Aspect 2 Modular Synthesizer

Tech Stack: C++, Python, CMake, GoogleTest, JUCE

Link: www.loomer.co.uk/aspect.html

Aspect is a simulation of an analogue synthesizer, using mathematical modelling techniques to reproduce the sounds of a hardware analogue synthesizer. It is commerically available for macOS, Linux, and Windows. Some of the key features I have developed include:

• Efficient, low-latency, high-performance, multithreaded, real-time audio engine.
• Uses graph theory to reorder processing modules when the synthesizer configuration changes. This also allows unused components to be disabled, further improving performance.
• Scalable, themable, user interface which has a feel familiar to hardware users, but also uses modern user interface conventions such as drag and drop.
• Unlimited undo and redo using the Command design pattern to store a historic stack of changes.
• Presets stored in XML format.
• Custom Python builder which builds the project on macOS, Linux, and Windows, and also creates the installer packages, handles code signing, notarization, and stapling.
• Extensive test coverage using GoogleTest and GoogleMock.