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nemo-nano-codec-22khz-1.89kbps-21.5fps is an open-weight embedding model from nvidia, listed in the AxForge catalogue. AxForge can bring it up on EU-owned hardware for you on request — with the licence handled where one is required.
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NVIDIA NeMo NanoCodec img{ display: inline-table; vertical-align: small; margin: 0; padding: 0; } [](#model-architecture) The NeMo NanoCodec is a neural audio codec that leverages finite scalar quantization and adversarial training with large speech language models to achieve state-of-the-art audio compression across different bitrate and frame rate ranges. Model variant details: This model is ready for commercial/non-commercial use. NeMo NanoCodec variants Model | Sample Rate | Frame Rate | Bit Rate | # Codebooks | Codebook Size | Embed Dim | FSQ Levels | :-----------:|:-----------:|:----------:|:----------:|:-----------:|:-------------:|:-----------:|:------------:| 1.78kbps-12.5fps| 22050 | 12.5 | 1.78kpbs | 13 | 2016 | 52 | [8, 7, 6, 6] | 0.6kbps-12.5fps | 22050 | 12.5 | 0.6kpbs | 4 | 4032 | 16 | [9, 8, 8, 7] | 1.89kbps-21.5fps | 22050 | 21.5 | 1.89kpbs | 8 | 2016 | 32 | [8, 7, 6, 6] | ⚠️ Note on 0.6kbps-12.5fps This variant is designed for fine-tuning with a limited set of speakers, as shown in our S2S Duplex paper. It is not recommended for general-purpose audio encoding or decoding. ℹ️ Recommended Variants Both 1.78kbps-12.5fps and 1.89kbps-21.5fps achieve similar audio reconstruction quality. However, our Magpie TTS model performs best with 1.89kbps-21.5fps. License/Terms of Use NVIDIA Open Model License Agreement Deployment Geography: Use Case: Release Date: Model Architecture NeMo NanoCodec is composed of a fully convolutional generator neural network and three discriminators. The generator comprises an encoder, followed by vector quantization, and a HiFi-GAN-based decoder. The non-causal encoder consists of five residual blocks, each block containing three residual layers similar to the multi-receptive field fusion (MRF) module. The causal decoder, based on the HiFi-GAN vocoder, uses upsampling rates that are the reverse of the encoder's One-Dimensional (1D) convolutional strides. For the vector quantization, we have used Finite Scalar Quantization (FSQ) with thirteen codebooks and four dimensions per code and 2016 codes per codebook. For the discriminators, we utilize three neural networks, all employing a squared-GAN and feature-matching loss. We ad
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Specifications
| Maker | nvidia |
|---|---|
| Type | Embedding models |
| Variants | 1 |
| Runs with | nemo |
| Released | 2025-08-06 |
| Popularity | 22k downloads / month |
| Likes | 20 |
| Licence | Commercial licence needed |
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Variants
Open weights ship in several sizes and precisions. One page, all the variants — pick the one that fits your GPU. VRAM figures are estimates from model size.
| Variant | Params | Precision | VRAM | Fits 16 GB | Weights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nemo-nano-codec-22khz-1.89kbps-21.5fps | — | BF16 | — | — | Weights ↗ |
Using it via the API
Once AxForge deploys nemo-nano-codec-22khz-1-89kbps-21-5fps for you, it answers on the OpenAI-compatible API — the same base URL and keys as every other model. (nemo-nano-codec-22khz-1-89kbps-21-5fps below is illustrative; you get the exact model name on deployment.)
$ curl -sS https://api.axforge.ai/v1/embeddings \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $AXFORGE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"model":"nemo-nano-codec-22khz-1-89kbps-21-5fps","input":"text to embed"}'
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The weights are open but its licence needs a commercial agreement for business use. AxForge can arrange that licence and host the model for you — you pay AxForge, we settle with the model’s maker. Ask us for a quote. Read the licence ↗
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