# Engram is a sampler that turns broken AI hallucinations into music
**Date de l'événement :** 27/09/2026
* Publié le 27/09/2026

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## Article original écrit par
Terrence O’Brien

## Article
![Engram - an instrument with 16 pads, 8 knobs, a few buttons and all the usual nonsense on a rug.](https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/Screenshot-2026-09-27-at-4.42.53-PM.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0,0,100,100)

Music startup [Thoughtful Things](https://thoughtfulthings.ai/) has just launched the Kickstarter campaign for its first instrument, [Engram](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/evmaki/engram-generative-audio-sampler-and-groovebox?ref=section-homepage-view-more-discovery-p1&category_id=Q2F0ZWdvcnktMzM5#use-of-ai). It's a sampler and groovebox that uses AI to mangle incoming audio and even hallucinate completely new sounds. This isn't Suno in a box, though. This isn't a "push-button, get-song" device, aimed at creating something that sounds ready for top-40 radio. It's about creating experimental, uncanny sounds and pushing AI audio models beyond their limits.

Engram isn't connected to the internet. Instead, it runs a "tiny AI" locally. According to the Kickstarter listing, the model is designed in-house and custom-trained. The company says:

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[Read the full story at The Verge.](https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1001193/engram-sampler-ai-hallucinations-music)

### Date
27/09/2026

**Lien :** [https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1001193/engram-sampler-ai-hallucinations-music](https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1001193/engram-sampler-ai-hallucinations-music)

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