Nick Brandes
Design engineer, audio and creative tools
About
I design and build interfaces for musicians and producers. Most software is designed, then handed over to be built. I do both, so the decisions that usually get lost in that gap stay with one person: how a control feels under your hand, what happens on the fourth try, which detail is worth another day.
Work
FlowtonikAn AI-powered DAW for Mac. Every AI mix move lands as an editable plugin, not a rendered file.
TonikInstrument plugin. One window holds a sampler, a synth and a drum kit, each with only as many controls as it needs.
WaavformOpen-source SwiftUI audio component I designed and built. One line to use, every pixel overridable.
FrontRowCreator monetization platform. Two products in one window, and a verification gate that had to stop people without losing them.