This is an audio effect plugin designed for the Neural Audio Plug-in Competition.

First, Neural Bender features 2 ladder lowpass filters, both modeled using neural networks.
Each filter has a "Mix" knob that allows you to use only one filter, both filters together, or a mix of the two.

Second, Neural Bender provides machinery that allows you to manually interfere
with the signals flowing inside both filters. When you use this feature, one or
both filters become experimental filtering/distortion/resonant machines. The
machinery includes 4 sets of 16 knobs to rewire connections inside the filters
(filter 1 source -> filter 1 destination, filter 1 source -> filter 2
destination, and 2 more), and 5 macro-knobs that control the strength of signal
leakage, with one for each of the 4 knob sets and one global control. It's hard
to predict what the knobs will do, but that's the part of the fun, and it's
similar to circuit bending.

Finally, Neural Bender includes a filter envelope that can be triggered by midi note on/off events.