Music technology consulting and collaboration
We work with music technology companies, artists, and researchers to turn musical ideas and emerging technology into tools people can use. That can mean modernizing an audio toolkit, launching a new module, integrating a model or research result, or shaping a musician’s signature product.
Start with the opportunity, friction, technology, or musical practice. We’ll help define the useful outcome and the right way to work together.
One collaboration in practice
Artist bundleJazz had a crystal-clear vision for her ideal plugin: the enveloping vocal effect she rebuilt session after session, distilled into one instrument.
The collaboration preserved what mattered in the artist’s process, made it playable as a focused effect, and added drums and MIDI that let people understand the sound in context.
How we can help
We combine audio engineering, product design, research, and release experience. These are common engagements, not fixed packages you need to choose before contacting us.
Turn a signature sound, recurring setup, performance gesture, or creative identity into a product people can play and understand.
See artist collaborationsImprove an existing authoring system, interface, DSP layer, compatibility path, or delivery workflow without losing what already works.
Explore the EngineDesign, build, qualify, and prepare an instrument, effect, MIDI tool, or focused creative workflow for a real audience.
See what we makeBring a model, algorithm, dataset, format, or research result into a usable musical interface, product, or existing platform.
See the technical foundationFrame and test questions around generative music, evaluation, symbolic representation, interaction, or compatibility.
See our research areasStart with an early idea, stubborn constraint, unusual format, missing connection, or opportunity that does not fit a standard brief.
Working relationship
We can help set direction, prototype, build, integrate, qualify, and prepare a release. The engagement depends on what you already have, the decision or product you need, and who should own and maintain the result.
Find the useful path
Clarify the audience, product opportunity, technical constraints, and smallest credible first outcome before committing to a large build.
Prototype, build, and qualify
Create a focused instrument, effect, MIDI tool, interface, or workflow through scoped milestones, musical review, and technical acceptance.
Evolve an existing system
Connect new models or audio technology, improve an authoring stack, refresh product UI, or establish a more reliable path into browsers, DAWs, and other targets.
Develop something together
Work with musicians on a signature release or with researchers on a shared question, benchmark, prototype, paper, or path from research into practice.
Our focus is music technology: audio systems, creative tools, research translation, and the path from prototype to musician. Scope, payment or revenue participation, rights, support, and maintenance are written down after fit and discovery.
A strong pitch
Tell us what exists today, where it falls short, who it serves, and what a useful result would change. For an artist, that might begin with a sound or process. For a company or research team, it might begin with a system, prototype, or technical possibility.
We can begin from a sound, existing product, codebase, model, recording method, missing workflow, integration constraint, research question, or audience need. Give us enough context for a useful first conversation.
Start a private briefPrivate brief
Share what exists today, who it serves, the opportunity or constraint, and what a successful engagement would make possible. We will use that context to assess fit before discussing scope.
Personal details and submitted materials stay private and are available only to you and the Syntho team.
Looking to join the team?
We welcome open applications from thoughtful people across audio software.