Bio

Christophe Duquesne

Sound design and instrument design

Haken Continuum | Expressive E Osmose | La Voix du Luthier

Christophe has been involved in sound synthesis for more than 35 years, with a special focus on physical modelling. He started his work on sound using traditional analogue and FM synthesisers and then stepped up to more powerful platforms like the Nord Modular G2X, AAS Tassman, Max-MSP, CSound and, of course, the amazing EaganMatrix. He is also deeply involved in bridging electronic and acoustic music through the use of acoustic resonators built using the traditional technic and material of stringed instrument makers.

Christophe studied electronics (ISEP Paris) and has been a software developer and system architect for more than 35 years. He started learning classical piano at 6 and, apart from being a member of Anckorage and Sans Bagages, he is now mainly known for his contributions to multiple instrument designs as a member of Haken Audio, founder of La Voix du Luthier and member of Expressive E, but also for his involvement as sound-designer and musician to some prominent projects like the soundtrack of Dune Part 2 (directly working for Hans Zimmer).

 

Recent Sound Synthesis Endeavors:

  • Sound designer and musician for the soundtrack of Dune Part 2 (5 weeks in Santa Monica directly working with Hans Zimmer and his team).
  • Development of the Analysis and Resynthesis tool for the Eagan Matrix (heavily used in Dune 2, and with a public release planned late 2024).
  • Founder of La Voix du Luthier
  • Development of the Kinetic physical module of the Eagan Matrix (state space, Newtonian physic based, physical modelling, SHARC DSP code), and multiple other Eagan Matrix modules.
  • Sound design for the Haken Continuum and the Osmose (from Expressive-E).
  • Design and development of the IOS remote for the Continuum (IOS app).
  • Design and development of physical modelling application SpringSoundfor IOS, based on physical calculation of forces on mobile bodies.
  • Involved in the organisation of the French Synthfest (synthfestfrance.com)
  • Design and development for Tiptop Audio: “Grain de Folie” (granular synthesis), “Spring Waves” (physical modelling) and “Mariana Trench” cartridges for the Z-DSP Eurorack module (http://tiptopaudio.com/zdsp-ns ).
  • Sound design for the factory library of the ROLI Seaboard (RISE 25 and 49).
  • Contributor for several musical forums like the AAS Tassman forum (and also commercial Tassman banks with https://electric-himalaya.com/ ) or the Nord Modular forum on ElectroMusic.com.

 

More at www.hakenaudio.com/the-team , www.la-voix-du-luthier.com , https://www.expressivee.com/2-osmose , https://www.youtube.com/@anckorage

Social media https://www.facebook.com/christophe.duquesne.7 and https://www.instagram.com/methyam/

Other activities: https://www.aurigetech.com/

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