Tom Hartley
@tomhartley.me.uk
Former Academic. Neuroscience/Psychology. Starting a new company to make audio software and to produce and mix records.
hartleydsp.com
Interests: Programming, Recording and mixing music; The Beatles; currently learning to play drums.
tomhartley.me.uk
hartleydsp.com
Interests: Programming, Recording and mixing music; The Beatles; currently learning to play drums.
tomhartley.me.uk
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Tom Hartley
@tomhartley.me.uk
· Dec 15
THVerb Version 0.2 Demo Detail: Spatial Location
YouTube video by Tom Hartley
www.youtube.com
Making progress with THeVerb, and it's now at version 0.2. Now with improved UI and new options for gain matching.
The latest very short demo (<1 min) shows one of it's most distinctive features, detailed sound source localization. Listen with headphones!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnQY...
The latest very short demo (<1 min) shows one of it's most distinctive features, detailed sound source localization. Listen with headphones!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnQY...
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🧵1/12 What if the DMN, limbic system, hippocampus, neural oscillations, gradients, dementia syndromes, mixed pathology, and aphantasia all fall out of the same generative brain computation? 🤯#endalz
Introducing #SLOD (preprint): a new #NeuroAI framework w/ @drbreaky.bsky.social
Introducing #SLOD (preprint): a new #NeuroAI framework w/ @drbreaky.bsky.social
a man in a suit is making a funny face and says `` mind blown '' while standing in a bar .
ALT: a man in a suit is making a funny face and says `` mind blown '' while standing in a bar .
media.tenor.com
January 18, 2026 at 9:38 PM
🧵1/12 What if the DMN, limbic system, hippocampus, neural oscillations, gradients, dementia syndromes, mixed pathology, and aphantasia all fall out of the same generative brain computation? 🤯#endalz
Introducing #SLOD (preprint): a new #NeuroAI framework w/ @drbreaky.bsky.social
Introducing #SLOD (preprint): a new #NeuroAI framework w/ @drbreaky.bsky.social
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January 23, 2026 at 12:58 PM
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Not only do I remember it but I have documented it for posterity! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39698925/ (search for your name)
Unweaving the Cognitive Map: A Personal History - PubMed
I have been incredibly fortunate to have worked in the field of hippocampal spatial coding during three of its most exciting decades, the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s. During this time I had a ringside view of some of the foundational discoveries that were made which have transformed our understanding of …
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
January 23, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Not only do I remember it but I have documented it for posterity! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39698925/ (search for your name)
My suspicion from dealing with Reviewer 2 over a 30-year career was that PIs can contribute by supporting balance in e.g., journal clubs. I think new generations of GLPs are raised at PhD/postdoc level, when trainees are encouraged to be destructively critical of other labs' work.
Let's talk about "grumpy lab person". Many labs have them. With an eye to keeping science at its most rigorous, they cross the line into criticism that's too harsh. They are the ones who risk killing your scientific spirit. They are reviewer 2. /1
January 21, 2026 at 8:55 AM
My suspicion from dealing with Reviewer 2 over a 30-year career was that PIs can contribute by supporting balance in e.g., journal clubs. I think new generations of GLPs are raised at PhD/postdoc level, when trainees are encouraged to be destructively critical of other labs' work.
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Let's talk about "grumpy lab person". Many labs have them. With an eye to keeping science at its most rigorous, they cross the line into criticism that's too harsh. They are the ones who risk killing your scientific spirit. They are reviewer 2. /1
January 21, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Let's talk about "grumpy lab person". Many labs have them. With an eye to keeping science at its most rigorous, they cross the line into criticism that's too harsh. They are the ones who risk killing your scientific spirit. They are reviewer 2. /1
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I committed more than 20,000 words to January 13, 1969 - 57 years ago today. Franz Kafka wrote about the same number of words in The Metamorphosis — mostly about a bug, but not a single one about a Beatle or a bugged conversation 🐞
Context thread starts here 🧵
Context thread starts here 🧵
January 13, 2026 at 3:40 PM
I committed more than 20,000 words to January 13, 1969 - 57 years ago today. Franz Kafka wrote about the same number of words in The Metamorphosis — mostly about a bug, but not a single one about a Beatle or a bugged conversation 🐞
Context thread starts here 🧵
Context thread starts here 🧵
Relevant thread from Reddit with a fair degree of consensus from Brits: www.reddit.com/r/AskBrits/s... the overall feel is sorrow, resignation.
