Three organic operations
Graft pulls one seed's timbre toward another (α = 0 keeps the original sound); hybridize varies it along metaphor directions; cultivate evolves it with your feedback.
Instrument Plugin · VST3 / CLAP / Standalone
AkiBloom
Grow new playable timbres from your own samples through three organic operations — graft, hybridize, cultivate.
License GPL-3.0Platform Windows x64Format VST3 · CLAP · Standalone (WASAPI)Language Rust · nih-plug
Features
What it does
AkiBloom is an instrument plugin built on three organic operations: graft one seed's timbre toward another, hybridize it along metaphor directions (wet · grainy · breathing), and cultivate it with keep/discard feedback and a walkable timbre map. The interaction framework comes from the research project Botanica-OS, realized with no neural runtime required — pure real-time-safe DSP. Every grown timbre exports as WAV and can be used as a parent in the sibling effect AkiGraft.
Deterministic hybridize
Pick a direction (wet / grainy / breathing), set the amount, reroll the seed — same seed, same variation, always.
Cultivate + timbre map
A walker takes over the variation; audition each mutation on the keys, keep or discard, and the timbre map remembers every step — click any dot to roll back to it.
Playable
Click the on-screen keyboard (C3–C5) or plug in a MIDI keyboard; set the native pitch root (C4 = 60) and ±1 semitone fine tune.
WAV export
Export the current timbre as WAV, ready to drop into the sibling AkiGraft effect as a parent — the two plugins form one closed workflow.
Real-time-safe DSP
No neural runtime required — pure DSP. Loads two of your own WAV seeds (16/24/32-bit, mono or stereo; longer than 10 s is trimmed).
Details
Controls
| Control | What it does |
|---|---|
| 源 Source A/B | Which seed is the played source; the other donates its timbre |
| 生长量 Grow α | How far the source is pulled toward the donor (0 = original) |
| 方向 / 变异量 / 种子 | Hybridize direction, depth, deterministic seed |
| 培育 Cultivate | Walker takes over the variation; keep/discard + map rollback |
| 根音 Root / 微调 Tune | Native pitch note (C4 = 60) and ±1 semitone fine tune |
| 输出 Output | Output level |
Quick Start
Grow your first timbre
- Load two of your own WAV samples as seeds (16/24/32-bit, mono or stereo; longer than 10 s is trimmed).
- Drag Grow α — the source seed is pulled toward the other seed's timbre; α = 0 keeps the original sound.
- Play the on-screen keyboard (C3–C5) or plug in a MIDI keyboard.
- Hybridize: pick a direction (wet / grainy / breathing), set the amount, reroll the seed — same seed, same variation.
- Cultivate: audition each mutation, keep or discard, roll back anywhere on the map — then export the timbre as WAV.
shell — build from source
cargo test --release cargo xtask bundle akibloom --release # VST3 + CLAP + standalone python scripts/verify_render.py # offline render self-test
乐器插件 · VST3 / CLAP / 独立运行
项目简介
AkiBloom 是一件建立在三种「有机化操作」上的乐器插件：把一颗种子的音色向另一颗嫁接拉拢，沿隐喻方向（湿润 · 颗粒 · 呼吸感）做杂交变异，再以保留/丢弃反馈与可游走的音色地图加以培育。交互框架来自研究项目 Botanica-OS 的产品化落地——无需神经网络运行时，纯实时安全 DSP。长好的音色可一键导出 WAV，直接当作姊妹效果器 AkiGraft 的母本。
三种有机化操作
嫁接把一颗种子的音色向另一颗拉拢（α = 0 保持原声）；杂交沿隐喻方向做变异；培育以你的反馈引导演化。
确定性杂交
选方向（湿润 / 颗粒 / 呼吸感）、推变异量、换种子——同一种子永远得到同一个变异。
培育与音色地图
演化交给 walker；在琴键上试听每个变异，👍保留或✗丢弃，地图记住每一步——点击任意圆点即可回溯。
可演奏
点击界面琴键（C3–C5）或接入 MIDI 键盘；设定本调根音（C4 = 60）与 ±1 半音微调。
WAV 导出
把当前音色导出为 WAV，可直接拖入姊妹效果器 AkiGraft 当母本——两件插件构成一个完整闭环。
实时安全 DSP
无需神经网络运行时，纯 DSP。加载两颗你自己的 WAV 采样作种子（16/24/32bit，单声道或立体声；超 10 秒自动截取）。
明细
控制项
| 控制项 | 作用 |
|---|---|
| 源 Source A/B | 决定演奏的源种子；另一种子贡献其音色 |
| 生长量 Grow α | 源向供体音色靠拢的程度（0 = 原声） |
| 方向 / 变异量 / 种子 | 杂交方向、深度与确定性种子 |
| 培育 Cultivate | 演化交给 walker；保留/丢弃 + 地图回溯 |
| 根音 Root / 微调 Tune | 本调音高（C4 = 60）与 ±1 半音微调 |
| 输出 Output | 输出电平 |
- 加载两颗你自己的 wav 采样作种子（16/24/32bit，单声道或立体声；超 10 秒自动截取）。
- 推生长量 α——源种子向另一种子的音色靠拢；α = 0 保持原声。
- 演奏：点击界面琴键（C3–C5）或接入 MIDI 键盘。
- 杂交：选方向（湿润/颗粒/呼吸感）、推变异量、换种子——同一种子永远得到同一个变异。
- 培育：试听每个变异，保留或丢弃，在地图上任意回溯——最后把音色导出为 WAV。
shell — build from source
cargo test --release cargo xtask bundle akibloom --release # VST3 + CLAP + standalone python scripts/verify_render.py # offline render self-test