Echograin · 2023–2025 · shipped product
A cult synthesizer, reinterpreted — not emulated.
A wavetable synth for Kontakt Player, built on the Fizmo's Transwaves. I designed the UI — interpretation, not emulation. Shipped 12/2023 · v2 07/2025.
ClientEchograin
RoleUI designer
DisciplineInstrument / product UI
Scopev1 → v2 · 2023–2025
Fig. 00 — the shipped interface. Source: echograin.io.
The full instrument — synthesis, a four-slot effects rack and the arpeggiator, held to one coherent surface.
01 — The brief
Loved for its sound. Notorious for its menus.
ProblemThe Fizmo pioneered Transwaves, then buried them in menus. 4 osc · 54+ wavetables · full FX.
ConstraintsKontakt as the engine · dense parameter space · a cult audience · NKS2 hardware mapping.
My workFull UI · interaction · five-macro system · live-performance UX.
DecisionInterpretation, not emulation — wavetables triggered by playing, five macros, live controls.
02 — The decision, shown
Homage without imitation.
The FX engine — dense capability, flat hierarchy. Source: echograin.io.
03 — Outcome
What it achieved.
Results
Shipped & sold
Commercial release · Dec 2023
v2 · 2025
Sustained product stewardship
Independent press: Bedroom Producers Blog — "truly feels like a standalone plugin" — plus MATRIXSYNTH, Rekkerd, The Music Telegraph, AMAZONA, Gearspace.