Xavi 🐳
@blubberbaleen.bsky.social
🌌 Sound Artist, Sound Designer, Creative Technologist
👨💻 Specialist in audio implementation and programming
🌊 3+ yrs in games, 10+ in live sound
▶️ Portfolio: xaviervelastin.com/gameaudio
🏳️🌈 Part of @outmakinggames.bsky.social Leadership Team
👨💻 Specialist in audio implementation and programming
🌊 3+ yrs in games, 10+ in live sound
▶️ Portfolio: xaviervelastin.com/gameaudio
🏳️🌈 Part of @outmakinggames.bsky.social Leadership Team
remind me to not go into voice acting ☠️🏴
November 12, 2025 at 8:49 AM
remind me to not go into voice acting ☠️🏴
my answer when someone asks me how long is a piece of string
October 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM
my answer when someone asks me how long is a piece of string
Quick morning redesign of Tiny Glade (@pouncelight.bsky.social), basically just to test drive a new microphone! big respect to @noknok.bsky.social for their great work on the game's actual sound 🎶
#gameaudio #redesign #indiedev
#gameaudio #redesign #indiedev
October 7, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Quick morning redesign of Tiny Glade (@pouncelight.bsky.social), basically just to test drive a new microphone! big respect to @noknok.bsky.social for their great work on the game's actual sound 🎶
#gameaudio #redesign #indiedev
#gameaudio #redesign #indiedev
putting a geophone in crab holes by the beach - real clicky snappy vibes over here 🦀🦀🦀
October 7, 2025 at 12:04 PM
putting a geophone in crab holes by the beach - real clicky snappy vibes over here 🦀🦀🦀
Oh yeah and I'm at Develop tomorrow (wednesday) for one night only too
- LGBTQIA roundtable at 2pm
- Spill The Tea with @outmakinggames.bsky.social 4pm
- Games Industry Biz Party at 7pm
Hit me up if you are around and don't be afraid to say hi 🌊
- LGBTQIA roundtable at 2pm
- Spill The Tea with @outmakinggames.bsky.social 4pm
- Games Industry Biz Party at 7pm
Hit me up if you are around and don't be afraid to say hi 🌊
July 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Oh yeah and I'm at Develop tomorrow (wednesday) for one night only too
- LGBTQIA roundtable at 2pm
- Spill The Tea with @outmakinggames.bsky.social 4pm
- Games Industry Biz Party at 7pm
Hit me up if you are around and don't be afraid to say hi 🌊
- LGBTQIA roundtable at 2pm
- Spill The Tea with @outmakinggames.bsky.social 4pm
- Games Industry Biz Party at 7pm
Hit me up if you are around and don't be afraid to say hi 🌊
🔔🐳 THIS FRIDAY I am performing my piece [whalesong] for one night only. It's a sound piece about the noises and voices in the sea using an absurd array of audio tools. Perfect post-Develop night out down at @theatredeli.bsky.social
PWYC tickets here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/city-fring...
🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋
PWYC tickets here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/city-fring...
🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋
July 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
🔔🐳 THIS FRIDAY I am performing my piece [whalesong] for one night only. It's a sound piece about the noises and voices in the sea using an absurd array of audio tools. Perfect post-Develop night out down at @theatredeli.bsky.social
PWYC tickets here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/city-fring...
🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋
PWYC tickets here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/city-fring...
🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋
And i will then be doing the whole three weeks at the Edinburgh fringe festival 💦💦
2-24th August (not 12, 19th) at 5pm
BrewDog DogHouse Hotel with @freefringe.bsky.social
Free entry, non ticketed
freefringe.org.uk/shows/whales...
#whalesong #liveart #performance #edfringe #soundart #theatre
2-24th August (not 12, 19th) at 5pm
BrewDog DogHouse Hotel with @freefringe.bsky.social
Free entry, non ticketed
freefringe.org.uk/shows/whales...
