david su

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Hi! I'm a musician, game developer, audio programmer, sound designer, and researcher interested in creating new musical experiences through technology.

Currently I do audio programming at Brass Lion Entertainment, help co-organize Game Audio LA, wear many hats on Perchance to Dream, and teach at the University of Southern California.

projects | performances | press | contact

projects

I am the lead audio programmer at Brass Lion Entertainment, working on an unannounced action-RPG with music direction by Just Blaze

Brass Lion Entertainment

I co-created this suite of interactive songs with real-time lyric choices. Indie MEGABOOTH selection, IGF 2020 honorable mention. Created with Dominique Star at the MIT Media Lab

Evergreen Blues

I am an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Southern California, where I teach the course CTIN 406L: Sound Design for Games

I am the musical director for this cyberpunk adaptation of Hamlet told through the music of Radiohead. Sold out concert featured in the LA Times

Perchance to Dream

I was the audio programmer on Bad Dream Games' award-winning debut game, in which players sing into the microphone to solve musical puzzles

One Hand Clapping

I created this video game musical featuring a full cast and live band. TIGA 2017 Audio Design finalist, Bit Awards 2017 Best Style winner

Yi and the Thousand Moons

I was an audio software developer on Output's cloud-enabled real-time sample playground, working on features such as Kit Generator and Note Kits

I led development on this Dolby Atmos®-powered game about capturing the songs of dying gods. Created with Megan Carnes, Colorfiction, and Dominique Star

I was the composer and sound designer for the 5G puzzle platformer game by Colorfiction x NFL x Verizon x Playcrafting, which debuted at the 2020 Super Bowl

Adaptive music for affect improvement. Created with Rosalind Picard and Yan Liu at the MIT Media Lab. Paper in ICMC 2018, NPR Music mention

I was a prototype engineer on the rhythm remix game by Thinker-Tinker x DreamWorks, featuring Trolls characters and AR collectibles

Trolls Music Stars

I co-created this interactive song/poem. Created together with Dominique Star at the MIT Media Lab for inkJam. IGF 2019 Best Student Game honorable mention

Seasons (季节)

I play drums and write songs with the folk-pop band Morningsiders, with music featured in Taylor Swift's "Songs Taylor Loves" playlist

I developed this audio plugin that lets you use MIDI to pitch-shift via delay to turn unpitched audio into melodies. ADC 2019 selection

I led engineering for artist Rashaad Newsome's cloud-based humanoid that investigates social implications of AI, supported by LACMA's Art + Technology Lab

I created this short baa-llad game created for Nina Freeman and Josh Squires' Tasting Room Jam: Halloween 2019

The Ballad ... of M. Dolly

(A more comprehensive list of my projects can be found here.)

performances

press

NPR, Rolling Stone, Rock Paper Shotgun, GamesIndustry.biz, New Rules, PC Gamer, Giant Bomb, Polygon, RE:BIND, Kritiqal Care, Game Developer, Destructoid, Variety, The Telegraph, Hacker News (front page), Independent Games Festival, International Computer Music Conference, New York Times (with Conrad Tao's SRIRACHA), Los Angeles Times (with Perchance to Dream), A.V. Club (with Dances), VentureBeat (with Colorfiction), Stereogum (with Dances), VICE/Noisey (with Dances), All About Jazz (with The Delegation), Earmilk (with Morningsiders), Hypebot, BBC Click, LAist (with Perchance to Dream), Alpha Beta Gamer, Harmony Central, DualShockers, Warp Door, Indie Games Plus, Siliconera, The Overpowered Noobs, TechRaptor, Game Side Story, DarkZero, Game Curator, IndieCade #ScreenshotSaturday Showcase, Columbia Spectator

contact

If you'd like to get in touch, feel free to email me -- you can also find me on GitHub, Twitter, Instagram, and itch.io.