Syl Morrison

Sessions

• Doodads & Doohickeys

  A Guide to Theory-Crafting & Modelling a Fictional Acoustic Instrument
  00:00 - 00:00 UTC | Friday 31st October 2025 |
  Beginner

  Intermediate

  Advanced

  Physical modelling is a theory-dense and complex area of plugin design, which tries its utmost to remain faithful to the real-world mechanics of the modelled instrument. But what if that instrument doesn't exist? This talk aims to explore this concept, prioritising a "this sounds fun" approach, rather than a "this is accurate and actually real maths" approach, in a hand-wavy, conversational and engaging way. Its purpose is less to give practical modelling advice, and more to encourage experimentation, and to celebrate the art of exploring bizarre-fever-dream plugin ideas.

• Atmospheric Plugin Design

  15:00 - 15:50 UTC | Wednesday 13th November 2024 | Bristol 2
  Beginner

  Intermediate

  Advanced

  A headfirst swandive into designing plugins to evoke atmospheres and emotional responses, and the creative potential that approach can unlock, through the lens of interpreting Dante Aligheri's Inferno as an a multifx plugin. This talk hopes to inspire and encourage experimentation, and celebrate and nurture the often-overlooked creative side of audio programming, rather than focussing on pre-established effects, while also touching on the decisions, ups and downs, and actual development process for "Inferno".