While my guitar gently speaks — Todd Fisher, Philo Ventures

Todd Fisher explores the intersection of music and technology by demonstrating how to make a guitar "speak" and "sing" through AI-driven software. The project builds upon the history of guitar effects—from traditional pedals to the TalkBox—by integrating modern tools like text-to-speech, pitch detection, and local language models. By mapping guitar notes to synthesized audio and using vocoders to process vocal samples, the system enables real-time conversational interaction and melodic expression. This technical journey highlights the accessibility of AI for creative engineering, encouraging developers to pursue passion projects by leveraging software frameworks like JUCE and advanced signal processing. The demonstration serves as a practical blueprint for using automation to push the boundaries of traditional musical performance, transforming a standard instrument into an interactive, voice-enabled device.