# Waveform Generation on MUSDB18 OOD Vocal Samples HQ (test)

Source: [Waveform Generation on MUSDB18 OOD Vocal Samples HQ (test)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/waveform-generation-on-musdb18-ood-vocal-samples-hq-test>)

Collection index: [llms.txt](<https://www.sota2.com/research/llms.txt>)

Data updated: 2026-02-26T05:48:49.592Z

Evaluation of waveform generation performance using the out-of-distribution test set of MUSDB18 HQ, specifically focusing on vocal samples. Metrics include M-STFT, PESQ, Periodicity, and V/UV F1 score.

A research result applies to its stated dataset, split, metric and evaluation configuration. Compare like-for-like settings, preserve the metric's unit and direction, and distinguish paper-reported results from independent reproduction. The best result recorded here is not a claim of exhaustive, current global coverage.

| Scope | Recorded value |
| --- | --- |
| Task | Waveform Generation |
| Dataset (including any stated split) | MUSDB18 out-of-distribution vocal samples HQ (test) |
| Metric | M-STFT |
| Unit | SCALAR |
| Direction | Lower is better |
| Results loaded | 19 of 19 |
| Coverage | All results currently returned for this benchmark |

Evaluation settings may differ between results. The original papers and recorded configurations are needed to establish comparability. A shared metric name alone does not establish an identical protocol.

## Metrics

- [M-STFT](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/waveform-generation-on-musdb18-ood-vocal-samples-hq-test.md?metric=M-STFT>): Lower is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [PESQ](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/waveform-generation-on-musdb18-ood-vocal-samples-hq-test.md?metric=PESQ>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [Periodicity Score](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/waveform-generation-on-musdb18-ood-vocal-samples-hq-test.md?metric=Periodicity%20Score>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [V/UV F1](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/waveform-generation-on-musdb18-ood-vocal-samples-hq-test.md?metric=V%2FUV%20F1>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [Pitch Score](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/waveform-generation-on-musdb18-ood-vocal-samples-hq-test.md?metric=Pitch%20Score>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

## Recorded results

| Method | M-STFT | Result date | Report paper |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| BigVGAN-v2 | 0.8623 | Not recorded | 68fa74861e209131cea62328 |
| BigVSAN | 0.8766 | Not recorded | 68fa74861e209131cea62328 |
| PeriodWave-Turbo-L | 0.8901 | Not recorded | 68fa74861e209131cea62328 |
| BigVGAN | 0.9062 | Not recorded | 68fa74841e209131cea6222e |
| BigVGAN | 0.9062 | Not recorded | 68fa74861e209131cea62328 |
| PeriodWave-Turbo-B | 0.9426 | Not recorded | 68fa74861e209131cea62328 |
| PeriodWave-Turbo-S | 0.983 | Not recorded | 68fa74861e209131cea62328 |
| BigVGAN-base | 1.0132 | Not recorded | 68fa74841e209131cea6222e |
| Vocos | 1.0203 | Not recorded | 68fa74841e209131cea6222e |
| Vocos | 1.0203 | Not recorded | 68fa74861e209131cea62328 |
| PeriodWave-MB | 1.049 | Not recorded | 68fa74841e209131cea6222e |
| PeriodWave-L | 1.0986 | Not recorded | 68fa74861e209131cea62328 |
| UnivNet-c32 | 1.1377 | Not recorded | 68fa74841e209131cea6222e |
| UnivNet-c32 | 1.1377 | Not recorded | 68fa74861e209131cea62328 |
| PeriodWave | 1.1923 | Not recorded | 68fa74841e209131cea6222e |
| PeriodWave | 1.1923 | Not recorded | 68fa74861e209131cea62328 |
| PeriodWave-L | 1.1938 | Not recorded | 68fa74861e209131cea62328 |
| PeriodWave | 1.2702 | Not recorded | 68fa74841e209131cea6222e |
| PeriodWave | 1.2702 | Not recorded | 68fa74861e209131cea62328 |

### BigVGAN-v2

M-STFT: 0.8623. Result ID: 69935fe13a6c314849157b90.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa74861e209131cea62328.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa72a21e209131cea57b3c.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/sony/bigvsan>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"trained\_with\_large\_scale\_dataset":true}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### BigVSAN

