two upsampling blocks with transposed convolutions and residual connections, then a single refinement block before the final output. Compared to typical TTS mel decoders that use multiple stacked residual blocks with dilated convolutions and deeper models, this architecture is underpowered. The lack of layer normalization and limited receptive field are also concerning. I could restart training with a better decoder, but that means losing 120 epochs of progress. Or I could try adding something to the existing model without restarting.

A post-net approach like Tacotron 2 uses could work — training a small refinement network on top to clean up the mel output without disrupting the main model. But I'm also wondering if the L1 loss of 0.53 on log-mel is actually problematic in practice, or if the issue is just that the vocoder is too sensitive to imperfect mels. Maybe switching to a more robust vocoder would be simpler than redesigning the decoder.

The core insight from the user's feedback is that reconstruction and teacher-forced modes both have audible voice underneath the noise, which means the encoder is working — the decoder's mel predictions just have small errors that Vocos amplifies. The real fix would be increasing d_model to 512 and improving the decoder architecture, though that requires restarting training. Alternatively, reducing the downsample factor could help with compression, though that approach had mixed results before.

Looking at the architecture more carefully, there's a huge imbalance: the encoder has a stride-4 CNN plus a 4-layer transformer, while the decoder only has transpose convolutions and 3 residual blocks. I should propose adding a Transformer layer to the decoder to match the encoder's capacity.

The real issue is that restarting means losing 120 epochs of training, but the current decoder is fundamentally too weak to improve further. I think I need to present both options to the user—either restart with a stronger architecture or train a refinement network on top—and recommend the restart since the decoder limitations are architectural, not just a matter of training longer. For v5, I'd increase d_model to 512, add 2-4 transformer layers before upsampling in the decoder, and expand the residual blocks from 2 to 4 per stage.

Now I'm questioning whether 0.53 L1 is actually problematic. For a 100-mel spectrogram spanning about 13 units, that's roughly 4% average error, which isn't terrible for a VAE. The real question is whether the errors are structured or random—if they're correlated patterns rather than white noise, that would explain the quality issues better than the raw magnitude.

I should focus on improving the decoder as the practical next step.


Key findings:
- **Compression ratio is only 1.56x** — the latent space has plenty of capacity
- **Low frequencies have 60% more error than high** — this is where speech energy lives
- **No gap between mu/z** — reparameterization noise is negligible (std=0.25)

The bottleneck is the **MelDecoder**, not the latent space. It only has 3 residual blocks and no transformer layers — too weak to reconstruct 100-mel accurately. The encoder (CNN + 4L transformer) is much more powerful than the decoder (just convolutions).

This is an architecture problem that can't be fixed by training longer. Two options:

1. **Restart with a better architecture (v5)** — stronger decoder, larger d_model. Loses 120 epochs but fixes the root cause.
2. **Train a post-net** on top of the current model to refine mel output. Faster but less elegant.

I recommend **option 1** — a proper v5 with:
- `d_model=512` (double capacity, still fits on A100)
- Transformer layers in the decoder (not just CNN)
- More residual blocks (4 per upsample stage instead of 1)
- Keep all v4 JEPA fixes (EMA, free-bits, start_emb, input noise)

Want me to implement v5 and start training? The current v4 training can keep running in the background while we set up the new architecture.


jepa is predicting good ? check that ... if it good .. we can use anither codec like nanocodec ryt