ABOUT

JWA Electroacoustics is an independent experimental audio-electronics company. It builds instruments and effects around DSP, resonance, harmonic systems, feedback, sequencing and unusual ways of playing.

It's a small operation, not a corporation. Ideas start on a breadboard, get tested on the bench and go up in the Lab while they're still rough. The first one is RESON80R.

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DSP: Sound shaped in code, running on small embedded processors.
RESONANCE: Tuned systems that ring, sustain and colour whatever you feed them.
HARMONIC SYSTEMS: Working with the overtone series directly: choosing which harmonics speak.
FEEDBACK: Loops pushed close to the edge of stability, on purpose.
SEQUENCING: Patterns and clocked movement inside effects, not only in synths.
UNUSUAL INTERFACES: Controls that change how you play, not just how you tweak.

An early RESON80R prototype on the bench: a microcontroller board wired to three potentiometers on a breadboard, with a second breadboard and a guitar pedal beside it. — The first RESON80R prototype, on the bench.

Humble beginnings

I started this as an 18 year old with a huge passion for electronics and music.

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EMAIL: Not published yet.
UPDATES: Use the form below for RESON80R news and the test program list.
PROGRESS: Current status and the dev log are in the Lab.

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