Randy Jones
Founder at Madrona Labs LLC
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRandy Jones is the founder of Madrona Labs and a seasoned software engineer with 13+ years of experience crafting audio tools, live audiovisual experiences, and realtime graphics systems. He blends deep technical chops in C++ audio/plugin development (notably contributions to the iPlug2 framework and a VoiceAllocator with MPE MIDI support) with a strong design sensibility that emphasizes sonic quality, humane UI, and longevity. His background includes building Jitter for Cycling ’74, audio research at Meta’s Reality Labs, and hands-on freelance work for installations and performances, giving him rare cross-disciplinary fluency between music, graphics, and interactive systems. Based in Seattle, he pairs an MS in Computer Science with studio-art-informed thinking, often turning experimental ideas into robust, production-ready tools.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at University of VictoriaBachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science, Studio Art, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science, Studio Art at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Github Skills (17)
c-language10
midi10
midi-instrument10
audio10
windows-gui10
cprogramming-language10
swiftui-app4
t34
vst4
swiftui4
skia3
webassembly3
emscripten3
android-webview3
webview3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
iPlug2/iPlug2
Dec 2018 - Apr 2019
C++ Audio Plug-in Framework for desktop, mobile and web
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:13 commits, 6 PRs, 18 comments in 3 months
Contributions summary:Randy contributed significantly to the IPlug2 framework, implementing features related to audio plugin development. They added a VoiceAllocator class with MPE MIDI implementation and an example IPlugInstrument. Additionally, the user fixed documentation errors, made modifications to build scripts and UI components, including adding new SVG graphics, and implemented various control elements for MIDI interaction. These changes demonstrate a focus on both core audio processing logic and the user interface aspects of the framework.
auv3skiac-plus-plusaudiounitgui
madronalabs/mlvg
Jul 2022 - Dec 2022
GUI library for madronalib apps and plugins
Contributions:45 commits, 3 PRs, 127 pushes in 5 months
frameworkspluginsguigui-library
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