Has anybody experimented with software like SuperCollider, Csound, or Pure Data? I want to synthesize my own ambient loops and other environmental sounds without even having to rely on open-source AI models like AudioCraft. Those are great, but I want more precise control over everything, and high-quality sample-by-sample synthesis, which avoids copyright/licensing issues or unnatural artifacts present in AI-generated 3-D/binaural/spatial loops altogether. Using CC0 sounds is great because you don't have to worry about attribution/credit stuff, but even then, you can't copyright the original sounds. Recording your own sounds is the best option if you have high-quality recording equipment, but then you have to actually hear the audio that you want to record and spend enough time in the environment as the microphone captures it, eliminate all environmental noise and microphone hiss, speech, including VoiceOver speech, and get an uninterrupted recording. So I've never been to a rainforest but I want to synthesize binaural rainforest sounds. I've never recorded an airplane engine in 3-D but why not just synthesize it on my computer? I'm also interested in physical modeling, and other more user-friendly options, if any. Mobile apps would also be great.
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Have you tried SUrge XT?
I don't know that it does samples, assuming you want to manipulate audio samples. But it is an accessible synthesizer and if you haven't tackled basic synth stuff yet, it's a good place to start. It can also do sequences which you'd probably need for something like a rain forest.
I mention this because if you specifically want to manipulate sampled audio, a lot of the synth stuff carries over, e.g. filters, resonance, and so on. Surge does all of that, it's just based on waveforms, rather than imported audio samples as the base of the sound.
They are developing a sampler, Shortcircuit XT, and IIRC they are doing, or planning, accessibility work on it. But it doesn't seem super developed yet, lots of placeholders for docs and such on the site. You can apparently do it with just synths though, here's a guy with a video, but I don't think he mentions what synths he's using, maybe visually he does, I'll try to remember to get my wife to take a look and see.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhK-LHm6_b0
Surge XT
Isn't that a music-focused thing? A VST instrument to be more precise. I know it can be used as a standalone app, but what I want to do is generate whole soundscapes and other stuff. Specifically, 3-D/binaural/spatial audio.