How can I change the database and pretrained generator ?

I am working on this example

rain Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) for Sound Synthesis

And I tried to change the database from drums to human voice by changing the track from here

%% Load Training Data

% Train a GAN using the Drum Sound Effects dataset [1].

% Download and extract the dataset.

%%

%url = 'http://deepyeti.ucsd.edu/cdonahue/wavegan/data/drums.tar.gz';

downloadFolder = tempdir;

filename = fullfile(downloadFolder,'drums_dataset.tgz');

drumsFolder = fullfile(downloadFolder,'drums');

But every time I change the track it still plays the sound of the drums!!

A colleague suggested to me changing the pretrained generator!!..

%%

% Download the pretrained generator.

matFileName = 'drumGeneratorWeights.mat';

%if ~exist(matFileName,'file')

% websave(matFileName,'https://www.mathworks.com/supportfiles/audio/GanAudioSynthesis/drumGeneratorWeights.mat');

%end

ِِAnd now I am trying to link the relationship between the database and the pretrained generator..

And how do I change the pretrained generator if I need to change it?

And why is the pretrained generator used at the beginning of the example?

I am a beginner in Matlab .. Any information will help me ... Thank you

Answer 1

[jibrahim]

Hi Aseel,

The example starts off by showcasing the pretrained network. The network was trained to produce drum-like sounds. If you want it to produce other types of sound, you will need to use another dataset and re-train the network. You can go through the 'Train the GAN' section to see how that is done.