What is Neutone Morpho?
Neutone Morpho is a real-time tone morphing audio plugin from Neutone, a Tokyo music technology studio. It resynthesizes incoming audio into a different timbre while keeping the sound's shape, using models ranging from African drums to old radio transmissions, and it can train custom models on your own sounds.
Classic effects filter or distort a sound, but they cannot make a drum loop play like a djembe or a voice sound like a radio broadcast. Neutone Morpho uses neural audio synthesis to map the input onto a trained model's timbre in real time. Custom model training runs in the cloud through a drag-and-drop dashboard, so you need no code or GPU, and the models stay private to you.
Main Features
- Real-time tone morphing that keeps the input's dynamics and shape.
- Handcrafted model library ranging from African drums to vintage radio.
- Custom model training from your own audio in a drag-and-drop dashboard.
- Trained models remain private and fully owned by you.
- VST3 and AU on macOS 12+, VST3 on Windows 10 and 11.
- Tested in Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Bitwig Studio, Studio One, Cubase and Reaper.
- Models trained only on licensed sounds, with sources shown in the plugin.
How to Get Started with Neutone Morpho
- Create an account on neutone.jp and download the plugin for macOS or Windows.
- Load Neutone Morpho on a track in your DAW.
- Pick a model and adjust the mix to morph your sound.
- Buy a Training Token to upload audio and train a custom model.
Neutone Morpho Pricing
The free version includes five models to keep forever plus a 7-day trial of the full library. The Full Bundle is a $99 one-time purchase with 27 more models, and custom model training costs $29 (reduced from $39).
Who Should Use It?
- Music producers looking for new textures.
- Sound designers for games and film.
- Beatmakers transforming drum loops.
- Experimental musicians using neural audio.
- Artists who want models trained on their own sounds.
Neutone Morpho Alternatives
- Fineshare Singify AI: AI song covers rather than tone morphing
- MMAudio AI: generates audio to match video
- Meta's Audiobox: research model for audio generation from prompts
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Neutone Morpho free?
There is a free version you can keep with five models and a 7-day trial of the full library. The Full Bundle unlocks 27 more models for a one-time $99, and each custom model training costs extra.
Which DAWs support Neutone Morpho?
It runs as VST3 or AU on macOS 12 and later and as VST3 on Windows 10 and 11. Neutone has tested it in Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Bitwig, Studio One, Cubase and Reaper.
Are Neutone Morpho models ethically trained?
Neutone says it trains models only on sounds it has rights to use, cites all sources, and shows them in the plugin's model browser. Custom models you train stay private to you.