M-STFT: 0.8766. Result ID: 69935fe13a6c314849157b8e.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa74861e209131cea62328.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa72a21e209131cea57b3c.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/sony/bigvsan>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### PeriodWave-Turbo-L

M-STFT: 0.8901. Result ID: 69935fe13a6c314849157b97.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa74861e209131cea62328.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa74861e209131cea62328.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/sh-lee-prml/PeriodWave>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Sampling steps":4,"Sampling algorithm":"Euler","Model variant":"L"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### BigVGAN

M-STFT: 0.9062. Result ID: 69934a2b3a6c31484914f3bc.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa74841e209131cea6222e.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa72a21e209131cea57b3c.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/sony/bigvsan>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### BigVGAN

M-STFT: 0.9062. Result ID: 69935fe13a6c314849157b8f.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa74861e209131cea62328.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6e8c1e209131cea407ef.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/NVIDIA/BigVGAN>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### PeriodWave-Turbo-B

M-STFT: 0.9426. Result ID: 69935fe13a6c314849157b96.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa74861e209131cea62328.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa74861e209131cea62328.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/sh-lee-prml/PeriodWave>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Sampling steps":4,"Sampling algorithm":"Euler","Model variant":"B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### PeriodWave-Turbo-S

M-STFT: 0.983. Result ID: 69935fe13a6c314849157b95.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa74861e209131cea62328.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa74861e209131cea62328.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/sh-lee-prml/PeriodWave>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Sampling steps":4,"Sampling algorithm":"Euler","Model variant":"S"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### BigVGAN-base

M-STFT: 1.0132. Result ID: 69934a2b3a6c31484914f3bb.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa74841e209131cea6222e.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6e8c1e209131cea407ef.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/NVIDIA/BigVGAN>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Vocos

M-STFT: 1.0203. Result ID: 69934a2b3a6c31484914f3ba.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa74841e209131cea6222e.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa73681e209131cea5c46d.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/charactr-platform/vocos>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Vocos

M-STFT: 1.0203. Result ID: 69935fe13a6c314849157b8d.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa74861e209131cea62328.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### PeriodWave-MB

M-STFT: 1.049. Result ID: 69934a2b3a6c31484914f3bd.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa74841e209131cea6222e.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa74841e209131cea6222e.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/sh-lee-prml/PeriodWave>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Steps":"16"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### PeriodWave-L

M-STFT: 1.0986. Result ID: 69935fe13a6c314849157b94.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa74861e209131cea62328.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa74861e209131cea62328.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/sh-lee-prml/PeriodWave>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Sampling steps":16,"Sampling algorithm":"Midpoint","FreeU enhancement":true}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### UnivNet-c32

M-STFT: 1.1377. Result ID: 69934a2b3a6c31484914f3b9.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa74841e209131cea6222e.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6a2c1e209131cea2695e.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### UnivNet-c32

M-STFT: 1.1377. Result ID: 69935fe13a6c314849157b8c.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa74861e209131cea62328.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6a2c1e209131cea2695e.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### PeriodWave

M-STFT: 1.1923. Result ID: 69934a2b3a6c31484914f3bf.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa74841e209131cea6222e.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa74841e209131cea6222e.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/sh-lee-prml/PeriodWave>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Steps":"16","Sampling strategy":"Midpoint","Enhancement":"FreeU"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### PeriodWave

M-STFT: 1.1923. Result ID: 69935fe13a6c314849157b93.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa74861e209131cea62328.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa74861e209131cea62328.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/sh-lee-prml/PeriodWave>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Sampling steps":16,"Sampling algorithm":"Midpoint","FreeU enhancement":true}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### PeriodWave-L

M-STFT: 1.1938. Result ID: 69935fe13a6c314849157b92.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa74861e209131cea62328.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa74861e209131cea62328.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/sh-lee-prml/PeriodWave>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Sampling steps":16,"Sampling algorithm":"Midpoint"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### PeriodWave

M-STFT: 1.2702. Result ID: 69934a2b3a6c31484914f3be.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa74841e209131cea6222e.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa74841e209131cea6222e.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/sh-lee-prml/PeriodWave>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Steps":"16","Sampling strategy":"Midpoint"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### PeriodWave

M-STFT: 1.2702. Result ID: 69935fe13a6c314849157b91.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa74861e209131cea62328.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa74861e209131cea62328.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/sh-lee-prml/PeriodWave>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Sampling steps":16,"Sampling algorithm":"Midpoint"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

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