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Sononym: Machine Learning Sample Organizer for Musicians

111 points by conner_bw 8y ago

conner_bw 8y ago
( From the makers of Renoise: https://forum.renoise.com/index.php/topic/51554-sononym-sample-browser/ https://forum.renoise.com/index.php/topic/51554-sononym-samp... )
stevehiehn 8y ago
If they expose an API I will use this for sure!
jpfed 8y ago
I have the hardest time just coming up with names for the sounds I generate. For whatever reason it never occurred to me to skip names (or just use like guids or something) and find files by traversing a similarity graph.
weatherlight 8y ago
Honestly, this is awesome. Organizing things like sounds can be such a chore.
- eurticket 8y ago
  Do you currently use a program to organize sounds now?
  - weatherlight 8y ago
    very elaborate file names.
chiefalchemist 8y ago
I know I need to dive deeper but...will this work for whole songs? The context being a collection of music and DJ'ing. Having something to make me relevant suggestions would be fan-f*ckin-tastic.
- danoise 8y ago
  According to here, no: https://www.reddit.com/r/WeAreTheMusicMakers/comments/8irsik/sononym_machine_learning_sample_organizer_for/dyurf00/ https://www.reddit.com/r/WeAreTheMusicMakers/comments/8irsik... "We are focusing on understanding loops and one-shots, as these types of sounds represent the vast majority of what sound designers and musicians are dealing with." But Beatunes is attempting to do such a thing. Pretty scary UI though ;-)
benjismith 8y ago
Very cool. I love seeing stuff like this.
Cshelton 8y ago
I've wanted something like this so bad for so long! It's one of those things that just doesn't quite justify taking my own time to build over the current way of doing it. The only thing is when I am adding new samples to my library, I play over each one to make sure they are a high enough quality. And if something really catches my ear, I'll add a favorites tag to it as well. So I'm not sure what my sound library would be like today if I didn't do any of that.
danoise 8y ago
Will it work with music: the description claims it's focused on musicians and sound-designers. Special needs there, for sure
petarb 8y ago
I'm excited to try this. Organizing samples, especially new ones into your existing library is such a pain.
svnsets 8y ago
It would be sweet to see something like this integrated into a sample service like Splice or Noiiz.
Lerc 8y ago
I recently tried to find some information on how to algorithmically calculate a delta distance between audio samples. It was like hunting for a needle in a haystack of papers that were all focused on copyright infringement detection.
s_m 8y ago
This is going to be so useful. Can’t wait.
dimmuborgir 8y ago
Germany and audio software. Name a better duo.
- danoise 8y ago
  Klang, Ton, Schall, Geräusch... it's like Eskimos and Snow!
danoise 8y ago
sononym-dev answering questions on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/WeAreTheMusicMakers/comments/8irsik/sononym_machine_learning_sample_organizer_for/ https://www.reddit.com/r/WeAreTheMusicMakers/comments/8irsik...

111 points by conner_bw 8y ago

( From the makers of Renoise: https://forum.renoise.com/index.php/topic/51554-sononym-sample-browser/ https://forum.renoise.com/index.php/topic/51554-sononym-samp... )

stevehiehn 8y ago

If they expose an API I will use this for sure!

jpfed 8y ago

I have the hardest time just coming up with names for the sounds I generate. For whatever reason it never occurred to me to skip names (or just use like guids or something) and find files by traversing a similarity graph.

weatherlight 8y ago

Honestly, this is awesome. Organizing things like sounds can be such a chore.

eurticket 8y ago
Do you currently use a program to organize sounds now?
- weatherlight 8y ago
  very elaborate file names.

chiefalchemist 8y ago

I know I need to dive deeper but...will this work for whole songs? The context being a collection of music and DJ'ing. Having something to make me relevant suggestions would be fan-f*ckin-tastic.

danoise 8y ago
According to here, no: https://www.reddit.com/r/WeAreTheMusicMakers/comments/8irsik/sononym_machine_learning_sample_organizer_for/dyurf00/ https://www.reddit.com/r/WeAreTheMusicMakers/comments/8irsik... "We are focusing on understanding loops and one-shots, as these types of sounds represent the vast majority of what sound designers and musicians are dealing with." But Beatunes is attempting to do such a thing. Pretty scary UI though ;-)

benjismith 8y ago

Very cool. I love seeing stuff like this.

Cshelton 8y ago

I've wanted something like this so bad for so long! It's one of those things that just doesn't quite justify taking my own time to build over the current way of doing it. The only thing is when I am adding new samples to my library, I play over each one to make sure they are a high enough quality. And if something really catches my ear, I'll add a favorites tag to it as well. So I'm not sure what my sound library would be like today if I didn't do any of that.

danoise 8y ago

Will it work with music: the description claims it's focused on musicians and sound-designers. Special needs there, for sure

petarb 8y ago

I'm excited to try this. Organizing samples, especially new ones into your existing library is such a pain.

svnsets 8y ago

It would be sweet to see something like this integrated into a sample service like Splice or Noiiz.

Lerc 8y ago

I recently tried to find some information on how to algorithmically calculate a delta distance between audio samples. It was like hunting for a needle in a haystack of papers that were all focused on copyright infringement detection.

s_m 8y ago

This is going to be so useful. Can’t wait.

dimmuborgir 8y ago

Germany and audio software. Name a better duo.

danoise 8y ago
Klang, Ton, Schall, Geräusch... it's like Eskimos and Snow!

danoise 8y ago

sononym-dev answering questions on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/WeAreTheMusicMakers/comments/8irsik/sononym_machine_learning_sample_organizer_for/ https://www.reddit.com/r/WeAreTheMusicMakers/comments/8irsik...