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# Samplebrain
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A custom sample mashing app designed by Aphex Twin.
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Samplebrain chops samples up into a 'brain' of interconnected small
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sections called blocks which are connected into a network by
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similarity. It processes a target sample, chopping it up into blocks
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in the same way, and tries to match each block with one in its brain
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to play in realtime.
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This allows you to interpret a sound with a different one. As we
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worked on it (during 2015 and 2016) we gradually added more and more
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tweakable parameters until it became slightly out of control.
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# How do I use this thing?
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1. Load a bunch of short wav files into the brain
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2. Click (re)generate brain
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3. Load a short loop sample into the target
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4. Click (re)generate blocks
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5. Press play
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6. Tweak brain
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Larger wav files like whole tracks can be used, but take a long time
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to process, after which they can be saved as "brain" files and
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instantly reloaded.
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Check the [Manual](docs/manual.md) here for the details on all the
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parameters and try out the [demo brain session](https://static.thentrythis.org/samplebrain/demo.samplebrain).
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Load the demo using "load session" not "load brain" (sessions contain
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both the target and brain samples). The original samples used to
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create the demo session [can be found here for
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testing](https://static.thentrythis.org/samplebrain/samples/).
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# Download
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As this is experimental non-commercial software (only originally
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written to run on a couple of computers!) you will have to bear with
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us as we gradually stabilise things based on your feedback. There
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might currently be problems running it on 64bit Windows.
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* **Windows**: [samplebrain_0.18.5_win.zip](https://static.thentrythis.org/samplebrain/samplebrain_0.18.5_win.zip)
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* **Mac (intel/m1)**: [samplebrain_0.18.5_macintel.zip](https://static.thentrythis.org/samplebrain/samplebrain_0.18.5_macintel.app.zip)
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Changes in 0.18.5 (relased 28/10/22):
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* Target sound filename shown (and tells you if you don't have one)
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* More soundfile formats supported (aiff,aifc,au,snd,fasttracker xi,flac)
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* New configurable OSC ports in settings
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* Warning boxes if the OSC network connection fails
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* File path memory per-dialog rather than global
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For old versions see the [changelog](changelog.md)
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Mac note: As this software is not on the apple store, to run the
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binary you need to tell your mac it's ok: Go to System Preferences >
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Security & Privacy > General. At the bottom of the window, select
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"Allow apps to be downloaded from Anywhere".
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Thank you to [Nik Gaffney](http://fo.am) for help with the Apple
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builds.
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# Linux install
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<a href='https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.thentrythis.Samplebrain'><img width='200' alt='Download on Flathub' src='https://flathub.org/assets/badges/flathub-badge-en.png'/></a>
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#### Ubuntu
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$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:thentrythis/samplebrain
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$ sudo apt update
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$ sudo apt install samplebrain
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If you'd like the right font, optionally:
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$ sudo apt install ttf-mscorefonts-installer
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# [Building from source](building.md)
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MFCC algo courtesy of the Aquila library by Zbigniew Siciarz MIT/X11
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licence 2007-2014 (see brain/src/aquila/LICENCE). This program is free
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software licenced under GNU General Public License version 2 (see
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LICENCE). Written by [Dave Griffiths at Then Try This](http://thentrythis.org).
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## Links
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To find related tech like [CataRT](https://ircam-ismm.github.io/max-msp/catart.html), [bbcut2](https://composerprogrammer.com/bbcut2.html), [eargram](https://sites.google.com/site/eargram/) and [sCrAmBlEd?HaCkZ!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRlhKaxcKpA) search up [granular synthesis](http://granularsynthesis.com/guide.php), [concatenative synthesis](https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01161337), [neural audio synthesis](https://github.com/acids-ircam/RAVE), [sinewave speech](http://www.lifesci.sussex.ac.uk/home/Chris_Darwin/SWS/), automated breakbeat cutting, audio mosaicing and plunderphonics/plundermatics.
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