// Synth Lab

Thirty years of hardware. Then this happened.

Curiosity drives the most interesting parts of life. After years of hardware drum machines and analog keys, I had to know: could I build an instrument from scratch in a browser?

// Speak page

// The Build Path

Single Prompt

Started with a single sound. Asked why it worked. Learned the basic signal chain.

Feature by Feature

Added oscillators, filters, and LFOs one at a time. Coding by doing.

Full Instrument

Integrated sequencers, drum machines, and MIDI support for hardware keys.

Visual Identity

Turned code into physical product renders using engineered AI prompts.

Web Audio API MIDI JavaScript AI Prompting 3D Rendering

// 00 - Start

DPAUL Synth MKI

The first prototype. One oscillator, three waveforms, basic filter. It made sound, and that was enough to keep going.

// Live Prototype

MKI — 3D Render from UI

// Origin Story

It started in 1991. Before the internet, you found gear in The Loot classifieds. I bought a Korg M1 from a stranger on a landline.

"Same building. One floor apart. Found through a newspaper ad."

We both worked at Liverpool Street station. Meeting at the office to swap cash for keys started a 30-year obsession with synthesis.

1991The Korg M1. The machine that started it all.

// 04 - The Rebuild

DP-ONE MkV

A complete ground-up rebuild. 37 keys, joystick pitch/filter, 6-row sequencer, and a full FX chain (Reverb/Tape Echo).

To see these synths in action, visit this website on a desktop/laptop.

// 05 - 303 Style

Acid-Box

Inspired by the legendary TB-303. Monophonic, squelchy, and focused on that iconic resonant filter scream.

// Hardware History

Thirty years of machines. You can't design a browser filter if you haven't twisted a real resonance knob into feedback.

M1 · Triton · Proteus · MicroKorg · Monologue

// Next Steps

In Progress

API Sound Library

Integrating external APIs to pull new sounds into DP-ONE dynamically.

In Progress

Custom Skins

Fully 3D-rendered interactive UIs and interchangeable panel designs.