January 7, 2026 at 5:09 AM
Relevant thread from Reddit with a fair degree of consensus from Brits: www.reddit.com/r/AskBrits/s... the overall feel is sorrow, resignation.
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🚨 New preprint!
Why do some insights from spikes translate to field potentials while others don't? In this paper we compare visual memory representations in spikes and LFPs to propose a general framework that answers this question.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
🧵 (1/10)
🧠🟦 🧠💻
Why do some insights from spikes translate to field potentials while others don't? In this paper we compare visual memory representations in spikes and LFPs to propose a general framework that answers this question.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
🧵 (1/10)
🧠🟦 🧠💻
Neural representations of visual memory in inferotemporal cortex reveal a generalizable framework for translating between spikes and field potentials
Translating neurophysiological findings requires understanding the relationship between common measures of brain activity in animals (spiking activity) and humans (local field potentials, LFP). Prior ...
www.biorxiv.org
January 5, 2026 at 3:21 PM
🚨 New preprint!
Why do some insights from spikes translate to field potentials while others don't? In this paper we compare visual memory representations in spikes and LFPs to propose a general framework that answers this question.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
🧵 (1/10)
🧠🟦 🧠💻
Why do some insights from spikes translate to field potentials while others don't? In this paper we compare visual memory representations in spikes and LFPs to propose a general framework that answers this question.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
🧵 (1/10)
🧠🟦 🧠💻
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Making progress with THeVerb, and it's now at version 0.2. Now with improved UI and new options for gain matching.
The latest very short demo (<1 min) shows one of it's most distinctive features, detailed sound source localization. Listen with headphones!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnQY...
The latest very short demo (<1 min) shows one of it's most distinctive features, detailed sound source localization. Listen with headphones!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnQY...
THVerb Version 0.2 Demo Detail: Spatial Location
YouTube video by Tom Hartley
www.youtube.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Making progress with THeVerb, and it's now at version 0.2. Now with improved UI and new options for gain matching.
The latest very short demo (<1 min) shows one of it's most distinctive features, detailed sound source localization. Listen with headphones!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnQY...
The latest very short demo (<1 min) shows one of it's most distinctive features, detailed sound source localization. Listen with headphones!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnQY...
Reposted by Tom Hartley
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First glimpse of my prototype reverb.
🎧🎧🎧 Headphones Essential 🎧🎧🎧
youtu.be/AZIn5mT3Geo
#musicproduction #audiosky #mixingandmastering #musiciansky #mixing #vst3
🎧🎧🎧 Headphones Essential 🎧🎧🎧
youtu.be/AZIn5mT3Geo
#musicproduction #audiosky #mixingandmastering #musiciansky #mixing #vst3
THeVerb Prototype 0.1 First Glimpse
YouTube video by Tom Hartley
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 10:35 PM
First glimpse of my prototype reverb.
🎧🎧🎧 Headphones Essential 🎧🎧🎧
youtu.be/AZIn5mT3Geo
#musicproduction #audiosky #mixingandmastering #musiciansky #mixing #vst3
🎧🎧🎧 Headphones Essential 🎧🎧🎧
youtu.be/AZIn5mT3Geo
#musicproduction #audiosky #mixingandmastering #musiciansky #mixing #vst3
First glimpse of my prototype reverb.
🎧🎧🎧 Headphones Essential 🎧🎧🎧
youtu.be/AZIn5mT3Geo
#musicproduction #audiosky #mixingandmastering #musiciansky #mixing #vst3
🎧🎧🎧 Headphones Essential 🎧🎧🎧
youtu.be/AZIn5mT3Geo
#musicproduction #audiosky #mixingandmastering #musiciansky #mixing #vst3
THeVerb Prototype 0.1 First Glimpse
YouTube video by Tom Hartley
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 10:35 PM
First glimpse of my prototype reverb.
