Nicholas Raftis
3D Animator
Troy, Michigan, United States
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Top SchoolNicholas Raftis is a multidisciplinary 3D animator and creative technologist with over a decade of experience building immersive visual and sonic experiences for clients ranging from MTV and Sesame Street to major automotive and hospitality brands. He combines deep technical skills—Unreal Engine, Unity, GLSL, C++, DSP in Faust and Assembly, PCB design and microcontroller programming—with artistic strengths in motion graphics, sound design and composition. As Chief Creative Officer at Macro Machines and through Axiom Crux, he conceives and executes hybrid hardware-software musical instruments and audio-reactive installations that blur performance, installation, and product design. Nicholas has shipped real-time LED wall and XR content for large-scale productions and engineered commercial audio hardware and effects, evidencing a rare cross-disciplinary fluency from concept sketches to production-ready PCBs and shaders. He’s published music on international labels and written low-level audio code for custom chips, a detail that underscores both his musical credibility and electrical engineering chops. Based in Troy, Michigan, he thrives at the intersection of interactive media, live visuals and experimental instrument design.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree, Master's Degree at Lahser Hills Care CentreBachelor of Fine Arts Film/Cinema/Video Studies, Bachelor of Fine Arts Film/Cinema/Video Studies at College for Creative StudiesHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Lahser High School
Japanese
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Github Skills (112)
sound-synthesis10
cpp10
signal-processing10
audio10
arduino-ide10
rust10
jax10
julia10
llvm10
faust10
functional-programming-language10
csharp10
ide10
functional-programming10
arduino10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
MacroMachines/OmniMod
Apr 2015 - Aug 2015
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
MacroMachines/Teensy-DAC-Bytebeats
Nov 2015 - Nov 2015
Contributions:4 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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