Fabian Renn
Independent Contractor at Fielding DSP
London, England, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolFabian Renn is an independent contractor and CEO with 12 years of professional software engineering experience, specialising in C++ audio and DSP development. He has led JUCE framework development at ROLI and continues to contribute backend and AUv3 work to the widely used open-source JUCE project, demonstrating deep expertise in audio plugins and cross-platform frameworks. His client list includes Apple, iZotope and Sphere Entertainment, showing a mix of high-profile product engineering and short-term consultancy engagements. Trained as a physicist with a PhD from Imperial College London, he brings a research-driven approach to practical engineering problems. Based in London with roots in Germany, he combines low-level audio systems knowledge (including kernel and driver work early in his career) with modern plugin and UI development. Colleagues rely on him for subtle performance optimisations and robust cross-platform audio integration that often sit behind the scenes of commercial audio products.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Physics at Imperial College LondonDiploma Physics, Diploma Physics at Heidelberg University
English, German, French
Github Skills (8)
plugin-development10
plug10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
plugin10
macos9
ios9
audio-processing8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
juce-framework/JUCE
Apr 2015 - Nov 2022
JUCE is an open-source cross-platform C++ application framework for desktop and mobile applications, including VST, VST3, AU, AUv3, LV2 and AAX audio plug-ins.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Audio Plugin Developer
Back-end Developer & Audio Plugin DeveloperContributions:1121 commits, 28 PRs, 2 pushes in 7 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Fabian primarily contributes to the JUCE framework, focusing on improving the AudioUnit plugin. Their commits address bug fixes, optimizations, and the addition of features such as a new class to support custom text rendering. The user demonstrates expertise in areas critical to the operation of the AUv3, including aspects of both the backend functionality, and the user-facing component UI.
auv3c-plus-plusclapaudiounitplug-ins
hogliux/farbot
Jun 2019 - Feb 2021
FAbian's Realtime Box o' Tricks
Contributions:1 review, 23 commits, 18 pushes in 1 year 8 months
tricksrealtimelinuxbox
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