I am a sound artist and designer focused on creating playful, 
                                                                                                                               emotionally resonant interactions through ambience, audio systems 
                                                                                                                               and interactive experiences. My practice spans ambient music, 
                                                                                                                               abstract animation,  and audio hardware design - 
                                                                                                                               with a strong interest in inclusive, sensory focused design 
                                                                                                                               and the role of sound as a tool for intuitive, creative engagement.

                                                                                                                               This site (Playpatch) is where I document and host my projects. 
                                                                                                                               Additionally, I am preparing for a Master’s Degree Research Project                                                                                                                                                  at the Glasgow School of Art - which Playpatch will be the name of. 

                                                                                                                               During which, I will host a number of focus groups, forums and events 
                                                                                                                               in order to assess where audio technology designers are failing to include 
                                                                                                                               margin users. Then - co-design a series of control methods for a 
                                                                                                                               modular synth system that are cognitively and physically engaging and                                                                                                                                              accessible. 

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Sundial

Sundial is a dual oscillator, amplitude modulator (tremolo). Making use of two NE555 Timer ICs, the circuit outputs two oscillations (two white LEDs) which have been shaped differently. These oscillations are summed and power an LED (red). The audio input and output are connected in series through an LDR (light dependant resistor) - which has a high resistance when there is no light and low resistance when there is light. This causes the audio signal's volume to be modulated by the summed oscillation.The schematic/layout has been finalised and PCB's are on their way! I can finally start working on the casing design.


2025, Guitar Pedal
CASING - PROTOTYPE RENDER
PCB LAYOUT
PCB CAD
SCHEMATIC
Sundial: Digital Plugin
This is a Maxforlive Device built as a prototype for the software version of my guitar pedal project - Sundial. Making a M4L device allowed me to figure out the UI, colours, programming and features before commiting to developing a full plugin version.I aim to make Sundial available in the form of a VST, AU, M4L device, and physical guitar pedal.

The plugin version features three oscilloscopes to visualise both oscillations and their summed signal.

2025, MaxForLive Device

Toybox

Toybox aims to explore Joyous Design, the holistic method of design that contributea to audioware products situated as toys rather than tools. Touching on conceptual themes such as: interaction design, aesthetics of glitch art, granular synthesis and children’s toys - as well as technical design aspects such as circuit design, digital signal processing, embedded audio systems and the fabrication and processing of FDM 3D prints

This project highlights how low cost digital tools and fabrication methods - such as the daisy seed and 3d printers, can enable novice or independent designers to create complex digital audio systems. Toybox concludes by identifying design strategies that support playful engaging experiences in audio hardware, contributing to wider conversations about interaction design. 


2024/25, Guitar Pedal, Daisy Seed

Glasgow School of Art - BDes Sound For Moving Image Year 4 Research Project
TOYBOX FINAL
TOYBOX AT GSA DEGREE SHOW
TOYBOX SCHEMATIC
CONTROL DIAGRAM
Tape Eno
Based off of the infamous tale of Brian Eno’s “1/2” (from Music For Airports) using different lengths of tape loops to create polyrhythmic delays. Tape Eno is a digital and granular approach to a similar effect.

This is a prototype of the patch in PlugData - which will eventually be flashed to a Daisy Seed and installed into a circuit board, then a casing. 

This demonstration was recorded through a laptop speaker so sounds quite tinny. Additionally, a few of the parameters in this demonstration sat around the top end. While at the lower end, the clips are played back much slower and sound much more similar to Brian Eno's setup in 1/2.


2025, Guitar Pedal, MaxForLive, Plugdata, Daisy Seed
TAPE ENO - PROTOTYPE RENDER
TAPE ENO - PUREDATA PATCHER
HVCC - COMPILED C++ 
On Malfunction “On Malfunction” was inspired by Martin Dixon’s essay “The Horror of Disconnection: The Auratic in Technological Malfunction” (2007). In it, Dixon highlights the complex and often contradictory relationship we have with technology, proclaiming that malfunction is a place of both critique and creativity. 

“On Malfunction” posits this way of thinking through the use of synthesization, degradation, recycling and distortion of visual and audial materials. Existing in the situations that Glitch Art, Shoegaze and Video Art provide, On Malfunction both abides by certain rules of art and breaks others.


2024, Video Art

Glasgow School of Art: BDes Sound For Moving Image - Situated Practice
Spaces in Real Life This album was recorded over the space of a year. All of the tracks (bar two) are named after physical spaces in real life. Each recording aims to synthesize and sonify the intangible connection of feelings and spaces. 






2023, Album


Full Album at:

https://callummalcolm.bandcamp.com/album/spaces-in-real-life
Alone (Desert Film) An accompaniment to 1960s holiday footage in the Nevada desert found on Prelinger Archive. 

Musically, the work blends the reverb-laden guitar tones and melodic positioning of spaghetti-western soundtracks with the expansive, dynamic soundscapes of Godspeed You! Black Emperor having seen the band a few weeks prior at the Barrowlands.

The resulting score gradually evolves from sparse, reflective motifs into layered, expressive textures. I aimed to bridge the intimacy of personal memory with the surrealness and intensity of post-rock.


2022, Soundtrack
The Sky This piece began as an experiment in atmosphere - layering synths and droning guitars. Transitioning between soundscapes that each reflect the films spaces and stories. The soundtrack seeks to bridge the pedagogic tone of the film with medatative and evocative journey.


2021, Soundtrack

Riverside Music College - HND Sound Production: Graded Unit (Year