{
 "schema_version": 1,
 "generated": "2026-10-19",
 "id": "leonxlnx-earshot--synthesize-new-sound-with-forge",
 "repo": "Leonxlnx/earshot",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/Leonxlnx/earshot",
 "repo_slug": "leonxlnx-earshot",
 "title": "Synthesize a new sound in code and refine it by ear",
 "page_title": "How to synthesize a new sound in code and refine it by ear with earshot",
 "summary": "Let the agent write a sound recipe, then have a critic score and improve it against real references.",
 "who": "Sound-curious developer who wants a custom click, whoosh or key press made entirely in code",
 "problem": "Stock effects never quite fit, and an agent cannot judge a synthesized sound without hearing it.",
 "outcome": "A folder of rendered WAVs, a report in the critic's words, spectrogram comparisons and an audition file.",
 "steps": [
  "Run `earshot forge --list` to see recipes like click, impact, keypress and whoosh.",
  "Run `earshot forge keypress --refs path/to/real/keypresses/ --budget 144 --variants 4 --dir made/keypress` with your own reference folder.",
  "Open report.md and compare.png in the output folder and listen to audition.wav.",
  "Re-render a pick with `earshot forge --render keypress --params made/keypress/report.json --seeds 1 2 3 --dir made/again`."
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "Use earshot forge to make four variants of a <sound type> against my reference folder <refs dir>, then read report.md and tell me which pick is closest to the references. Verify by listening to audition.wav, not just the scores.",
 "agents": [
  "any"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Advanced",
 "time": "1 hour",
 "basis": "field",
 "caveat": "The search optimizes earshot's own models and can fool them (the README notes this), so check spectrograms and listen; the v1 blind test was a coin flip on one listener and 15 trials.",
 "category": "Content & Creative",
 "tags": [
  "Content & Creative"
 ],
 "lang": "python",
 "requirements": [
  "Python",
  "CPU only, no GPU needed",
  "Local models load on first call (about 20 to 40 seconds per CLI call)",
  "No account or paid key for core features",
  "Optional Gemini key only for the `llm` command",
  "Reference recordings for `forge --refset` are not in the repo; bring your own with `--refs DIR`"
 ],
 "risk": "none",
 "seen_in_the_wild": true,
 "best": true,
 "score": 0.733,
 "evidence": [
  {
   "platform": "x",
   "url": "https://x.com/i/web/status/2112336745945788688",
   "posted": "2026-10-20"
  },
  {
   "platform": "x",
   "url": "https://x.com/i/web/status/2111927730933575857",
   "posted": "2026-10-18"
  }
 ],
 "url": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/leonxlnx-earshot/synthesize-new-sound-with-forge/",
 "md": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/leonxlnx-earshot/synthesize-new-sound-with-forge/index.md",
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}