[oinj]

I did a tiny bit of DSP and I've been exposed to the HCI/NIME community in the past, but that's it. Many modules in the Anyma are just reasonable implementations of clever formulae I didn't design but studied from papers :). And for the Mutable stuff, a lot of optimization work and tradeoffs to make. We are lucky to have a sound designer with a good ear. That said, we've been working for a while on our own waveguide models (Windsyo and others), and we have found some tricks I've never seen elsewhere. There's a lot to explore, especially when looking for "hybrid" acoustic-electronic sounds.

[vegadw]

For sure. I really dig those hybird sounds too. I'm particularly fascinated with the sounds that are more electro mechanical (See Korg's Phase-8, or Rhythmic Robot's "Spark Gap") so I'm glad to see more people trying to combine physical modeling and synthesis in smoother ways than just layering them.