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 - [x] Sample-wise quantization level sampling for NAR training.
 - [ ] Pre-trained checkpoint and demos on LibriTTS
 
+## Notice
+
+- [EnCodec](https://github.com/facebookresearch/encodec) is licensed under CC-BY-NC 4.0. If you use the code to generate audio quantization or perform decoding, it is important to adhere to the terms of their license.
+
 ## Citations
 
 ```bibtex