DDX7: Differentiable FM synthesis of musical instrument sounds

F Caspe, A McPherson, M Sandler - arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.06169, 2022 - arxiv.org
FM Synthesis is a well-known algorithm used to generate complex timbre from a compact set
of design primitives. Typically featuring a MIDI interface, it is usually impractical to control it …

Latent spaces: A creative approach

M Yee-King - The Language of Creative AI: Practices, Aesthetics and …, 2022 - Springer
This chapter explores the creative possibilities offered by latent spaces. Latent spaces are
machine-learnt maps representing large media datasets such as images and sound. With a …

Network bending: Expressive manipulation of generative models in multiple domains

T Broad, FF Leymarie, M Grierson - Entropy, 2021 - mdpi.com
This paper presents the network bending framework, a new approach for manipulating and
interacting with deep generative models. We present a comprehensive set of deterministic …

Deep Learning for the Synthesis of Sound Effects

A Barahona-Ríos - 2023 - etheses.whiterose.ac.uk
In media production, the sound design process often involves the use of pre-recorded sound
samples as the source of the audio assets. However, the increasing size and complexity of …

Towards lightweight architectures for embedded machine learning in musical instruments

C Kiefer - 2022 - sussex.figshare.com
It can be challenging to engage with machine learning in restricted computing environments,
such as the systems often in use in digital or hybrid musical instruments. We often use low …