MORPHEX - A SPECTRAL MORPHING SYNTHESIZER

The main goal of this project was to find a way to perform spectral morphing while
exploring the latent timbral space that emerges from the spectral analysis of musical
sounds, and to craft new hybrid instruments. The project is split into two very well
defined parts.
The first is research; here we have written a collection of jupyter notebooks that
address the main problems that needed to be approached such as how to perform
the harmonic plus magnitudes interpolations in real-time; how to manage the result
of the sound analysis into a file to be able to load it afterwards on the plugin and
allow the user to build their own collection of sounds and presets; how to normalize
both sounds magnitudes before the synthesis and how to transpose all the harmonics
of the sound properly to be able to play the sound across every note.
The second part of this project is the development of a plugin that implements all
the features designed in the research part, plus designing a user interface with the
proper components to allow the user to interact with the morphing engine and thus,
with the generated sound.
We have ended up designing and developing a plugin that accomplishes that mission,
keeping in mind that it’s meant to be used professionally by producers, musicians
and sound designers.