Vesper
02 / INSTRUMENTA vocal instrument with Freeze, Alive, and Explore controls.
Listen to VesperWe make instruments and effects for people who like to get lost in a sound.
THREE TOOLS IN DEVELOPMENT. LISTEN BELOW.
JASPER / THE DOG BEHIND THE NAME01 / INSTRUMENT
SUBZERO
COMPLEX SYNTHESIS
DUAL SOUND ENGINES
DUAL SOUND ENGINES
Subzero began with an image of two ice cubes under pressure, each read by a laser. That idea became two interacting sound engines: pressure reshapes their tones, and each engine can influence the other. The physics inspires the instrument; it is not a literal molecular simulation.
Listen to SubzeroSELECTED WORK02—03
Mix Tape
03 / EFFECTA stereo cassette and tube recorder effect for tape color and saturation.
Listen to Mix TapeTHE SOUND / CURRENT BUILDSPLAY BELOW
Listen for yourself.
Recordings from the current instruments. Playable browser demos are in development.
01
Subzero
Complex synthesis
Development recording
02
Vesper
Choir resynthesis
Development recording
03
Mix Tape
Tape and tube effect
Development recording
Development audio. Sounds and features may change before release.
JASPER / HALF GERMAN SHEPHERD, HALF HUSKYTHE NAME / THE FACEJSSL
Meet Jasper.
Jasper is the dog behind the name. Half German Shepherd, half Husky, with one blue eye and one brown eye. His portrait is our logo.
The lab grew out of building instruments we wanted to play. We are still building them, testing them in music, and seeing where each idea goes.
✳WHAT THE WORK COULD SUPPORT
More access to making music.
We want the work to support music education as well as make useful tools. One idea we’re exploring is to work with a youth music mentorship nonprofit: develop software with young people in its program, give them access to those tools, and direct part of the revenue back to the organization.
This is a proposal, not an announced partnership. We’ll share names and specific commitments after developing them with the nonprofit.