Essays
Long-form notes on music, image, and code
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First ray of light — on starting something when nothing is ready
A short note for anyone about to start a small studio, a small project, or a small record — and to remind our future selves why we started this one.
The loudness war is over, and we lost
A short take on why streaming loudness normalization has not fixed the music, and what we are doing on the master bus instead.
Homecenter arrives — a small update on what we are shipping next
A short note on the new direction: a Mac-native smart home hub, with a quiet UI and a real keyboard. We are writing it in public, slowly.
Color grading moody rooms without crushing the skin
A practical recipe for warm-shadow / cool-highlight looks that still keep a face readable — pulled from a year of small room shoots.
Why we still record through hardware, even with Kontakt around
A field note on the small, repeatable differences between sampled instruments and the real thing — and why we still keep one channel for hardware.
What is Dejavu Notes?
A short manifesto for why three people in a small studio are publishing their failed drafts and unfinished demos — and why you might want to read them.