about me

Hi! I’m Caleb Reske, a musician / sound enthusiast / plugin developer.

I have a background in Physics, and became fascinated a few years ago by the fact that there’s a 1:1 correspondence between math ideas and audio effects.

What do I mean by that? Well, when reperesented in a computer, audio is just a big list of numbers. These numbers are all between -1 and +1, and they literally tell the vibrating speaker membrane where to go at each point in time.

These numbers are read out, one by one, at ~48,000 times per second, and the speaker traces out the shape they make over time. Magically, this produces music.

So that means that anything you can think to do to a list of numbers is also an audio effect.

My process is always to start with a math idea—some idea about what to do to a list of numbers—and then code it up, and see what it sounds like. Usually, it sounds terrible. But sometimes, it sounds cool and new and even beautiful. I plan to find as many of these as possible.

If you buy my plugins: thank you, from the bottom of my heart. This is truly my passion and your support helps me make a living doing it. There’s nothing I’d rather be doing.

At least 10% of Nudist Audio profits will go to charity each year. In 2025, I donated to GiveDirectly, a fund that provides direct cash transfers to people living in extreme poverty.

I send out a short newsletter every month or so. Expect strange adventures and experiments with audio algorithms, sounds you’ve never heard before, new ideas for music-making, underground plugin recommendations, and more.