Engram is a sampler that turns broken AI hallucinations into music
He’s covered the tech industry for over 18 years and knows a thing or two about synths.Music startup Thoughtful Things has just launched the Kickstarter campaign for its first instrument, Engram. It’s a sampler and groovebox that uses AI to mangle incoming audio and even hallucinate completely new sounds. This isn’t a “push-button, get-song” device, aimed at creating something that sounds ready for top-40 radio.
- ▪He’s covered the tech industry for over 18 years and knows a thing or two about synths.Music startup Thoughtful Things has just launched the Kickstarter campaign for its first instrument, Engram.
- ▪It’s a sampler and groovebox that uses AI to mangle incoming audio and even hallucinate completely new sounds.
- ▪This isn’t a “push-button, get-song” device, aimed at creating something that sounds ready for top-40 radio.
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