Hardware
Boards and transports for building instruments that are the hardware and not a computer pretending to be one. The designs are open, so a product built on them is not built on a dependency that can disappear.
- 01 AudioBus Multichannel audio transport
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Up to 64 channels of 32-bit audio, plus MIDI and control data, down a single twisted pair. Daisy-chainable, self-clocking and deterministic, built from parts that cost a couple of euros instead of proprietary silicon. For distributed instruments, multi-speaker installations and modular systems that need to stay in sample lock.
- Up to 64 channels at 32 bits
- One twisted pair per link, daisy-chainable
- MIDI, SPI, I2C and GPIO tunnelled alongside the audio
- Commodity parts, no licensing
- 02 MPE touch controller Expressive keyboard
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A multitouch MPE keyboard on a seven-inch panel: two rows of keys with snap-to-pitch, glide, slide and pressure, streaming RTP-MIDI and OSC over wifi to anything on the network. The touch layer runs at 250 Hz so expression tracks the finger and not the frame rate.
- Per-note bend, pressure and timbre
- Snap-to-pitch, glide and slide
- RTP-MIDI and OSC over wifi
- 250 Hz touch, 60 fps interface
Working together
The designs are open, and I take on product work around them: instrument platforms, networked audio, and firmware that has to keep time.