Two professional audio plugins — identified the problem, designed the solution, shipped the product. Strategy, UX, implementation, and testing. All me.
No EQ combined professional parametric control with built-in per-band modulation. Producers had to chain two tools to get what should be one. I specced, designed, and shipped the product that closed that gap.
My role: Everything. Product strategy, UX spec, HTML mockups as design contracts, C++ implementation, 3-theme design system, and full integration testing in Ableton before every release.
The market had two extremes: FabFilter Pro-Q 4 (best static EQ, zero modulation) and Morph EQ (great morphing, no internal mod sources). I defined a product between them.
Every UI change started as an HTML/CSS mockup iterated in the browser. The mockup was the design contract.
Each phase delivered a testable, shippable product.
Traditional chorus adds width but destroys mono compatibility. Producers have to choose between sounding wide and sounding right. I designed a plugin that solves both — stereo width that holds up in mono.
My role: Product concept, UI design, Lissajous scope visual system, HTML mockup-to-JUCE implementation, and the PhaseProtect multiband limiter that makes the mono guarantee real.
The Dimension D is a 1979 hardware rack unit. I wanted the plugin to feel like hardware — brushed metal, physical buttons, red LEDs — while being genuinely usable as a modern tool.
The Lissajous scope makes phase correlation visible — an X/Y plot showing stereo correlation in real-time.
A multiband correlation limiter that prevents mono cancellation. The Lissajous scope visibly tightens when the limiter engages — real-time feedback that the system is working.