General — Instrument Design

Instrument Design Journey: Natural Gate, Part 2 - A Measurable Glance at Liteness

Instrument Design Journey: Natural Gate, Part 2 - A Measurable Glance at Liteness

A short time after I sent in my letter of resignation, it was my final day and I said goodbye to my friends and colleagues.  They all brought in...


Instrument Design Journey: Natural Gate, Part 1 - Introduction

Instrument Design Journey: Natural Gate, Part 1 - Introduction

This is the first post in a new series which documents the journeys we take in making an instrument.  We feel it might be nice to have the stories behind something you may...


Frontloading: Vector over Raster

Frontloading: Vector over Raster

This is a fun one!  What we are talking about here is a way to front-load a live/studio rig such that you ideally only bounce/record the audio once you are at later stages of completing a...


What goes into our Instruments...

What goes into our Instruments...

Instruments first come out of a personal musical need.  This need then transitions into a process of rigor and carefully paying attention... always in the context of music.  We design, tweak, and test...