Make the ltx audio vae more native.

comfy/ldm/lightricks/vae/audio_vae.py

@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@ import math
 import torch
 import torchaudio
 
-import comfy.model_management
-import comfy.model_patcher
-import comfy.utils as utils
 from comfy.ldm.mmaudio.vae.distributions import DiagonalGaussianDistribution
 from comfy.ldm.lightricks.symmetric_patchifier import AudioPatchifier
 from comfy.ldm.lightricks.vae.causal_audio_autoencoder import (
@@ -43,30 +40,6 @@ class AudioVAEComponentConfig:
 
         return cls(autoencoder=audio_config, vocoder=vocoder_config)
 
-
-class ModelDeviceManager:
-    """Manages device placement and GPU residency for the composed model."""
-
-    def __init__(self, module: torch.nn.Module):
-        load_device = comfy.model_management.get_torch_device()
-        offload_device = comfy.model_management.vae_offload_device()
-        self.patcher = comfy.model_patcher.ModelPatcher(module, load_device, offload_device)
-
-    def ensure_model_loaded(self) -> None:
-        comfy.model_management.free_memory(
-            self.patcher.model_size(),
-            self.patcher.load_device,
-        )
-        comfy.model_management.load_model_gpu(self.patcher)
-
-    def move_to_load_device(self, tensor: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
-        return tensor.to(self.patcher.load_device)
-
-    @property
-    def load_device(self):
-        return self.patcher.load_device
-
-
 class AudioLatentNormalizer:
     """Applies per-channel statistics in patch space and restores original layout."""
 
@@ -132,23 +105,17 @@ class AudioPreprocessor:
 class AudioVAE(torch.nn.Module):
     """High-level Audio VAE wrapper exposing encode and decode entry points."""
 
-    def __init__(self, state_dict: dict, metadata: dict):
+    def __init__(self, metadata: dict):
         super().__init__()
 
         component_config = AudioVAEComponentConfig.from_metadata(metadata)
 
-        vae_sd = utils.state_dict_prefix_replace(state_dict, {"audio_vae.": ""}, filter_keys=True)
-        vocoder_sd = utils.state_dict_prefix_replace(state_dict, {"vocoder.": ""}, filter_keys=True)
-
         self.autoencoder = CausalAudioAutoencoder(config=component_config.autoencoder)
         if "bwe" in component_config.vocoder:
             self.vocoder = VocoderWithBWE(config=component_config.vocoder)
         else:
             self.vocoder = Vocoder(config=component_config.vocoder)
 
-        self.autoencoder.load_state_dict(vae_sd, strict=False)
-        self.vocoder.load_state_dict(vocoder_sd, strict=False)
-
         autoencoder_config = self.autoencoder.get_config()
         self.normalizer = AudioLatentNormalizer(
             AudioPatchifier(
@@ -168,18 +135,12 @@ class AudioVAE(torch.nn.Module):
             n_fft=autoencoder_config["n_fft"],
         )
 
-        self.device_manager = ModelDeviceManager(self)
+    def encode(self, audio, sample_rate=44100) -> torch.Tensor:
-
-    def encode(self, audio: dict) -> torch.Tensor:
         """Encode a waveform dictionary into normalized latent tensors."""
 
-        waveform = audio["waveform"]
+        waveform = audio
-        waveform_sample_rate = audio["sample_rate"]
+        waveform_sample_rate = sample_rate
         input_device = waveform.device
-        # Ensure that Audio VAE is loaded on the correct device.
-        self.device_manager.ensure_model_loaded()
-
-        waveform = self.device_manager.move_to_load_device(waveform)
         expected_channels = self.autoencoder.encoder.in_channels
         if waveform.shape[1] != expected_channels:
             if waveform.shape[1] == 1:
@@ -190,7 +151,7 @@ class AudioVAE(torch.nn.Module):
                 )
 
         mel_spec = self.preprocessor.waveform_to_mel(
-            waveform, waveform_sample_rate, device=self.device_manager.load_device
+            waveform, waveform_sample_rate, device=waveform.device
         )
 
         latents = self.autoencoder.encode(mel_spec)
@@ -204,17 +165,13 @@ class AudioVAE(torch.nn.Module):
         """Decode normalized latent tensors into an audio waveform."""
         original_shape = latents.shape
 
