ARTIST / BUILDER / ENGINEER
I build the tools
I want to make
the music I want
to hear.
Music producer. Software engineer. Instrument builder.
Mexican, based in Seattle.
ONE SYSTEM. MANY LAYERS.
00THE SYSTEM
Nothing here
exists alone.
A sound becomes an idea.
An idea becomes an instrument.
An instrument becomes music.
01MUSIC
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.
Album / GUS VEGALow Light
LISTEN ON SPOTIFY ALBUMS AND SELECTED RELEASES
Albums to spend time with. Sounds to carry forward.
Before there is an instrument,
there is something I want to hear.
02PLUG-INS
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.
PHYSICAL INSTRUMENT / FORM STUDY 0.8.3
196.85 × 139.7 MMUMBRA
DESIGNED BY GUS VEGA
Instrument
A moment, made physical.
Ten musical controls. One evolving field of sound.
SCROLL TO REVEAL↑ SCROLL BACK TO REASSEMBLE
AUDIO IN → UMBRA DSP → AUDIO OUT · CONTROLS → DSP · COMPUTE ↔ DISPLAY
Each interface is real software. Explore a tool for its interface, architecture and product details.
03STUDIO
Where it
comes together.
MY STUDIO
A room for listening.
A workbench for building.
A place to follow an idea.
DJ performance
- AlphaTheta XDJ-AZ
- Mixing DJ sets, practicing transitions and bringing my own tracks into a performance.
Instruments and rhythm
- Moog Subsequent 37
- Analog bass, leads, plucks and hands-on sequences.
- Korg Minilogue XD
- Chords, pads, arpeggios and evolving ambient textures.
- Microcosm
- Adding space and evolving texture, mainly alongside my Korg Minilogue XD.
04PROCESS
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.
06 / EXPLORATIONS
EXPLORE THE 3D GALLERY A little room to play.
Experiments in sound, motion and interaction. Small ideas, explored in the browser.
07ENGINEERING
Beyond the studio.
I also build cloud platforms, infrastructure automation and design systems. Explore GuxOps, GUS UI and the engineering behind them.
SOFTWARE, PLATFORM AND CLOUD WORK08ABOUT
GUS VEGA / ARTIST AND BUILDERONE 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.