Sam Perry

About Me

Profile Picture Hi! I'm Sam. An aspiring programmer/DSP engineer. I've made this website to show some of the projects that I've completed or that I'm currently working on and as a place to document some of my key skills and interests. I hope to expand the website as I gain experience in my field but for now I've put together a selection of some of the work I created over the past few years whilst at University and working at my placement in Paris. Enjoy!

Interests

Coding

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Python

I have around a year's experience working in python and find it's simple syntax perfect for quickly prototyping ideas and is one of my primary means for developing DSP based programs. During my time at the IRCAM research institute I used Python extensively on a number of different tasks to perform audio analysis and synthesis related processes. Though I mainly worked in Python 2 I am also familiar with Python 3. I am also familiar with packages such as Numpy, SciPy and Matplotlib. Check out some of the projects I have worked on in python here!

Unix

Having worked almost exclusively on Mac and Linux for a number of years I am very familiar with the Unix environment. I have recently begun to experiment with creating shell scripts to help automate processes I perform regularly. The best example of my understanding of Unix would be to check out my source repository here. It demonstrates how I have used shell scripts to automate the process of setting up a new machine with the environment as I need it.

C++

I have used C++ to create audio effects using the Steinberg VST framework as part of coursework for my degree. I have also experimented with creating simple standalone command line tools. I like the language for it's high performance when compared to python (due to the compiled nature of the language) though I currently tend to work less in this language as I find it less flexible for quickly prototyping my ideas. I plan on improving my skills in this language when I feel that one of my projects has reached a point where it would benefit from being converted to a compiled language.

Vim

My editor of choice is Vim and have been using it for around a year. I feel the main advantage is that it is a widely available editor due to it's age and its exceptional ability to be adaptable to all different languages through customization. This allows me to develop in the same environment with modifications to create an IDE style workspace tailored to each task.If you are interested my Vim configurations can be found here.

Web Design - HTML5, CSS and JavaScript

I recently became interested in coding a website as a side project to improve my skills in an area that I am much less familiar with. This has resulted in the website you are looking at now! I thought it would be beneficial to teach myself something not totally unrelated to my aspirations but enough to give me a different challenge to apply the new skills I have acquired over the past few years to. As a result I am now familiar with HTML5, CSS and understand the basics of JavaScript (though I feel this would not be difficult to build upon given my experience in Python).

Music

I have always enjoyed writing and playing music. As a child I was taught the Piano and continue to practice as a hobby in my spare time. Through studying Music Technology at university I have had the opportunity to expand on my understanding of Music and how computers and signal processing techniques can be applied creatively to design and manipulate sounds. I also have a good understanding of music recording techniques and industry standards for recording instruments in a music studio environment. Although I hope to progress primarily in a technical industry where logic is key, I feel the slightly less conventional path I have taken to reach my current position will provide me with a different perspective on tasks than that of a standard computer science graduate, for example.

Motorbikes

Professional Experience

Summary of professional experience

IRCAM

IRCAM has has been my first experience in a professional working environment. During my time there I gained an understanding of how teams work togeather to produce professional products and participated in the development of such products. My ability to write readable and stable code was important when contributing to projects and my knowlege of Unix, Git, VIM, Python, C++ etc... grew substantially during my time there. I also learnt how to work on a project alongside other member of the team and due to the wide variety of projects that I was tasked with improving, my ability to adapt to tasks where I did not have prior experience improved dramatically. An example of this could be when I was tasked with fixing a reveal.js prsentation. A simple task but in a language (or 3, HTML, CSS and JavaScript) that I had never used before. I think this ability to adapt to a given situation is important in a rapidly changing industry.

About Me

Interests

Coding

Python

Unix

C++

Vim

Web Design - HTML5, CSS and JavaScript

Music

Motorbikes

Professional Experience

IRCAM

Portfolio

Audio descriptor framework (3rd Year University Project)

iTunes Rating App (Personal Project)

Python/matlab filter module (3rd Year University Project)

VSTi Synth (2nd Year University Project)

VST Delay effect (2nd Year University Project)

This Website

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