-        # Ensure that Audio VAE is loaded on the correct device.
-        self.device_manager.ensure_model_loaded()
-
-        latents = self.device_manager.move_to_load_device(latents)
         latents = self.normalizer.denormalize(latents)
 
         target_shape = self.target_shape_from_latents(original_shape)
         mel_spec = self.autoencoder.decode(latents, target_shape=target_shape)
 
         waveform = self.run_vocoder(mel_spec)
-        return self.device_manager.move_to_load_device(waveform)
+        return waveform
 
     def target_shape_from_latents(self, latents_shape):
         batch, _, time, _ = latents_shape

comfy/sd.py

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from .ldm.cascade.stage_c_coder import StageC_coder
 from .ldm.audio.autoencoder import AudioOobleckVAE
 import comfy.ldm.genmo.vae.model
 import comfy.ldm.lightricks.vae.causal_video_autoencoder
+import comfy.ldm.lightricks.vae.audio_vae
 import comfy.ldm.cosmos.vae
 import comfy.ldm.wan.vae
 import comfy.ldm.wan.vae2_2
@@ -805,6 +806,23 @@ class VAE:
                     self.downscale_index_formula = (4, 8, 8)
                     self.memory_used_encode = lambda shape, dtype: (700 * (max(1, (shape[-3] ** 0.66 * 0.11)) * shape[-2] * shape[-1]) * model_management.dtype_size(dtype))
                     self.memory_used_decode = lambda shape, dtype: (50 * (max(1, (shape[-3] ** 0.65 * 0.26)) * shape[-2] * shape[-1] * 32 * 32) * model_management.dtype_size(dtype))
+            elif "vocoder.resblocks.0.convs1.0.weight" in sd or "vocoder.vocoder.resblocks.0.convs1.0.weight" in sd: # LTX Audio
+                self.first_stage_model = comfy.ldm.lightricks.vae.audio_vae.AudioVAE(metadata=metadata)
+                self.memory_used_encode = lambda shape, dtype: (shape[2] * 330) * model_management.dtype_size(dtype)
+                self.memory_used_decode = lambda shape, dtype: (shape[2] * shape[3] * 87000) * model_management.dtype_size(dtype)
+                self.latent_channels = self.first_stage_model.latent_channels
+                self.audio_sample_rate_output = self.first_stage_model.output_sample_rate
+                self.autoencoder = self.first_stage_model.autoencoder  # TODO: remove hack for ltxv custom nodes
+                self.output_channels = 2
+                self.pad_channel_value = "replicate"
+                self.upscale_ratio = 4096
+                self.downscale_ratio = 4096
+                self.latent_dim = 2
+                self.process_output = lambda audio: audio
+                self.process_input = lambda audio: audio
+                self.working_dtypes = [torch.float32]
+                self.disable_offload = True
+                self.extra_1d_channel = 16
             else:
                 logging.warning("WARNING: No VAE weights detected, VAE not initalized.")
                 self.first_stage_model = None

comfy_extras/nodes_audio.py

@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ def vae_decode_audio(vae, samples, tile=None, overlap=None):
     std = torch.std(audio, dim=[1, 2], keepdim=True) * 5.0
     std[std < 1.0] = 1.0
     audio /= std
-    vae_sample_rate = getattr(vae, "audio_sample_rate", 44100)
+    vae_sample_rate = getattr(vae, "audio_sample_rate_output", getattr(vae, "audio_sample_rate", 44100))
     return {"waveform": audio, "sample_rate": vae_sample_rate if "sample_rate" not in samples else samples["sample_rate"]}
 
