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I'm a Berlin-based software engineer and music technologist. I've been developing music software since 2003. I've worked in academia and industry and I've collaborated with many well-known brands and sound artists.
olilarkin@portfolio:~/work$ ls -la
/work
Where I've worked, past and present.
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Abletonindustry
Since joining Ableton in 2021, I've worked on sound similarity, auto-tagging, and stem-separation features for Live 12, amongst other things.
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2021→present |
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University of Yorkacademia
Research Support Programmer at the Music Research Centre, where I also taught on the MA Music Technology course.
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2009→2016 |
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University of Leedsacademia
Research Assistant on the i-Maestro project, a European research project with nine partner institutions.
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2006→2009 |
/commercial
Independently published plug-ins and apps.
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VirtualCZplugin
Faithful emulation of Casio's CZ-series phase-distortion synths, with built-in SysEx editor for the original hardware.
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2013→present |
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Endless Seriesplugin
A unique multi-effects plugin built around the Shepard auditory illusion — tones that appear to rise (or fall) forever.
buy & download · [ currently unavailable ]
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v3 |
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Periphonyapp
Player for Ambisonic & multichannel spatial-audio files — built for iOS, visionOS, and iPadOS.
periphony.app
app store · coming soon
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v1 coming soon |
/collaborations
Engine & DSP work for established audio companies.
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CZ-Varturia
I developed most of the DSP engine for CZ-V, Arturia's emulation of Casio's CZ-series phase-distortion synths — part of the acclaimed V Collection and available on the AstroLab hardware synths.
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2019 |
/open-source
Frameworks, standards, and reference material I maintain or co-author.
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iPlug2framework
Cross-platform C++ framework for audio plug-ins. Write once, target every major format and the web. Used by hundreds of independent devs and audio companies since 2008.
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2018→present |
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SpatialAudioKitframework
Swift framework for ambisonic & object-based spatial-audio rendering on Apple platforms. The engine that powers Periphony.
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Web Audio Modulesstandard
Community-driven standard for high-performance audio plug-ins in the browser. Co-authored the original WAM v1 (in 2015), with reference implementations and host integrations.
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pMixapp
A preset interpolator built around a node graph — connect audio plug-ins and morph between snapshots of their parameters by moving through a 2-D space.
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2008→present |
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awesome-musicdsplist
Hand-picked list of music-DSP and audio-programming resources: papers, libraries, blog posts, books.
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★ 2.4k |
/awards
Recognition & grants for open-source and audio work.
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Google Awardgrant
Received a $25,000 award from Google in support of my open-source web-audio work.
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$25k |
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FAUST Awardaward
Winner of the FAUST Open-Source Software Award in 2018 for iPlug2.
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2018 |
/sound-art / music
Installations, collaborations, music. Selected work.
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[ The Logos / FRBSynth ]installation
I worked with Andrew on his sound art installation "The Logos" for the Oulu Capital of Culture 2026. I developed a VST plugin for sonifying FRBs and software to run the 4.4.4. surround installation, installed in Oulu Cathedral for a year.
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[ The Morning Line / TBA21 ]installation
With the team from the MRC at the University of York, I wrote the software for a sonic pavilion that toured several European cities, and I worked with many of the world's top Sound Artists to realise their works.
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Numinous 3Dwebxr
A WebXR experience with a high-order ambisonic → binaural remix of a Beatport top-10 trance track.
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