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Nicolas Arellano Guzman

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Nicolas

//Multidisciplinary developer

I'm a creative computing student that builds music technology software mainly but not exclusively, I'm also a casual web developer, I enjoy playing the synth (recently the minilogue), hobbyist digital artist and avid electronics&embedded systems tinkerer. As a developer, my ethos is to go back to the wacky interfaces and technology that I grew up with, which I currently express through design and functionality in my projects.

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current project : Sinesthesia: a cross-modal visual synthesizer

focus : Digital signal processing / Software Engineering / AudioVisual processing / Design

tech stack : C++ / JUCE / OpenGL / GLSL / Python / Keras / TensorFlow / Node.js / Vite / Javascript / TouchDesigner

$ ls -la ./work/
$ cat work/EMSynth.md

ElectroMagnetic synth

[embedded] [2026]

Built on a Bela, this synth reads midi information to play notes, accompanied by a simple attack and release envelope. The synth also makes use of two ungrounded wires antennas that control frequency modulation and filter cutoff via electromagnetic interference.

  • C++ / DSP
  • Bela / IO
$ cat work/amweb.md

anyamukhtyar.com

[webpage] [2026]

Despite my disdain for web development, I built this website for my very talented friend Aanya Mukhtyar, a painter and fine artist at Goldsmiths.

  • HTML / CSS
$ cat work/djApp.md

MixN

[music hardware] [2025]

Juce DJ app, UI inspired by 2000s metro aesthetics. Functionality includes a file manager, zoomed and synced waveform visualier, a one-pole filter, a crossfader, speed and gain controls.

  • Juce / C++
  • Packaged for MacOS
MixN
$ cat work/LightsOff.md

LightsOff

[game] [2025-present]

A web game built using Three.js whre players are increasingly stressed out by loud sounds and lights in a game loop where they constantly loose points. IOS port in development using capacitor

  • Three.js / JavaScript
  • Vite / Capacitor
$ cat work/formFilt.md

Formant Filter

[DSP / app] [2025]

A python app that intakes any pitch and a selected vowel and returns a filtered sound using formant filtering to make the output sound like the selected vowel. The app also includes a simple GUI built with Tkinter.

  • Python / DSP / TKinter
$ cat work/zynth.md

Zynth

[DSP / embedded] [2025]

Midi-controlled Bela monophonic synthesizer, complete with detuning, filter and envelope control.

  • C++ / DSP
  • Bela
$ cat work/granulator.md

Granular Synth

[DSP / embedded] [2025]

Another Bela project this time using the Trill touch sensors to scroll through different grain parameters in a simple granular synth using preset samples.

  • C++ / DSP
  • Bela / IO
$ cat work/TileWorks.md

TileWorks

[generative] [2024]

A generative art piece using perlin noise and flow fields to draw mosaic-like tiles in geometric patterns. Greatly inspired by Tyler Hobbs.

  • Python / py5
$ cat work/relay.md

Relay

[webapp] [2024]

Simple web app using SQL Node and express to create a messaging & user management system for students and teachers.

  • HTML / CSS / EJS / Node.js / Express / SQL
$ ./send_message.sh

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