add setup steps and reqs

README.md

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 [NeurIPS AI4Music '25] MIDI-LLM: Adapting LLMs for text-to-MIDI music generation.
 
 Built with Llama 3.2 (1B) LLM.
+
+# Setup
+
+- A GPU with 16GB+ VRAM and CUDA 12.x is recommended
+
+- Install [Miniconda / Anaconda](https://www.anaconda.com/docs/getting-started/miniconda/install)
+
+- Create and activate Python 3.11 conda environment
+```bash
+conda create -n midi-llm python=3.11
+conda activate midi-llm
+```
+
+- Install packages + download soundfont for MIDI-to-audio synthesis
+```bash
+# Conda pkgs for audio processing & synthesis
+conda install conda-forge::ffmpeg
+conda install conda-forge::fluidsynth
+
+# Soundfont (credit -- '@Frank Wen' https://member.keymusician.com/Member/FluidR3_GM/README.html)
+wget https://keymusician01.s3.amazonaws.com/FluidR3_GM.zip
+mkdir -p soundfonts
+unzip FluidR3_GM.zip -d ./soundfonts/FluidR3_GM
+rm FluidR3_GM.zip
+```
+
+- Install [PyTorch](https://pytorch.org/get-started/locally/) with `pip`
+```bash
+pip install torch torchvision --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu126
+```
+(Note: this is an example for CUDA 12.6, check PyTorch website if you're on other CUDA versions)
+
+- Check if PyTorch works correctly on CUDA GPU
+
+```bash
+python -c "import torch; x = torch.randn(30, 30).cuda(); y = x.clone(); z = torch.mm(x, y); print(f'GPU works correctly, output shape: {z.shape}')"
+```
+
+- Install other dependencies
+```bash
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+```
+
+- Verify all installation
+```bash
+python -c "import torch; from vllm import LLM; from anticipation.convert import events_to_midi; print('Setup successful')"
+```