Neutone Morpho — Real-time AI Audio Plugin and Platform / Neutone (INT). Photo: Neutone / Natsumi Kinugasa

Neutone Morpho — Real-time AI Audio Plugin and Platform  

Neutone (INT)

Nomination

neutone.ai/morpho

Neutone Morpho is a real-time tone morphing plugin for Digital Audio Workstations (DAW) powered by advanced machine learning technology. It resynthesizes input sounds into entirely different styles while preserving the original sound’s shape. We also offer a custom model training service—the first of its kind—where artists can upload their own sound materials and train custom models to create unique sonic textures.

With Neutone Morpho, we challenge the dominant narrative surrounding AI music tools and their tendency to rely on large, impersonal, and unlicensed datasets scraped by big tech corporations. The plugin has been used in university lectures worldwide and in artist workshops at international music festivals, such as CTM and MUTEK. We have also been working closely with a facility for young people with mental and physical disabilities, organizing workshops that share the joy of making music.

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Neutone Morpho represents our first step toward a future where AI empowers artists to explore new sonic possibilities while making music creation more accessible and enjoyable for everyone.

Credits

Project lead: Nao Tokui and Andrew Fyfe
Plugin engineers: Andrew Fyfe, Alfie Bradic, Nico Pellerin and Matthias Schäfer
AI researchers: Naotake Masuda and Christopher Mitcheltree
Backend engineer: Bogdan Teleaga
Artist relations: Justin Ruiz
Advisor: Hitoshi Miyata and Kaoru Sugano
Collaborators: Tanpopo-no-ye, Wilding AI, MUTEK Japan

Biography

Neutone (INT) is an international team of musicians, artists, AI researchers, and engineers based in Japan. Neutone began as an internal project of Qosmo, a Tokyo-based AI creativity lab, in 2022, before evolving into an independent company. Their first open-source project, Neutone FX, has become a go-to platform for sharing real-time AI audio processing models with users in the audio production community. Neutone FX and the company’s first commercial product, Neutone Morpho, have been widely used by inventive musicians and sound designers for music production and sound installations.