Synthesia synthesizer platform

About us

The synthesizer was developed as part of our honours project in Engineering at the University of Adelaide. We are 4 recent graduates with an obsessive interest in embedded computing, signal processing, modelling and music.

The Synthesia development team. From Left: Aaron Frishling, Nathan Sweetman, Ben Davey, Andreas Wulf

Ben Davey

Qualifications: BEng (Comp Sys). Hons

Project roles: Synth Modeling, Project overseer, Case Design, GUI development, realtime MIDI interpreter, tactile knob interfacing, Kernel and environment setup.

Notable Skills: Python, J2EE development, Graphical User Interface Design; Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG);Hardware Description Language (HDL) ;Embedded systems development;
Digital electronics;Circuit analysis; Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) ;Mac OS X; Matlab; Linux

Current Employer/ Position: J2EE developer at CentricMinds, Adelaide (www.centricminds.com)

Email : benjamin <dot> davey <at> adelaide.edu.au

Nathan Sweetman

Qualifications: BEng (Comp Sys). Hons

Project roles: Firmware development (VHDL & C), Kernel and environment setup, Analogue circuit development, communications interface design

Notable Skills: Hardware Description Language (HDL) ; C/C++; Embedded systems development; Digital electronics; Circuit analysis; Linux; Python; BSD; Operating systems

Current Employer/ Position: Embedded systems developer

Email : nathan <dot> sweetman <at> adelaide.edu.au

Andreas Wulf

Qualifications: BEng (Comp Sys). Hons

Project roles: User interface design (components)

Notable Skills: Java; GUI Design; Python; Mac OS X

Current Employer/ Position: N/A

Email : awulf <at> pacmeb.com

Aaron Frishling

Qualifications: BEng (Comp Sys). Hons

Project roles: Firmware development (VHDL & C), Analogue circuit development, FPGA extraordinaire

Notable Skills: Hardware Description Language (HDL) ; C/C++; Embedded systems development; Digital electronics; Circuit analysis;