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STUDIO 74

now recording: Spades Audio

a macOS utility by Sasi (engineering, Vienna) & Karthik (design, Melbourne)

1/4sam is one audio sample. a song needs 48,000 of him. per second.
2/4macOS: “everyone exits through the same speaker. rules are rules.”
3/4but the meeting is on the headphones and the game is not.
4/4spades: “then we become a device.” (this is legal. barely.)

THE WALL

how sam gets home

drawn on the first napkin we didn't lose · click it

mind the deadline

⏱ 10.7 ms

DO NOT BE LATE

do not press

glitches caused: —

this button blocks the thread for 90 ms. that's what a lock does. press it and hear the crime.

THE CLOCK ARGUMENT

press play to hear two clocks argue. flip the switch to hear the engine's whole job.

↪ how spades keeps them in time → see THE SAFE.

THE BOOTHS

the session players are robots

research · architecture · review — everything passes this desk. the thinking stays human. — s.

house rules (the robots inherit these)

#1never allocate on the audio thread
#2hardware test before any merge
#3stay in your worktree
#4when unsure, stop & ask the human

every mistake i caught twice got written down once. the robots don't get tired; the rulebook gets wise.

LIVE ROOM

capacity: 1 build

now testing

driver · take 14

engine build

take 9 · waiting…

app build

take 23 · waiting…

click the lamp — the queue moves up. the room is never free for long.

THE SAFE

trade secrets inside (really)

THE RELEASE SHELF

out now-ish

the studio radio
Drums.app
Bass.app
Chime.app

the pitch, as sound: three apps, three sliders. mix them. macOS won't let you do this — spades will.

core built · early users listening · one engineer, nights & weekends

exit → the B-side (the personal story)exit → spadesaudio.com — early access

engineered in Vienna · designed in Melbourne · no samples were harmed