David Minnix
Owner Software Engineer Designer At Fellhouse Audio LLC at xinniw.net
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Minnix is a software engineer, designer, and entrepreneur blending nine years of professional engineering with a deep practice in music technology and community building. As owner of Fellhouse Audio he designs DSP algorithms, plugins, and custom hardware instruments for experimental musicians while also composing and performing electronic music as xinniw. He brings hands-on product development experience from Menlo Innovations—where he paired on client solutions and coached teams—and contributes to open-source musical tooling, notably adding musical-scale tests and pattern-transformation features to the TidalCycles project. Based in Ann Arbor and pursuing graduate work at the University of Michigan, he also mentors teens through creative game and art programs at the Neutral Zone. His background in physics and early data-logging/SQL work informs a practical, analytical approach to audio software design. David is especially drawn to algorithmic music cultures like Algorave, combining rigorous code craft with playful sonic experimentation.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Oak Park River Forest High SchoolBachelor of Arts (B.A.) Physics, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Physics at Earlham College
Github Skills (9)
testing10
haskell10
pattern10
dsl10
data-structure9
data-structures9
algorithm9
algorithms9
live-coding8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
tidalcycles/Tidal
Jan 2019 - Jun 2019
Pattern language
Role in this project:
Backend Developer / Test Automation Engineer
Backend Developer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:18 commits, 7 PRs, 18 comments in 4 months
Contributions summary:David primarily contributed to the project by adding characterization tests and aliases for musical scales within the Haskell code. They implemented and tested scales related to music theory and composition. Furthermore, the user developed and integrated a "snowball" function to facilitate the generation of pattern variations through transformations.
pattern-languagelivecodingalgoravepatternhaskell
XiNNiW/tranquility
Mar 2022 - Mar 2023
a port of tidal/strudel/vortex to lua
Contributions:3 reviews, 47 commits, 1 PR in 1 year
lua
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