#whalesong #liveart #performance #edfringe #soundart #theatre
July 3, 2025 at 6:42 AM
And i will then be doing the whole three weeks at the Edinburgh fringe festival 💦💦
2-24th August (not 12, 19th) at 5pm
BrewDog DogHouse Hotel with @freefringe.bsky.social
Free entry, non ticketed
freefringe.org.uk/shows/whales...
#whalesong #liveart #performance #edfringe #soundart #theatre
2-24th August (not 12, 19th) at 5pm
BrewDog DogHouse Hotel with @freefringe.bsky.social
Free entry, non ticketed
freefringe.org.uk/shows/whales...
#whalesong #liveart #performance #edfringe #soundart #theatre
The week after I'm showing [whalesong] in Bristol at the awesome workers coop Cafe Kino.
Tickets PWYC: hdfst.uk/e132150
#whalesong #liveart #performance #soundart
Tickets PWYC: hdfst.uk/e132150
#whalesong #liveart #performance #soundart
July 3, 2025 at 6:36 AM
The week after I'm showing [whalesong] in Bristol at the awesome workers coop Cafe Kino.
Tickets PWYC: hdfst.uk/e132150
#whalesong #liveart #performance #soundart
Tickets PWYC: hdfst.uk/e132150
#whalesong #liveart #performance #soundart
FRIENDS 🐳 I am presenting my sound piece [whalesong] in London for the first time since 2020 ✨ it is a love song to cetaceans (toothed and baleen 🐋) where I create oceanic soundscapes with my voice, body, and hacked game controllers.
Venue: @theatredeli.bsky.social
Tickets PWYC: bit.ly/ws-deli-2025
Venue: @theatredeli.bsky.social
Tickets PWYC: bit.ly/ws-deli-2025
July 3, 2025 at 6:30 AM
FRIENDS 🐳 I am presenting my sound piece [whalesong] in London for the first time since 2020 ✨ it is a love song to cetaceans (toothed and baleen 🐋) where I create oceanic soundscapes with my voice, body, and hacked game controllers.
Venue: @theatredeli.bsky.social
Tickets PWYC: bit.ly/ws-deli-2025
Venue: @theatredeli.bsky.social
Tickets PWYC: bit.ly/ws-deli-2025
morning improvisation with my head in a bowl of water 💦🫧 and a flint rock on a sheet of copper 🪨✨
June 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
morning improvisation with my head in a bowl of water 💦🫧 and a flint rock on a sheet of copper 🪨✨
moving around rocks reveals ancient topographies and maps - the opening of an audiovisual installation about the origins of mining and critical minerals 🪨
(Megalith by Mechanimal, visuals by Limbic Cinema, audio by me)
(Megalith by Mechanimal, visuals by Limbic Cinema, audio by me)
April 6, 2025 at 10:47 AM
moving around rocks reveals ancient topographies and maps - the opening of an audiovisual installation about the origins of mining and critical minerals 🪨
(Megalith by Mechanimal, visuals by Limbic Cinema, audio by me)
(Megalith by Mechanimal, visuals by Limbic Cinema, audio by me)
rock-controlled audiovisual installation 🗿
April 2, 2025 at 11:58 AM
rock-controlled audiovisual installation 🗿
Tree project I keep banging on about finally happened 🌳🌳🌳 super successful, lots of amazing feedback, tbh I'm just glad my tech pipeline actually worked! this video shows it in action - the music underscores one of the areas in the experience ✨
#deepwood #installation #soundart #maxmsp #unity #wwise
#deepwood #installation #soundart #maxmsp #unity #wwise
March 27, 2025 at 11:25 PM
i'm usually a very chill person but the fact that trying to select all the text in a property in reaper makes you select ALL THE ITEMS IN THE WORLD is really sending me to the edge today
March 23, 2025 at 12:08 PM
i'm usually a very chill person but the fact that trying to select all the text in a property in reaper makes you select ALL THE ITEMS IN THE WORLD is really sending me to the edge today
#Deepwood is getting close! We've moved trees now, instead of the ancient hawthorn we're going for this little glade of fruit trees just about to bloom. Tom has been set dressing to make each tree look special - in the piece, walking by each one plays back a different soundscape ✨🌱
March 20, 2025 at 7:23 AM
#Deepwood is getting close! We've moved trees now, instead of the ancient hawthorn we're going for this little glade of fruit trees just about to bloom. Tom has been set dressing to make each tree look special - in the piece, walking by each one plays back a different soundscape ✨🌱
I'm collecting spoken stories to build a sonic picture of people's relationships to trees for a sound piece - it could be a childhood memory, a cool tree fact, a spiritual, nostalgic experience, anything!
