Cameron Thomas

Founder

Minuit

About Me

Hi, I'm Cam.

I run Minuit, a small indie plugin company where I'm currently releasing (or just released, hopefully) Solstice - an experimental synthesiser based on the phase-vocoding techniques I'll be talking about today.

Previously, I spent six years as a Staff Software Engineer at Vochlea Music, developing the Dubler voice-to-MIDI applications. These days I've gone indie to explore more experimental sound design ideas, whilst also taking on contract plugin development.

I'm particularly interested in making complex DSP feel intuitive and playable. As someone who makes experimental and ambient music in my spare time, I enjoy finding new ways to process sound that go beyond traditional synthesis methods - which is exactly what led me down the phase-vocoder rabbit hole, after playing around with neural synthesis back in 2018/19 and finding it frustrating to work with.

Sessions

  • It’s Just a Phase

    Exploring Synthesis With the Phase Vocoder
    00:00 - 00:00 UTC | Thursday 30th October 2025 |
    Beginner
    Intermediate

    Can we do time-stretching…in real-time? What if instead of just stretching time, we could freeze it, scrub through it, and morph between different moments in a sound? We will explore this question, and more, by trying to build out some creative ideas for synthesis armed with just a few samples and the trusty FFT. We will cover the basics of time-stretching audio using the FFT with phase-vocoding, and in doing so try to build an intuition of how phases in a Fourier Transform affect the sound with some beautiful interactive plots. We'll then try to build out a full synth […]

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