 

comfy_extras/nodes_lt_audio.py

@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@ import comfy.utils
 import comfy.model_management
 import torch
 
-from comfy.ldm.lightricks.vae.audio_vae import AudioVAE
 from comfy_api.latest import ComfyExtension, io
-
+from comfy_extras.nodes_audio import VAEEncodeAudio
 
 class LTXVAudioVAELoader(io.ComfyNode):
     @classmethod
@@ -28,10 +27,14 @@ class LTXVAudioVAELoader(io.ComfyNode):
     def execute(cls, ckpt_name: str) -> io.NodeOutput:
         ckpt_path = folder_paths.get_full_path_or_raise("checkpoints", ckpt_name)
         sd, metadata = comfy.utils.load_torch_file(ckpt_path, return_metadata=True)
-        return io.NodeOutput(AudioVAE(sd, metadata))
+        sd = comfy.utils.state_dict_prefix_replace(sd, {"audio_vae.": "autoencoder.", "vocoder.": "vocoder."}, filter_keys=True)
+        vae = comfy.sd.VAE(sd=sd, metadata=metadata)
+        vae.throw_exception_if_invalid()
+
+        return io.NodeOutput(vae)
 
 
-class LTXVAudioVAEEncode(io.ComfyNode):
+class LTXVAudioVAEEncode(VAEEncodeAudio):
     @classmethod
     def define_schema(cls) -> io.Schema:
         return io.Schema(
@@ -50,15 +53,8 @@ class LTXVAudioVAEEncode(io.ComfyNode):
         )
 
     @classmethod
-    def execute(cls, audio, audio_vae: AudioVAE) -> io.NodeOutput:
+    def execute(cls, audio, audio_vae) -> io.NodeOutput:
-        audio_latents = audio_vae.encode(audio)
+        return super().execute(audio_vae, audio)
-        return io.NodeOutput(
-            {
-                "samples": audio_latents,
-                "sample_rate": int(audio_vae.sample_rate),
-                "type": "audio",
-            }
-        )
 
 
 class LTXVAudioVAEDecode(io.ComfyNode):
@@ -80,12 +76,12 @@ class LTXVAudioVAEDecode(io.ComfyNode):
         )
 
     @classmethod
-    def execute(cls, samples, audio_vae: AudioVAE) -> io.NodeOutput:
+    def execute(cls, samples, audio_vae) -> io.NodeOutput:
         audio_latent = samples["samples"]
         if audio_latent.is_nested:
             audio_latent = audio_latent.unbind()[-1]
-        audio = audio_vae.decode(audio_latent).to(audio_latent.device)
+        audio = audio_vae.decode(audio_latent).movedim(-1, 1).to(audio_latent.device)
-        output_audio_sample_rate = audio_vae.output_sample_rate
+        output_audio_sample_rate = audio_vae.first_stage_model.output_sample_rate
         return io.NodeOutput(
             {
                 "waveform": audio,
@@ -143,17 +139,17 @@ class LTXVEmptyLatentAudio(io.ComfyNode):
         frames_number: int,
         frame_rate: int,
         batch_size: int,
-        audio_vae: AudioVAE,
+        audio_vae,
     ) -> io.NodeOutput:
         """Generate empty audio latents matching the reference pipeline structure."""
 
         assert audio_vae is not None, "Audio VAE model is required"
 
         z_channels = audio_vae.latent_channels
-        audio_freq = audio_vae.latent_frequency_bins
+        audio_freq = audio_vae.first_stage_model.latent_frequency_bins
-        sampling_rate = int(audio_vae.sample_rate)
+        sampling_rate = int(audio_vae.first_stage_model.sample_rate)
 
-        num_audio_latents = audio_vae.num_of_latents_from_frames(frames_number, frame_rate)
+        num_audio_latents = audio_vae.first_stage_model.num_of_latents_from_frames(frames_number, frame_rate)
 
         audio_latents = torch.zeros(
             (batch_size, z_channels, num_audio_latents, audio_freq),