Open source / offline sound laboratory

Praat
AudioTools

A collection of scripts for audio processing, analysis and synthesis in Praat — extending phonetic analysis into an experimental composition environment.

474 scripts13 categoriesMIT LicenseNative + Python hybrid systems

What it is

Praat AudioTools brings effects, filters, transformations, generative processes and analysis-driven tools into one menu. It is designed for composers, sound designers and researchers who want transparent, repeatable offline workflows rather than black-box processing.

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13 categories

AI & Adaptive

Adaptive systems, classification and analysis-driven processing.

Analysis

Measurement, feature extraction and diagnostic tools.

Distortion

Nonlinear processing and experimental signal deformation.

Dynamics & Envelope

Time-varying energy, gain and envelope design.

Filter & Color

Spectral shaping, resonant filtering and timbral control.

Generative & Synthesis

Sound generation and algorithmic construction.

Modulation

Modulated transformations and periodic control systems.

Pitch

Pitch-domain analysis and transformation.

Reverb

Convolution, synthetic spaces and experimental reverberation.

Spatial & Surround

Multichannel movement, distribution and spatial composition.

Spectral

FFT, spectral envelopes and frequency-domain transformations.

Time & Granular

Temporal restructuring, grains and corpus-oriented processes.

Hybrid Systems

Praat frontends connected to Python-based processing engines.

Selected tools

Draw pitch and loudness gestures in Praat and render them through pretrained DDSP solo-instrument models.
Animate the timbral material of a long sound with the intensity, pitch, brightness and formant motion of a short gesture.
Transform a sound’s self-similarity matrix and navigate the altered similarity landscape to drive structural recomposition.
Cluster short-time acoustic states in a perceptual feature space, analyze their transitions and render the resulting states as sound.