Neutone acts as a bridge between the research world and the music studio. It is a VST/AU plugin that allows you to run "Neural Audio Synthesis" models in real-time inside your DAW. The most popular use case is timbral morphing: feeding a drum beat into the plugin and having it come out as a chorus of birds or a distorted cello.
### Features for Technical Artists
* **The Model Marketplace:** Browse an community-driven library of pre-trained models, including RAVE and DDSP architectures.
* **Zero Latency Morphing:** Designed for live use, you can sing into a microphone and hear your voice transformed into a flute or a synthesizer with almost no delay.
* **SDK for Developers:** If you are a machine learning researcher, you can use their SDK to wrap your own models and make them playable for musicians.
**Why it's Niche:** It requires a bit of a learning curve to understand which models work best with which inputs, but for those pushing the boundaries of what a "sound" can be, Neutone is the ultimate sandbox. It turns your DAW into a neural playground where the physics of sound can be rewritten.