{"id":2,"date":"2025-09-29T18:16:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T18:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joesimon.dk\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-10-20T11:47:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T11:47:40","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/joesimon.dk\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull wp-duotone-unset-2\" style=\"margin-top:0;padding-top:48px;padding-right:48px;padding-bottom:48px;padding-left:48px;min-height:66vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><video class=\"wp-block-cover__video-background intrinsic-ignore\" autoplay muted loop playsinline src=\"https:\/\/joesimon.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/joe-simon-audio-video-loop-2.mp4\" data-object-fit=\"cover\"><\/video><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#FFF\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c0541c09 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-default\" style=\"font-size:clamp(37.388px, 2.337rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 3.293), 69px);font-style:normal;font-weight:500;letter-spacing:0px;line-height:1;text-transform:none\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\" class=\"has-inline-color has-contrast-color hero-halo\">Joe Simon<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center hero-halo wp-block-paragraph\">DSP &amp; Algorithm Research \/ Vacuum Tubes Expert<br> Analog Modeling \/ Embedded Software \/ Acoustics<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:11px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7df6a72d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-base-background-color has-text-color has-background has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"#contact\" style=\"padding-top:24px;padding-right:48px;padding-bottom:24px;padding-left:48px;font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.208), 16px);font-style:normal;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0px;text-transform:none\">Contact<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-a7f9f45c wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"background-color:#000000;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Who I am<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill-element has-background\" style=\"background-color:#000000e6\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"898\" height=\"898\" src=\"https:\/\/joesimon.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MG_1994.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-169 size-full\" style=\"object-position:50% 29%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joesimon.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MG_1994.jpg 898w, https:\/\/joesimon.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MG_1994-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/joesimon.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MG_1994-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/joesimon.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MG_1994-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 898px) 100vw, 898px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m an engineer working where music and technology meet, creating audio tools and systems that span from vacuum tube circuits to advanced real-time digital modeling. I am also a musician, so I approach every project with both technical rigor and a player\u2019s perspective. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the years, I\u2019ve developed solutions across the full stack \u2014 analog and digital hardware, firmware, software, and testing \u2014 often building my own tools when existing ones aren\u2019t enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I guide projects from initial concept through research, design and prototyping, to production, ensuring that the results are not only technically sound but also expressive and musically meaningful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From my bench to our hands.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/joesimon.dk\/index.php\/about\/\">More about Joe<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-accent-5-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f1c8baa9 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Creating beyond existing tools<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill-element has-accent-5-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I don\u2019t just work with existing software or hardware \u2014 I build the tools I need to push the boundaries. From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/argument-white-box-modeling-analog-circuits-dom\u00ednguez-sim\u00f3n-s7vwf\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/argument-white-box-modeling-analog-circuits-dom\u00ednguez-sim\u00f3n-s7vwf\/\">real-time modeling of analog circuits<\/a> to custom frameworks for designing advanced audio algorithms, I create systems that let me explore ideas and solutions that standard tools can\u2019t handle. By developing my own toolset, I can innovate freely, prototype faster, and bring concepts to life that go beyond the current standard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Original tools for original solutions.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/joesimon.dk\/index.php\/portfolio\/\">More about tools<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"614\" src=\"https:\/\/joesimon.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/signal_domain_lab_alpha-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-312 size-large\" style=\"object-position:50% 50%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joesimon.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/signal_domain_lab_alpha-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/joesimon.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/signal_domain_lab_alpha-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/joesimon.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/signal_domain_lab_alpha-768x460.jpg 768w, https:\/\/joesimon.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/signal_domain_lab_alpha.jpg 1201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3a88641f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>* Screenshot of my real-time algorithm<\/em> <em>designer<\/em> <em>APP for creation of effects and analog modeling.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-accent-2-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe950731 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:0\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Analog and Digital<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill-element\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"775\" src=\"https:\/\/joesimon.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_001-1-1024x775.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-142 size-large\" style=\"object-position:80% 27%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joesimon.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_001-1-1024x775.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/joesimon.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_001-1-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/joesimon.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_001-1-768x581.jpg 768w, https:\/\/joesimon.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_001-1-1536x1163.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/joesimon.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_001-1.jpg 1696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My work bridges classic analog design and modern digital processing. 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