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Writing

A paper entitled The Sound of Ohm.A paper entitled Concise Fundementals of Audio.My senior project proposal paper.

"Closing the Gap Between Open-Source and Proprietary Amplifier Modeling" documents my senior project as an undergraduate at UC Santa Barbara. It explores the ways in which open-source amplifier modeling has achieved sonic parity with proprietary implementations, but suffers from a lack of support on embedded systems- an ideal form factor for guitarists.

A senior project proposal paper.
A score I wrote entitled "Helena."

"Concise Fundamentals of Audio" is intended as a brief guide to better understanding sound, signal and music. Its language is intended to enfranchise even the least technically-inclined reader without sacrificing a comprehensive review.

"The Sound of Om" documents personal research and experimentation regarding the psychoacoustics of Om, a sacred mantra whose ancient origins have given way to worldwide recognition.

A score I wrote entitled "Epstein Didn't Kill Himself.