SpectMorph

SpectMorph is a free software project which allows to analyze samples of musical instruments, and to combine them (morphing). It can be used to construct hybrid sounds, for instance a sound between a trumpet and a flute; or smooth transitions, for instance a sound that starts as a trumpet and then gradually changes to a flute. In its current version, SpectMorph ships with many ready-to-use instruments which can be combined using morphing.

SpectMorph is implemented in C++ and licensed under the GNU LGPL version 3.

Audio Demos

"Wenn es Winter ist" is a piece of music created by Sven Hinz and Stefan Westerfeld, which uses morphing between different musical instruments and custom samples integrated using the instrument editor. It was created under Linux, using Bitwig with the SpectMorph VST plugin (version 0.5.1). It is also available on YouTube. Your browser does not support the audio tag. This music is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

There is a separate page which contains more audio demos.

Screencasts

Screencasts of SpectMorph on YouTube are available on this page.

Integrating SpectMorph into your Work

SpectMorph is available from our download page for Linux, Windows and macOS users. Here is a quick overview of how you can make music using SpectMorph:

Linux LV2 plugin - preferred for all sequencers that support LV2 VST plugin - especially for proprietary solutions that don't support LV2 JACK standalone - application using JACK for midi input and audio output Windows VST plugin - 64-bit VST usable in many Windows DAWs macOS VST plugin - 64-bit VST for macOS 10.9 and later

Note that at this point, we may still change the way sound synthesis works, so newer versions of SpectMorph may sound (slightly) different than the current version.