Text-to-Tone: Using GenAI to Engineer Your Sound

Step 1: Look at Quad Cortex price tag. 📉 Step 2: Cry. 😭 Step 3: Build AI-pedalboard. 🚀


 

I’m building AI-pedalboard to rethink how we dial in sound. Instead of menu diving or scrolling through endless presets, you simply describe the tone you hear in your head, and the GenAI tailors the virtual pedals and settings to match it. Plus, it's completely FREE! 💰🗣️🎸


We’re not quite at "downloading tone from the matrix" yet, but the goal is to make professional sound accessible without needing expensive hardware.

The Dream? Stop Turning Endless Knobs. Simply describe your tone in plain English—whether it's "crushing doom metal" or "glassy Mayer clean"—and let the GenAI build the signal chain for you.

How It Works: Using it is straightforward. You just write out the specific sound you are looking for in the prompt box and hit Generate. The AI interprets your description and constructs a pedalboard to match. From there, you can fine-tune the result using the UI, tweaking the knobs just like a real rig until it sits perfectly in your mix.

A Couple of Tips for Best Results:

  • Model Matters: The quality of the output relies heavily on the "brain" behind it. If you have access to a larger or more capable LLM, you might get even more accurate and nuanced presets.

  • Watch the Wet Effects: Depending on your specific setup, the AI might get a little excited with the spatial effects. If the reverb or chorus feels like "too much," just dial those back manually in the UI to taste.

Grab the code and start experimenting here: 👉 github.com/Br1an6/AI-pedalboard

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