Engram sampler turns AI hallucinations into music

music startup thoughtful things has launched a kickstarter campaign for engram, a sampler and groovebox that uses local tiny ai models to mangle incoming audio and create experimental sounds. engram runs on a custom-trained model designed in-house, trained on open datasets with commercially licensed audio. the company plans to open up engram's firmware, allowing users to tweak it or load their own custom models. engram is priced at $675 for a limited run of units, with a potential retail price of $850-$900.