RAVE
IRCAM's Realtime Audio Variational autoEncoder for fast, high-quality neural audio synthesis.
| Language | Python |
|---|---|
| Category | ML & generative |
| License | CC-BY-NC-4.0 |
| Platforms | macOS Windows Linux |
| Install | pip install acids-rave |
| First released | 2021 |
| Maintained | Yes |
| Links | Website · Source |
Strengths
- Real-time neural synthesis, can run live on CPU
- Exports to Max/MSP, PureData and a VST (nn~)
Limitations
- CC-BY-NC license forbids commercial use
- Training good models needs a GPU and large datasets
Best for
Live/real-time timbre transfer and generative audio inside DAWs and Max/PD.
Minimal example
rave train --config v2 --db_path /dataset --name mymodel
rave export --run mymodel