🎧🎧🎧 Headphones Essential 🎧🎧🎧
youtu.be/AZIn5mT3Geo
#musicproduction #audiosky #mixingandmastering #musiciansky #mixing #vst3
🎧🎧🎧 Headphones Essential 🎧🎧🎧
youtu.be/AZIn5mT3Geo
#musicproduction #audiosky #mixingandmastering #musiciansky #mixing #vst3
This is such a good album.
In Danish, but it sounds like Piazzolla.
open.spotify.com/album/3SYAES...
I happen to know the lyricist, @mikkelwallentin.bsky.social. Amazing.
omnibus.au.dk/en/archive/s...
In Danish, but it sounds like Piazzolla.
open.spotify.com/album/3SYAES...
I happen to know the lyricist, @mikkelwallentin.bsky.social. Amazing.
omnibus.au.dk/en/archive/s...
Nu!
open.spotify.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:12 PM
This is such a good album.
In Danish, but it sounds like Piazzolla.
open.spotify.com/album/3SYAES...
I happen to know the lyricist, @mikkelwallentin.bsky.social. Amazing.
omnibus.au.dk/en/archive/s...
In Danish, but it sounds like Piazzolla.
open.spotify.com/album/3SYAES...
I happen to know the lyricist, @mikkelwallentin.bsky.social. Amazing.
omnibus.au.dk/en/archive/s...
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Getting close to the social media launch of my audio software company. Here's what we're trying to do...
hartleydsp.com/about.php
In part a reaction against generative AI in art and music.
hartleydsp.com/about.php
In part a reaction against generative AI in art and music.
About — HARTLEY DSP
Hartley DSP makes audio plugins focused on realism, authenticity, and emotional connection. Every plugin gets individual care and attention, from development through to long-term support.
hartleydsp.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Getting close to the social media launch of my audio software company. Here's what we're trying to do...
hartleydsp.com/about.php
In part a reaction against generative AI in art and music.
hartleydsp.com/about.php
In part a reaction against generative AI in art and music.
Getting close to the social media launch of my audio software company. Here's what we're trying to do...
hartleydsp.com/about.php
In part a reaction against generative AI in art and music.
hartleydsp.com/about.php
In part a reaction against generative AI in art and music.
About — HARTLEY DSP
Hartley DSP makes audio plugins focused on realism, authenticity, and emotional connection. Every plugin gets individual care and attention, from development through to long-term support.
hartleydsp.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Getting close to the social media launch of my audio software company. Here's what we're trying to do...
hartleydsp.com/about.php
In part a reaction against generative AI in art and music.
hartleydsp.com/about.php
In part a reaction against generative AI in art and music.
New business: there's a lot of artificial & artificial-sounding music about at the moment. It's catchy and compulsive sometimes, but people want to reconnect with human artists and performances. For that we'll need better tools, tools that give us the feeling we're right there in the room.
About — HARTLEY DSP
Hartley DSP makes audio plugins focused on realism, authenticity, and emotional connection. Every plugin gets individual care and attention, from development through to long-term support.
hartleydsp.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:05 PM
New business: there's a lot of artificial & artificial-sounding music about at the moment. It's catchy and compulsive sometimes, but people want to reconnect with human artists and performances. For that we'll need better tools, tools that give us the feeling we're right there in the room.
My new business is getting underway, with a prototype spatial reverb plugin in the pipeline. Visit the new website to find out more: hartleydsp.com/index.php
Hartley DSP — Audio Tools for Realism and Feeling
Audio plugins for Realism and Feeling. We make tools that bring warmth, presence, and a human feel to your productions.
hartleydsp.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:17 AM
My new business is getting underway, with a prototype spatial reverb plugin in the pipeline. Visit the new website to find out more: hartleydsp.com/index.php
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Started a new job. I don't know about the money, but the boss seems OK.
(I started a company today to make audio software and to produce and mix records. Wish me luck!)
(I started a company today to make audio software and to produce and mix records. Wish me luck!)
November 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Started a new job. I don't know about the money, but the boss seems OK.
(I started a company today to make audio software and to produce and mix records. Wish me luck!)
(I started a company today to make audio software and to produce and mix records. Wish me luck!)
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New in Science, Macaques tap to the beat.
