Hello 👋

I'm Oli Larkin. I'm a generalist audio programmer, based in Berlin.

• I'm working at Ableton since 2021

• I've been making audio plug-ins since 2003

• I've built successful products such as VirtualCZ (2014)

• I'm the creator of iPlug3 (2026) - a cross platform audio plug-in/app framework for the agentic era

• I’m the lead developer of iPlug2 (2018-) - a cross platform audio plug-in framework

• I'm the co-author of WebAudioModules v1 (2015)

• I'm interested in:

  • making it easier for people to code audio-things: (WDL-OL/iPlug2/iPlug3)
  • sound synthesis and music DSP: Tambura model
  • web audio and web assembly: WAMs
  • spatial audio, ambisonics and VR/XR: SpatialAudioKit
  • DSLs such as faust and cmajor
  • CI/CD automation and cloud development: iPlug2OOS
  • using machine learning in audio/music software: OrtBuilder

• 🤔 I’m looking for help with

  • iPlug2 Accessibility
  • iPlug2 Linux support
  • iPlug2 Documentation
  • iPlug2 Web Integration

• 📫 How to reach me:

  • https://bsky.app/profile/olilarkin.bsky.social
  • https://www.olilarkin.co.uk
  • https://www.linkedin.com/in/olilarkin

• 🤑 If you like my work and you'd like to support it, please follow me on github and become a github sponsor

• 🖋 I blog about my activities and the latest iPlug2 developments on my patreon page