Music

Drone Sleepover (Chicago, 2023)

A melange of convolved SNES soundfonts loop into infinity. Psychic flotsam eddy within an old carpet factory in the Logan Square neighborhood. Put on by ambient programming group stretchmetal.

Domesticated (Chicago, 2023)

A classic Sam Jonas film. "After killing a young woman, two primitive men begin to creep closer to humanity as they are haunted by the murder." Music by me.

Bittersweet Birds (Northwestern University, 2022)

Seeds planted in an audio course's final project at NU grew into this bird-synth symphony. I used field recordings of birds native to the Northwestern Campus to provide pitch and rhythm content to a menagerie of electronic instruments.

May (Northwestern University, 2021)

A short Covid interlude. Voice samples are reversed, slowed, and reverbed. A comforting memory of collective loneliness.

Tutorials

Sequencer Secrets: Upgrading Your Sequencer with Befaco A*B+C

In this video I go over how attenuverters and offset can greatly expand the possibilities of even the most basic sequencers. Befaco's A*B+C module, with it's two attenuverters and offsets, is a perfect partner for getting the most mileage out of your sequencer.

Generative Music in VCV Rack Tutorials: Organic Rhythm

This approach is great for newbies as it introduces some of the more fundamental module types (LFO, Logic, etc.) within a patch.

Pulsar Synthesis, Granulation's Little Brother // VCV Rack Tutorials

Pulsar Synthesis! It's a fun technique to try out if you're looking for a fresh synthesis method to try out. Check out this article by Curtis Roads to learn more.

Generative Music in VCV Rack Tutorials: Organic Rhythm

A tutorial for generating organic, or natural rhythm in VCV Rack.

Generative Music In VCV Rack Tutorials: Using Comparators for Generating Rhythm

This is a tutorial for generating rhythm in VCV Rack using comparators. It's a flexible and powerful approach to rhythm that can lead to some interesting results, and lends itself well to multi-voice hocketing.