ASAP - Keynote & Workshop - Transforming sound in a creative way

In this presentation, Pierre Guillot will explore the historical, artistic, and research context that shaped the development of the ASAP plug-ins, emphasizing the project’s innovative solutions and technical challenges. He will introduce the functionalities of the ASAP collection, with a focus on plug-ins leveraging ARA2 technology.

Among these, the Psycho Filter plug-in allows users to draw custom spectral filters directly on a sound’s spectrogram, adjusting gain and fade for precise control. Its intuitive interface enables the creation of intricate spectral modifications—whether to attenuate unwanted artifacts, enhance specific frequency components, or creatively transform the sound.

Meanwhile, the Pitches Brew plug-in offers advanced pitch and formant manipulation through interactive frequency curve editing. Beyond its high-quality processing, the tool provides a visual representation of fundamental frequencies, target pitches, and formants, allowing for dynamic adjustments such as redrawing, transposing, stretching, and copying curves.

The Stretch Life plug-in introduces a unique approach to time manipulation, enabling users to stretch and compress sound dynamically for imaginative and creative sound design.

The talk will also address the integration of neural network models in audio applications, particularly through the TensorFlow framework, opening a discussion on the future of AI-driven sound processing.

This presentation will be followed by a workshop where participants will be invited to use the tools in concrete examples to discover the possibilities offered by these technologies.