Davisynth Audio Plugins

Hi, I’m John. I’m a researcher obsessed with waves!

By day, I make advanced microchips that use light waves instead of just electricity.
On the weekends, I apply those skills to sound waves in music.

I started Davisynth because I wanted more from plugins that all use the same old algorithms under the hood. They’re great, but they all have the same limitations. My plugins always aim to bring something fundamentally new to the table.

This all kicked off with Low Tides in 2023. I spent 6 months researching and developing a new type of spectrum analyzer with 2x faster response time and 2.5x better resolution so that I could get accurate frequency graphs for fast-moving, low-frequency sounds, like kick drums. Then, I used this new super-ability to re-synthesize all the frequencies happening at any given instant for time-accurate spectral freezing, which I call Live Freeze.

From 2024 onwards, I have been obsessed with how to add spatial depth to tracks. This is a challenging problem because it involves how our brains choose to interpret sounds. Through experiments, I found that perceived depth is more than just adding reverb. The best way I found to do this was though modulated delay effects, so that no two echoes sound the same. This spawned my plugin Ripple Delay and its little brother Spiral Delay.

Davisynth is a one-man show. I personally handle every line of code and every design decision. My plugins aren’t just the same old tools with a new look. They’re the result of original research, built to give you a level of precision and creative movement that standard algorithms simply can’t achieve.