Real-time Timbre Remapping with Differentiable DSP Mapping timbre variations from an acoustic percussion instrument to a synthesizer in real-time using DDSP. Differentiable Modeling of Percussive Audio with Transient and Spectral Synthesis Percussive audio synthesis using a combination of sinusoidal modelling techniques and neural audio synthesis. Synth Mapper Variational autoencoders for control over synthesizer parameters. Paired with evolutionary data generators to guide learning towards desired sounds.