DSP Engineer · Plugin Developer · Music AI Researcher
I build the bridge between signal processing, music, and machine learning – from real-time audio plugins to large-scale music understanding.
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co-founder · head of dsp
Co-founder and Head of DSP at an early-stage AI company. I lead the signal processing layer – designing real-time feature extraction pipelines that turn human voice into structured perceptual data.
etherealcomputing.com →co-founder · plugin developer
Co-founder of Althemi, a boutique audio software studio. Our first product, Blossom, is a real-time MIDI harmonizer for macOS music production – built in JUCE/C++20.
althemi.space →research · independent
Applying machine learning and signal processing to large-scale music understanding. Current work involves audio embedding models, perceptual feature extraction, and music similarity at scale. Details under NDA.
private –featured work
A real-time MIDI harmonizer I designed and built end-to-end – DSP, UI, signing, distribution.
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Harmonize
Free chord
Perform
three voicing modes
One melody in. A full arrangement out.
case study
real-time MIDI harmonizer for performers
$ blossom --init
harmony: ready
voices: melody · counterpoint · harmony
chord input: listening
presets: A–H loaded
status: ready to play
voicings: 0 loaded
harmonize
instant
play a melody · hear counterpoint and harmony in real time
free chord
any voicing
hold chords on one hand · play melody with the other
snapshots
A–H banks
recall on any MIDI pedal · program change · CC
live performance
seamless
change presets mid-song · switch chords mid-phrase · nothing breaks
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Built top to bottom · DSP, UI, signing, distribution · Althemi · 2024–present
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background
I'm an audio plugin developer and DSP engineer with deep experience in JUCE/C++20 real-time audio. My background spans commercial plugin development (Althemi/Studio369), startup co-founding (Ethereal Computing), and applied music AI research.
I work at the intersection of three things most people treat as separate: low-level signal processing, music as a perceptual and creative medium, and modern machine learning. The interesting work lives in the seams between them.
Thea Peterson
DSP Engineer · Plugin Developer · Music AI Researcher
Co-founder of Althemi. Co-founder and Head of DSP at Ethereal Computing. Building tools and research at the intersection of audio, music, and machine learning.
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