Colin Dyer
colindyer.bsky.social
Colin Dyer
@colindyer.bsky.social
Sonic wizard and audio technologist. Once got shushed at a Merzbow concert.

Most recent album: https://nebleena.bandcamp.com/album/volatile-qualified
Less recent: https://schematicmusiccompany.bandcamp.com/album/47ram-negativ65
Reposted by Colin Dyer
Building in public

Clear eyes, socialist heart, can’t lose
We just had our first real test of integrity as a company.

It cost us $200,000.

An investor committed funding to Subvert. Then they pushed for concessions - permanent voting board seats not subject to community election.

We said no.
July 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The plugin has passed every functional test I've thrown at it so far, but the final test is how usable it is to write music.
July 25, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Stress test on every parameter.
July 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I haven't updated in a while since I've been retooling and redesigning the UI for this delay plugin. It now supports MIDI functionality in a DAW as well as MTS-ESP for custom tuning systems. I added some LFOs as well. There's more work to do but we're getting close to the finish line!
June 18, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Integrating an LFO into the delay time parameter. Still needs some tweaking, and there's a bug, but after I squash that I can integrate LFOs on other parameters and start on refurbishing the UI.
May 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I finally did it! I made a delay plugin that responds to MIDI notes to change the delay time and pitch the incoming audio appropriately. This is a small thing for veteran programmers, but this has been in my head since 2018 and I learned all this in the past year. Excited to expand its features now!
April 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Finished another plugin the other day. This time a delay. Now to implement MIDI and MTS-ESP, add some LFOs, and change up the UI.
March 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Here is my set from IDP a couple weeks ago. I'll be expanding this, adding to it, and playing some more shows in the coming months.
www.mixcloud.com/treebrain/co...
Colin Dyer Live At Underground Sf Idp 02 28 2025
www.mixcloud.com
March 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Reposted by Colin Dyer
Sphere of subversion 🌐

Businesses that are:
-no longer responsive to their communities
-less capital intensive
-less technologically complex

are vulnerable to collectively-owned alternatives
February 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
IDP is coming up next Friday! Here's a short clip of what I'll be playing.
February 22, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Working on beats for IDP later this month #idm #braindance #intelligentdancemusic
February 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM
San Francisco Bay Area! We're playing some IDM/braindance/breakcore at Underground SF (424 Haight St) on Friday Feb. 28th! 8pm, $10. 4 live performances, 2 DJs, and 1 live visual artist (analog gear). Come through!
#sanfrancisco #idm #sfbayarea
February 13, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Here's the synth I built in action. It's not very pretty, but it sounds pretty good. No additional fx, just synth parameters. I just need to add a mono/polyphonic button, substitute the glide mode knob for a dropdown menu, and maybe a field for presets if I don't feel I'm wasting too much time.
February 12, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Getting the UI down on a synth I made. Still needs a decent amount of work, but almost there.

#synthesizers #juce #c++
February 10, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Sketching out some sound palettes with @glitchmachines.bsky.social Skein FM synth and a home made kit.
February 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
cout << "Hello World!"

Here's a new video from my friend Tom Henry for the track "Temporal Tantrum" off of Volatile Qualified, released last month.
youtu.be/dEtpH8gjWZQ
#idm #intelligentdancemusic #braindance #glitch #electronicmusic #sanfrancisco #edm #techno #moog #nord #computermusic
Colin Dyer - Temporal Tantrum
YouTube video by Toys in the Static
youtu.be
February 7, 2025 at 4:45 AM