Andy Leary

Andy Leary is the current General Manager of Korg Research and Development at Korg USA. Andy has been with Korg for over 30 years, starting as a DSP Engineer. Andy has held various positions at Korg, including Sr. DSP Engineer / Engineering Manager and Consultant. Andy has also been involved with algorithm design, physical modeling, and parameter estimation.

Before joining Korg, Andy was a Development Engineer at Sony Electronics for 2 years and 3 months. There, they worked on efficient SSE programming and Intel Intrinsic coding on Intel P4 and Atom processors. Andy also designed and coded the PCM playback model HD-1, which included a polyphase oversampling interpolator.

At Korg, Andy has worked on a variety of projects, most notably the virtual analog oscillators and filter for the AL-1 synthesizer. Andy has also reverse engineered the DX7 file format and parameter definitions for import conversion, as well as developing an efficient and accurate method for synthesizing classic analog waveforms like sawtooth and hard sync. In addition, they designed and coded the MOD7 modular FM / Waveshaping synthesizer.

More recently, Andy has been focusing on physical modeling algorithms on 56000 series DSPs for the Oasys PCI product. This has included work on parameter estimation and excitation models (aka commuted synthesis) for waveguide string models, as well as virtual analog models of Prophet V and Mini Moog instruments. Andy has also developed a professional quality reverb algorithm based on delay line / waveguide networks, as well as Pro quality EQ's.

Andy Leary attended Stanford University from 1986-1989, where they focused on digital signal processing with additional coursework in computer music and acoustics. Andy then continued their education at Stanford from 1991-1992, concentrating in digital signal processing with classes and research projects involving Julius Smith and Perry Cook at CCRMA.

Andy Leary is the General Manager of Korg Research and Development. Andy has a team of colleagues that include Kristin Goold, Hironori Fukuda, Diana Terra Cecchini, Brian Piccolo, Morgan Futch-Walker, Bill McGloine, and Matt Phillips.