Who we are
Andrew & Emma Simper founded Cytomic in London in 2007 and have been making world-class audio plugins ever since, helping tens of thousands of people to make their best music. Since 2010, we’ve lived in Fremantle, in Western Australia.
Andrew’s technical knowledge has grown exponentially since he coded his first music software, right back in his uni days at UWA, where he completed a Maths and Computer Science double degree, while regularly playing guitar in a band. While working at FXpansion in London, he taught himself electronic engineering to really understand circuit modelling. Allied with his existing coding, graphic design & musical knowledge, he was ready to launch Cytomic.
Emma and Andrew met in London in 2004. They married in 2008 and had their first child just one month before The Glue was released. Emma supports Andrew’s technical expertise with a range of administrative assistance for Cytomic, including finance, customer support, and marketing. She is also a sounding board for Andy’s development ideas, and loves when he is describing a problem to her and thereby comes up with the solution!
Together they have two (now teenaged) children, but still try to get to gigs as often as they can.
Our Plugins
Cytomic plugins create, change and enhance audio, and will help you to write and produce your best music. By accurately modelling the actual circuits from inside famous pieces of hardware, Cytomic digitally replicates their exact analogue sounds, at every setting. Instead of carrying large, expensive, rare, heavy but fragile pieces of gear around, you can instead have all their gorgeous sounds right there, in your computer. And for a fraction of the cost! We use the same detailed, high quality algorithms used in circuit simulators, optimised to run fast, in real time, with low CPU.
All Cytomic plugins feature fully scalable interfaces with clean, well-thought-out layouts, designed for musicians by a musician. Having a fantastic GUI, awesome sound and the best number crunching in the business helps, but a plugin also has to be fun to use and keep you in the creative flow. Cytomic takes great care to deliver meticulously crafted plugins that are intuitive to use. Our products stand the test of time and become essential tools, used by the world’s top musicians, priced to allow everyone access.
