ARTIST / BUILDER / ENGINEER

I build the tools
I want to make
the music I want
to hear.

Music, instruments and software.
One connected creative practice.

START WITH THE MUSIC
THE CREATIVE CORE / INSTRUMENT CONCEPTARTIST / BUILDER / ENGINEER
SCROLL TO EXPLORE
ONE SYSTEM. MANY LAYERS.

Nothing here
exists alone.

A sound becomes an idea.
An idea becomes an instrument.
An instrument becomes music.

It starts
with a feeling.

MELODIC HOUSE / DEEP / EMOTIONAL

Music is where it all starts.
It is the reason I build.

A space to explore, feel
and keep moving forward.

Low Light — official cover artwork
Album / GUS VEGALow Light
LISTEN ON SPOTIFY ↗
ALBUMS & SELECTED RELEASES

Albums to spend time with. Sounds to carry forward.

Before there is an instrument,
there is something I want to hear.

LIVE SETS & STUDIO PERFORMANCES ↗NO DIRECTION / EXPLORATIONS IN SOUND

Built for
the next idea.

TOOLS FOR CREATORS

These are working software projects, born from making music. The physical forms below explore what those tools could become.

WORKING SOFTWARE / PHYSICAL CONCEPT

One sound. More possibilities.

UMBRA turns a moment of sound into atmosphere.
Scroll to look beneath its controls.

EXPLORE THE SOFTWARE ↗

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Each interface is real software. Explore a tool to see its own scroll-driven physical study.

SOFTWARE PROJECT / 3D HARDWARE CONCEPT

UMBRA

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UMBRA audio plug-in interface

AMBIENT / TEXTURE / MOVEMENT

A space for melodic memory, cinematic depth and slow transformation. Built to become part of the way you play.

The software and this physical concept are different stages of the same idea.

PRODUCT DETAILS & AVAILABILITY ↗
IN DEVELOPMENT

ASTRA

EVERYTHING TOGETHER

Four sound engines.
Umbra.
Sequa.
One instrument.

A performance instrument taking shape.
Separate voices. Shared movement. One place to play.

LUMEN I / Core synthesis
→ MIXER → MASTER → ONE INSTRUMENT

Architecture in development. The model shows the intended relationship between engines, processing and performance controls.

06 SYSTEMS → 01 INSTRUMENTCONCEPT / WORK IN PROGRESS

Where it
comes together.

MY STUDIO

A room for listening.
A workbench for building.
A place to follow an idea.

AT THE KEYS / IN THE SOUND / INTO THE TRACK

One space. Every part connected.

Gus Vega's actual studio: two equipment desks, an 88-key keyboard, stacked synthesizers, pad controllers, audio equipment, four monitors and microphones.
GUS VEGA / THE STUDIOSCROLL TO SEPARATE · SELECT TO LOOK CLOSER
88 KEYS. ENDLESS STARTING POINTS.

Drum machines, controllers, outboard gear and development hardware.
Everything within reach of the next idea.

Ideas into
instruments.

A look into the process.
From concept to code.
From plugin to hardware.
From an idea into something real.

A sound. A sketch. A question.

Notebooks, sound concepts and the first musical idea.

Beneath
the surface.

The engineering matters when it makes room for the music.

01 / UMBRA

Keep the sound.
Change its possibilities.

A portable audio engine sits beneath the interface. Controls and host synchronization connect the sound to the way an instrument is played.

INPUT AUDIO ENGINE MUSICAL CONTROLS OUTPUT
INSIDE UMBRA ↗
02 / SPECTRA → FORMA

From a recording
to something playable.

Separation runs in the background. Aligned stems feed the mixer, and a sound can move into FORMA for further exploration.

RECORDING SEPARATION STEMS FORMA
EXPLORE THE ARCHITECTURE ↗
SOFTWARE, PLATFORM & CLOUD WORK ↗

Different layers.
Same purpose.

I BUILD THE TOOLS
I WANT TO MAKE
THE MUSIC I WANT
TO HEAR.

Gus VegaGUS VEGA / ARTIST & BUILDER
ONE CONNECTED PRACTICE

GUS VEGA

ARTIST. BUILDER. ENGINEER.

I’m a Mexican music producer based in Seattle, building software and instruments around the moments that happen in the studio. Music is the starting point. Making the tools is part of the same practice.