Nineteen projects · All of them in use

Tools I built because I needed them.

Each project began as a solution to a need I had-something that didn’t exist elsewhere with the features I required.

Instruments

Things you play.

OTTO Players view - four player cards for Drums, Percs, Shakers and Hands, each with its own kit, energy level and gain
Active Development

OTTO

Organic Tempo and Time Orchestrator. A four-player drum-arrangement instrument that sounds like a real drummer.
IDA interface - input mixer, per-phrase tape lanes for audio, MIDI, video, and lyric, and an output mixer
Active Development

IDA

Idea Development Arranger. Looping as the capture and repetition of musical ideas not limited to audio, midi, or video.
VectorSampler Instrument view - the Dynamics / Morph spectrum with a mod-wheel morph slider between recorded layers, morph position and velocity-to-attack readouts
In Development

VectorSampler

A sample-player instrument built to generate the missing dynamic layers of a sampled instrument.
On stage & in REAPER

Things that have to survive a live room.

GRIM scene-based loop station running inside REAPER
Active Development

GRIM

Scene-based loop station for REAPER. Ableton Live style switching between Reaper regions.
Sparks of Light turning live MIDI into particles and notes on screen
Coming to the Mac App Store

Sparks of Light

Real time multi-input visualizer turning live MIDI, audio and speech into real-time particle and note graphics.
iCandy dark theme applied to the REAPER interface
Released

iCandy

Custom theme for Reaper that's easy on the eyes and completely scalable.
ShowSwitcher's Bitfocus Companion button grid - Start/Stop/Reset Switcher, camera and overlay triggers, random and ordered modes, MIDI and session controls
Maintained

ShowSwitcher

Automated camera switching for solo artists who need an extra hand.
MIDI2Button's Bitfocus Companion button grid - Refresh MIDI, Reload Mapping, MIDI note and CC mapping buttons, and last-message and count feedback
Released

MIDI2Button

Turns MIDI messages into keystrokes, for OBS scene switching.
The Vector engines

One family of processors, shared across everything else.

These started inside OTTO and IDA. They are being pulled out into plugins anyone can load.

In Development

LOUIS

The Vector effects engines from OTTO and IDA, as standalone VST3, AU, CLAP, and AUv3 plugins.
Licensed Technology

VectorMorph

Continuous response for multisampled instruments. Proven in OTTO and VectorSampler, and available to license.
In Development

VectorComp

One engine that travels continuously through eight classic compressor characters, instead of a menu of them.
In Development

VectorReverb

An algorithmic reverb whose every coefficient is derived from measurements of real rooms.
In Development

VectorDist

A distortion in its own right, with a character sweep running from fuzz through grind and crunch to warm.
In Development

VectorAmp

Guitar amplifier and speaker solved together, competing on feel and response rather than static tone.
In Development

VectorTape

Algorithmic analog-tape coloration module for OTTO and IDA. Warmth, saturation, and movement.
Away from the studio

The rest of it.

Active Development

JTF News

Just The Facts. No opinions. No adjectives. No interpretation. Verified news from 21 independent sources.
Released

ACIM Daily Minute

A daily reader for A Course in Miracles, works across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Watch.
In Development

DartyDarts

Scoring and game software for darts, with Bluetooth board support and real match statistics.
Live

Ra's Pyramid

The Larry Seyer & Marta Waterman musical duo. Visit the site →