To contribute, send a short voice note by whatsapp to +447848177916 🌳✨
& please share out xx
To contribute, send a short voice note by whatsapp to +447848177916 🌳✨
& please share out xx
March 13, 2025 at 6:55 AM
I'm collecting spoken stories to build a sonic picture of people's relationships to trees for a sound piece - it could be a childhood memory, a cool tree fact, a spiritual, nostalgic experience, anything!
To contribute, send a short voice note by whatsapp to +447848177916 🌳✨
& please share out xx
To contribute, send a short voice note by whatsapp to +447848177916 🌳✨
& please share out xx
Ableton's Wavetable is absolutely awesome for voice! So many cool textures, I really recommend playing with it. Here I've been working on the sound for a garbled signal 🤖
(longer version: youtu.be/7iKzzu6dP-A)
(longer version: youtu.be/7iKzzu6dP-A)
March 8, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Ableton's Wavetable is absolutely awesome for voice! So many cool textures, I really recommend playing with it. Here I've been working on the sound for a garbled signal 🤖
(longer version: youtu.be/7iKzzu6dP-A)
(longer version: youtu.be/7iKzzu6dP-A)
Yes! got Unity set up tracking a person's position around a tree, with audio sources set up at various points in space - so you can walk around a 3d field of sounds (didnt get the audio but hopefully you get the idea!) ✨🌳
#deepwood by #mechanimal
#deepwood by #mechanimal
March 4, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Yes! got Unity set up tracking a person's position around a tree, with audio sources set up at various points in space - so you can walk around a 3d field of sounds (didnt get the audio but hopefully you get the idea!) ✨🌳
#deepwood by #mechanimal
#deepwood by #mechanimal
Just had a beautiful and successful early run through of Deepwood, the installation where biosensor data from a tree is translated into a meditative soundscape 🌲🧑💻 this is my view from the audio gazebo (with my lovely headphone hook tree assistant)
super excited to be hearing it all come together!
super excited to be hearing it all come together!
February 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Just had a beautiful and successful early run through of Deepwood, the installation where biosensor data from a tree is translated into a meditative soundscape 🌲🧑💻 this is my view from the audio gazebo (with my lovely headphone hook tree assistant)
super excited to be hearing it all come together!
super excited to be hearing it all come together!
Tree listening station set up - biosensor data is being sonified and turned into a listening experience 🌳🧑💻
February 21, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Tree listening station set up - biosensor data is being sonified and turned into a listening experience 🌳🧑💻
Biosensors attached to an ash tree, now for sonification to turn the data into sound!
(sensors designed by Danilo Olivaz)
project: #deepwood by #mechanimal
(sensors designed by Danilo Olivaz)
project: #deepwood by #mechanimal
February 13, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Biosensors attached to an ash tree, now for sonification to turn the data into sound!
(sensors designed by Danilo Olivaz)
project: #deepwood by #mechanimal
(sensors designed by Danilo Olivaz)
project: #deepwood by #mechanimal
while I was in the south of Chile I spent some time in native old growth temperate rainforests listening to trees 🌳 I think I heard water, possibly sap? and creaks/ bending as they swayed in the wind. Also cool to hear my hands touching and drumming on the tree through the resonance of the trunk 💚
December 30, 2024 at 7:27 PM
while I was in the south of Chile I spent some time in native old growth temperate rainforests listening to trees 🌳 I think I heard water, possibly sap? and creaks/ bending as they swayed in the wind. Also cool to hear my hands touching and drumming on the tree through the resonance of the trunk 💚