We're a small, independent AI lab building instruments, interfaces, and creative tools for the people who make music. Signal processing papers meet studio sessions. Neural networks serve the song.
What we believe:
- Your tools should work on your machine, offline, without a subscription.
- We don't collect data on how you create.
- Research should be shared. Tools should be repairable.
- We build instruments, not automations. The human is the point.
What we're working on:
| Project | What it does | |
|---|---|---|
| 🎵 | audiotree | Audio graph tools |
| 🏷️ | brand | With love from California |
| 🔗 | chaparral | The connective tissue between your projects. Manages shared Claude Code skills and configuration across sibling repos. |
| 📖 | glorybook | Soar |
| 🌳 | grove | 3D spatial audio mixer visualization — see sound in space |
| 🌿 | manzanita-research.github.io | Instruments for the people who make music — an independent AI lab, with love from California |
| 💖 | pedalboard | Open-source Claude Code skills for independent musicians. |
| rxburn | macOS menubar app that shows how much value you're getting from your Claude subscription | |
| 🎨 | SKIN | Semantic Keys for Interface Notation |
| 🎛️ | toneword | Semantic EQ |
| 🌿 | understory | Open-source skills that bridge AI chat and working code |
Website: manzanita-research.github.io
With love from California