Built MusicGen VST — a native C++/JUCE audio plugin that puts Meta's MusicGen foundation model directly inside a music producer's DAW, eliminating the need for Python environments, cloud APIs, or any technical knowledge. I re-engineered the full research model for real-time audio production: ONNX model export, quantization for low-latency inference on consumer hardware, a custom C++ audio processing pipeline, and an intuitive UI designed for producers. A critical design decision was making all generated audio fully license-free — producers retain 100% ownership of their creations. Commissioned by Thunderboom Records and presented at Dutch Design Week 2024. This project evolved from an earlier web-based implementation of MusicLM. The source code can be found on GitHub.