{"title":"Factorsynth","description":"Machine learning for sound deconstruction.","meta_category":{"id":2,"name":"Technologies","name_fr":"Technologies","name_en":null,"description":"","description_fr":"","description_en":"","featured":true,"logo":"https://forum.ircam.fr/media/images/network.svg","icon_id":null,"order":2},"topics":[{"id":107,"name":"Factorization","status":2,"is_faceted":false,"is_featured":false},{"id":202,"name":"Plugins","status":2,"is_faceted":false,"is_featured":false},{"id":106,"name":"Software","status":2,"is_faceted":false,"is_featured":false},{"id":108,"name":"Sound deconstruction","status":2,"is_faceted":false,"is_featured":false},{"id":524,"name":"Design et traitement sonores","status":2,"is_faceted":true,"is_featured":false},{"id":1645,"name":"Technologies partenaires de l'Ircam","status":2,"is_faceted":false,"is_featured":false},{"id":327,"name":"Vst","status":2,"is_faceted":false,"is_featured":false}],"banner_image":"https://forum.ircam.fr/media/uploads/projects/images/fs3_release_gumroad_panel_OFNDvek_vgZWiCQ_kZomuyD.png","banner_crop_data":"","show_download_repo":false,"show_commits":true,"active_strategy":"project_release","readme_cms_content":"<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Retail Price: 80&euro; VAT excluded</li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.ircam.fr/innovations/abonnements-du-forum/\">Premium member</a> price: 60&euro; VAT excluded - <a href=\"https://shop.ircam.fr/index.php?controller=contact\">ask for the voucher</a>.</li>\n<li>Contact &amp; Technical Support: hello(at)anemond.net</li>\n<li><a href=\"https://anemond.net\">buy</a></li>\n</ul>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Factorsynth is a unique tool for sound deconstruction. It breaks down audio samples into a set of elements using a machine learning algorithm. The pieces are ready for you to rearrange and remix in infinite ways to create complex textures, rhythmic and melodic variations, hybrid sounds and a full new range of sonic transformations!</p>\n<p>First released in 2018 as a Max For Live device, version 3 brings the Factorsynth technology to all VST/AU compatible DAWs. For the first time, it also runs as a standalone application.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://anemond.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/fs3_preorder_difum_sm.png\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n<h2 id=\"system-requirements\">System Requirements</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Mac OS (Intel/Apple M1) or Windows</li>\n</ul>\n<h2 id=\"the-factorsynth-project\">The Factorsynth project</h2>\n<p>J.J Burred started the Factorsynth project in 2014, first doing research on creative applications of a data analysis method called matrix factorization (hence the name). I have since then released several prototype versions for command line and plain Max. These old versions were not real-time capable but have been used by several composers of electronic and electroacoustic music for detailed sound editing and spatialization. Here are some works that have used Factorsynth:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https://jjburred.com/blog/factorsynth-in-the-current-machine-learning-landscape/\">Factorsynth's place in the Machine Learning landscape</a> by J.J Burred, October 2020.</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https://soundcloud.com/maurizio-azzan/where-the-here-and-now-of-nowhere-is\">Where the Here and Now of Nowhere Is</a> by <a href=\"https://www.ircam.fr/person/maurizio-azzan/\">Maurizio Azzan</a>. Premiered at the IRCAM Manifeste festival, Centre Pompidou, Paris, June 2018.</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https://soundcloud.com/emanuele-palumbo/laura-della-distanza\">L&rsquo;Aura della Distanza</a> by <a href=\"https://www.ircam.fr/person/emanuele-palumbo/\">Emanuele Palumbo</a>. Premiered at CNSMDP, Paris, January 2017.</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2FsVPMagew&amp;t=0s\">Khorwa, Myalwa</a> by <a href=\"https://www.ircam.fr/person/mikhail-malt/\">Mikhail Malt</a>. 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