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About AIXDSP

AIXDSP grew from decades of recording, audio hardware, software development and a shared belief that engineers deserve tools built around real problems.

The team

Experience behind the plugins

Three engineers and developers whose studio, hardware and software backgrounds shape every AIXDSP decision.

President

Michael Joseph

Michael began his career in music and recording in the mid '90s when he first met Aaron Carey, then an intern at Vintage Recorders in Phoenix, AZ. That meeting grew into a lifelong friendship built on a shared goal: solve real audio problems and improve tools for the people using them, not just investors. Michael and Aaron went on to found AEXLabs, a studio monitor and live-sound manufacturer whose monitors have been used at John Powell's "Five Cats" Soundtrack Studio on every score produced there since 2010's Knight and Day.

Studio & product leadershipMonitor / hardware background

AEXLabs Co-Founder30+ Years Experience

Vice President / Head of Concepts and Design

Aaron "Pipelineaudio" Carey

Aaron began in audio electronics and studio engineering in 1989, studying under Pierre Grill at Rendezvous Recording in Hawai'i before relocating to Arizona, where an internship at Vintage Recorders had him assisting artists including Megadeth, Sacred Reich, Stevie Nicks and Sheryl Crow. He rebuilt and modified vintage Studer 24-track machines and Neve consoles, founded Pipelineaudio Studio in 1999, and built relationships with Sonic Foundry, Sony, iZotope and Wave Machine Labs while producing some of the first convolution reverb impulses popularized by Noisevault. In 2006 he teamed up with Justin Frankel and Christophe Thibault to co-found the REAPER digital audio workstation, and in 2009 he founded the Kailua Music School in Hawai'i, where he continues to develop, teach and support musicians.

Studio engineering since 1989REAPER co-creator

REAPER Co-CreatorKailua Music School Founder

Head of Product Development

Dave Sanchez

Dave is a musician and programmer who studied composition and computer music at SUNY Buffalo with Cort Lippe and Matt Sargent, working extensively in Max/MSP and Gen with a focus on FFT and granular processing. His patches have been used by composers around the world, including Robert Carl, Marcos Balter, Mikael Carlsson and Grammy-nominated Christopher Cerrone. He now focuses on C++ and JUCE, bringing deep DSP and sound-design experience to every AIXDSP build.

DSP / JUCE developmentComposition & sound design

SUNY BuffaloC++ / JUCE Developer

The story so far

From a studio in Hawai'i to a plugin company

The path from analog studio work to AIXDSP, told through the moments that shaped it.

AIXDSP was shaped by studio work, hardware problem-solving, software experimentation and years of collaboration. Scroll the milestones below to follow the progression from early studio roots to the company as it exists today.

198901

Studio roots

Aaron begins his career in audio electronics and studio engineering, training under Pierre Grill at Rendezvous Recording in Hawai'i.

199402

Arizona, and a meeting that mattered

Aaron relocates to Arizona for an internship at Vintage Recorders, where he meets Michael Joseph — the start of a lifelong collaboration.

199903

Pipelineaudio Studio

Aaron founds Pipelineaudio Studio, pursuing software solutions to real-world recording and hardware problems.

200604

Co-founding REAPER

Aaron teams up with Justin Frankel and Christophe Thibault to found the REAPER digital audio workstation.

200905

Kailua Music School

Aaron returns home to Kailua, Hawai'i, founding a school that still supports local musicians today.

Today06

AIXDSP

That same problem-solving instinct now shapes plugins built by engineers who still mix, master and work with real-world audio challenges every day.

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