Colin Dyer

Building in public

Clear eyes, socialist heart, can’t lose

The plugin has passed every functional test I've thrown at it so far, but the final test is how usable it is to write music.

Stress test on every parameter.

I haven't updated in a while since I've been retooling and redesigning the UI for this delay plugin. It now supports MIDI functionality in a DAW as well as MTS-ESP for custom tuning systems. I added some LFOs as well. There's more work to do but we're getting close to the finish line!

Integrating an LFO into the delay time parameter. Still needs some tweaking, and there's a bug, but after I squash that I can integrate LFOs on other parameters and start on refurbishing the UI.

I still use the Neuron you sold me out of your case in San Francisco. Great for hihats and random blips.

That's the idea! I made an album years ago focused on tuned delay lines, but I had to do everything manually. This tool really helps me speed up production and customize the sound I want.

I finally did it! I made a delay plugin that responds to MIDI notes to change the delay time and pitch the incoming audio appropriately. This is a small thing for veteran programmers, but this has been in my head since 2018 and I learned all this in the past year. Excited to expand its features now!

Yup! Last year I learned C++ now I'm trying to make some tools to speed up my process. I have some ideas for sound design tools as well.

Finished another plugin the other day. This time a delay. Now to implement MIDI and MTS-ESP, add some LFOs, and change up the UI.

Here is my set from IDP a couple weeks ago. I'll be expanding this, adding to it, and playing some more shows in the coming months.
www.mixcloud.com/treebrain/co...

Sphere of subversion 🌐

Businesses that are:
-no longer responsive to their communities
-less capital intensive
-less technologically complex

are vulnerable to collectively-owned alternatives

IDP is coming up next Friday! Here's a short clip of what I'll be playing.

Working on beats for IDP later this month #idm #braindance #intelligentdancemusic

San Francisco Bay Area! We're playing some IDM/braindance/breakcore at Underground SF (424 Haight St) on Friday Feb. 28th! 8pm, $10. 4 live performances, 2 DJs, and 1 live visual artist (analog gear). Come through!
#sanfrancisco #idm #sfbayarea

Here's the synth I built in action. It's not very pretty, but it sounds pretty good. No additional fx, just synth parameters. I just need to add a mono/polyphonic button, substitute the glide mode knob for a dropdown menu, and maybe a field for presets if I don't feel I'm wasting too much time.

Getting the UI down on a synth I made. Still needs a decent amount of work, but almost there.

#synthesizers #juce #c++

Sketching out some sound palettes with @glitchmachines.bsky.social Skein FM synth and a home made kit.

YouTube video by Toys in the Static Colin Dyer - Temporal Tantrum

cout << "Hello World!"

Here's a new video from my friend Tom Henry for the track "Temporal Tantrum" off of Volatile Qualified, released last month.
youtu.be/dEtpH8gjWZQ
#idm #intelligentdancemusic #braindance #glitch #electronicmusic #sanfrancisco #edm #techno #moog #nord #computermusic