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Who is digitalfishphones.com?
This is the website of Sascha Eversmeier, age of 34.
I live in Berlin and work as a software developer for a German company called MAGIX (the people behind programs such as MusicMaker and Samplitude/Sequoia). But this site has nothing to do with my day job. What you see here is complete private stuff, although the software downloadable here recently joined the company's source code pool.
I have a strong passion for music (Rock/80s/Wave/Gothic/EBM/Electronic/Synth Pop), instruments (bass guitar since '88, keys, sequencing, mixing desks), electronics (audio circuits), audio software and programming.
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I started developing these plugins in 2001, putting the focus on dynamic signal processing (volume compression / expansion) and on recreating the sound of analog circuits in the digital domain.
Recently, I took the source code, looked at it and thought I should be doing more with it. As a consequence, I decided to give up the freeware idea.
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For you, this means that all plugins at this site have been discontinued. Users will have to live with the state each plugin is currently in. The code might be enhanced, debugged and developed further in some way, but not as freeware for the public domain.
Sorry ;)
'So no more freeware. What now?'
At the moment, I am working on completely new projects for MAGIX which I am really proud of (cool stuff, I can assure you...). Such work does not have much to do with the plugins here, but I can say it partly benefits from each of the fish code... please accept that I can't tell you more right here and now.
Some might ask 'Didn't you just sell your soul?', 'Were you faking all the time'?
No.
I admit, I've been working for the company above for quite a while, but doing completely different stuff. The plugins were typically spawned at night time and for quite a long period things worked well until either my body, my girl or my head were saying 'no' (in various order).
Fact is - and this might shock some people - I was really fed up with the freeware show during the past months. You need to slow down at some point when the computer rules you more than 12 hours a day and your world starts to dance before your eyes like as if you're walking through a desert. This can't be healthy, kids.
Although I've gained a lot of knowledge, positive feedback and met cool people on the net, I'd simply claim I want my life back. This particularly means working at day time, making music again, taking part in normal social life etc.
In the past, I was very sincere about user support and keeping up the contact to the people that are using my software (perhaps you...). Please accept my apologies that I'm currently responding quite slow to emails (compared to the past).
Some might find this sad. But I am really happy with the new situation. My life took on a new quality, I became part of a an excellent team of developers with so much to learn from.
I finished the installation of my studio and started making music again. I've managed to work on an album with a singer (under the project name caretaker) and released stuff in early 2005. Currently, we're working on new material, although things are going on quite slowly as our real-life time schedules are pretty tight.
At the moment, I don't know how this site will evolve... but we'll see.
(This stuff was mainly written in 2004 and is being updated every once in a while.)
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Contact
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sascha@digitalfishphones.com
Urs Heckmann, urs@u-he.com | |
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