Very cool study for its main result and its null one: consistent with nearly every other comparative study of music, monkeys don't differentiate beats by their relative strength—which even young children do innately. Monkeys have rhythm but not meter!
Very cool study for its main result and its null one: consistent with nearly every other comparative study of music, monkeys don't differentiate beats by their relative strength—which even young children do innately. Monkeys have rhythm but not meter!
Monkeys have rhythm
Synchronizing movements to music is a hallmark of human culture, but its evolutionary and neurobiological origins remain unknown. This ability requires (i) extracting a steady rhythmic pulse, or beat,...
www.science.org
November 28, 2025 at 11:45 PM
New in Science, Macaques tap to the beat.
Very cool study for its main result and its null one: consistent with nearly every other comparative study of music, monkeys don't differentiate beats by their relative strength—which even young children do innately. Monkeys have rhythm but not meter!
Very cool study for its main result and its null one: consistent with nearly every other comparative study of music, monkeys don't differentiate beats by their relative strength—which even young children do innately. Monkeys have rhythm but not meter!
Started a new job. I don't know about the money, but the boss seems OK.
(I started a company today to make audio software and to produce and mix records. Wish me luck!)
(I started a company today to make audio software and to produce and mix records. Wish me luck!)
November 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Started a new job. I don't know about the money, but the boss seems OK.
(I started a company today to make audio software and to produce and mix records. Wish me luck!)
(I started a company today to make audio software and to produce and mix records. Wish me luck!)
Reposted by Tom Hartley
*pinches bridge of nose* Rachel explain to me again how the university funding model works
i: Reeves to unveil £600m raid on foreign student
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM
*pinches bridge of nose* Rachel explain to me again how the university funding model works
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Please repost! Fully funded four-year PhD studentship opportunity on sleep deprivation and neurovascular dysfunction on the BBSRC Yorkshire Bioscience Doctoral Training Partnership, including annual stipend, research costs and home tuition fees tinyurl.com/ms7v2pcx
Disrupted Sleep: Mechanisms Linking Sleep Deprivation, Neurovascular Dysfunction, and Metabolic Pathways at Leeds Beckett University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Disrupted Sleep: Mechanisms Linking Sleep Deprivation, Neurovascular Dysfunction, and Metabolic Pathways at Leeds Beckett University, listed on FindAPhD.com
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November 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Please repost! Fully funded four-year PhD studentship opportunity on sleep deprivation and neurovascular dysfunction on the BBSRC Yorkshire Bioscience Doctoral Training Partnership, including annual stipend, research costs and home tuition fees tinyurl.com/ms7v2pcx
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Jonny Smallwood @themindwanders.bsky.social was a beloved friend and mentor. He was taken from us too soon. His was a beautiful mind who understood the beauty of minds. As ever before, his kind voice guides me and his work will continue. We miss you Jonny. www.cbs.mpg.de/news/obituar...
Obituary – Jonathan Smallwood
www.cbs.mpg.de
November 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Jonny Smallwood @themindwanders.bsky.social was a beloved friend and mentor. He was taken from us too soon. His was a beautiful mind who understood the beauty of minds. As ever before, his kind voice guides me and his work will continue. We miss you Jonny. www.cbs.mpg.de/news/obituar...
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New digital painting. Sunset from the rooftop of the Giotto apartment building in Leeds, UK. Part of the former factory site Tower Works. It includes 3 listed towers. The big one in the picture is based on Giotto's campanile in Florence. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_W...
November 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
New digital painting. Sunset from the rooftop of the Giotto apartment building in Leeds, UK. Part of the former factory site Tower Works. It includes 3 listed towers. The big one in the picture is based on Giotto's campanile in Florence. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_W...
New digital painting. Sunset from the rooftop of the Giotto apartment building in Leeds, UK. Part of the former factory site Tower Works. It includes 3 listed towers. The big one in the picture is based on Giotto's campanile in Florence. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_W...
November 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
New digital painting. Sunset from the rooftop of the Giotto apartment building in Leeds, UK. Part of the former factory site Tower Works. It includes 3 listed towers. The big one in the picture is based on Giotto's campanile in Florence. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_W...