  Single-image generative adversarial networks learn from the internal
distribution of a single training example to generate variations of it,
removing the need of a large dataset. In this paper we introduce SpecSinGAN, an
unconditional generative architecture that takes a single one-shot sound effect
(e.g., a footstep; a character jump) and produces novel variations of it, as if
they were different takes from the same recording session. We explore the use
of multi-channel spectrograms to train the model on the various layers that
comprise a single sound effect. A listening study comparing our model to real
recordings and to digital signal processing procedural audio models in terms of
sound plausibility and variation revealed that SpecSinGAN is more plausible and
varied than the procedural audio models considered, when using multi-channel
spectrograms. Sound examples can be found at the project website:
https://www.adrianbarahonarios.com/specsingan/
