Sonic Charge - PHENOTYPE for Synplant2

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  1. cEvin Key

    cEvin Key Kapellmeister

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  3. Dblurgh

    Dblurgh Kapellmeister

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    Would've been cool if you had included a little description in your post, but either way.

    Holy shit, this is fucking nuts.
     
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    PhenoType
    The idea for PhenoType came from working on a new technology for Synplant: an algorithm capable of describing Synplant patches using words and tags. At some point, we started thinking: If an algorithm can create descriptions from patches, should it not also be possible to run the process in reverse and create patches from descriptions?

    Once this idea was planted, we simply had to try building it.

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    The interface is very straightforward. Simply type the description of a sound, texture, or instrument, click EXE, and PhenoType will attempt to create something based on your input. Not happy with the result? Click EXE again and give PhenoType another chance.

    Naturally, every generated result is a fully editable Synplant patch that you can continue to tweak, mutate, branch, and evolve like any other sound in Synplant.

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    The text parser is not a full-blown language model, so it will not understand very complex descriptions, but simple natural English generally works well. For example, don’t expect: a sound that resembles a busy cafe heard from the street outside to produce an accurate result. A description like: a reverb-drenched pad with a slow attack and some modulation works better.

    You can also use shorter tag-style input, such as: slow pad modulation reverb

    The algorithm works with a few hundred internal tags, along with many synonyms, variations, and common misspellings. It also understands simple inversions such as without reverb or not distorted

    If the parser does not understand any of your input, it will generate a random patch. Another way to explore random sounds is to click RND and PhenoType comes up with a prompt for you.
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    PhenoType runs entirely locally inside the JavaScript engine in Synplant 2. No cloud processing and no internet connection required. A Synplant 2 license is required to use it.
     
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  5. Will Kweks

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    It's a fun toy, one of those things I might whip out when I need inspiration or just random starting points.

    I kind of still wish Synplant had a switch to rotate the wheel instead of a CC, and then plant/clone switch (like "clone/plant the most recently played branch") as well. That way it'd be way faster to create and evolve the patch with just a controller.

    But that's just me moaning, more Synplant is always awesome news.
     
  6. daxy

    daxy Kapellmeister

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    there is a clone branch script but i haven't tried it
     
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