About
Youssef Hemimy
Audio software engineer and ML researcher. I build neural audio models, open-source AI and audio tooling, and full-stack audio products. MS in Data Science with research on neural audio codecs that outperform Meta's DAC on high-frequency reconstruction. 7+ years across audio engineering and software development.
Languages: French, Arabic, English (native) — Spanish (conversational)
Research
emcodec — Neural Audio Codec
MS ResearchA neural audio codec that preserves the high frequencies other codecs destroy: +40dB over Meta's DAC on high-frequency reconstruction, at 11.8% lower bitrate. 240+ test cases. Read the full breakdown →
HTMOneShotLoopClassification
Published DatasetDOI: 10.5281/zenodo.178721915,561 electronic music samples with 55 extracted audio features. Published on Zenodo with CC-BY-4.0 license. 85.4% baseline accuracy.
Open Source
Maintained
reaper-mcp
47 stars · PyPIMCP server for REAPER DAW control. 58 tools exposing the full editing surface to AI agents. MIT License.
vst-bench
31 toolsMCP server for AI-driven VST/AU testing: render audio, drive parameters, analyze output. Python + C++. MIT License.
goalkeeper
Claude Code PluginContract-driven autonomous goal runner with a subagent judge gate. 8 skills, v0.3.0. MIT License.
Upstream Contributions
Microsoft Agent Lightning
PR #523PR to microsoft/agent-lightning fixing KeyError in TraceToMessages adapter that silently dropped gradient signal during APO. 2 regression tests, fixes #425 and #311.
Memvid
PR #223Security fix in Rust file I/O: caps declared track length to prevent OOM on adversarially malformed .mv2 files. Mirrors existing defense in sibling reader.
OpenMontage
3 Merged PRsThree production-blocking runtime fixes to the world's first open-source agentic video production system: NameError in seedance, AttributeError in source_media_review, and a docs fix.
Clawd Cursor
Admin Contributor26 commits to a 40-tool desktop automation MCP server. Made macOS work properly: a11y routing, GPU detection, memory management.
OpenClaw: Live Events
Org MemberPublished OpenClaw plugin integrating Ticketmaster Discovery API. NPM: @itsuzef/live-events. First of two community plugins shipped.
OpenClaw: OpenMontage
Org MemberSecond OpenClaw plugin: skills package that bridges OpenClaw agents to a local OpenMontage workspace. 8 video production pipelines exposed as agent capabilities.
TorchFX: Delay Effect
Merged PRBPM-synced delay with musical time divisions and ping-pong stereo for a 128-star PyTorch audio effects library. 82 tests, 1,487 lines.
3,756 contributions in the last year
Experience
Founder — Bonfire Audio
2024 – Present
Bonfire Bass (genre-aware bassline synth), Bonfire Chords (polyphonic chord synth), BonfireDSP shared library.
Acoustics Supervisor — Acoustics Masters Group
May 2023 – Apr 2025
Led internal software development for acoustic calculations. US-KSA coordination.
Founder & Chief Engineer — Bonfire Productions
May 2018 – Present
154 completed client projects. Clients via THE KITCHEN TV: NBC Universal, HBO, Netflix, BBC.
Education
M.S. in Data Science
Expected June 2026
Research: MRHF-Codec — novel neural audio codec, +40dB over Meta’s DAC on HF content
B.S. in Audio Technology
Miami International University
Skills
PyTorch, neural audio codecs, librosa, audio feature engineering
JUCE, embedded (STM32/Daisy), PolyBLEP, ladder filters, wavetable synthesis, modulation matrices
Patch-theory VCS for DAW projects (agit CLI)
React, Express, Next.js, Electron, Supabase, MongoDB, Stripe
AWS, Docker, Render, Vercel, GitHub Actions, CMake, ARM GCC
VST3/AU dev, MIDI/SysEx, EBU R128, STFT, embedded firmware, code signing
Contact
Email: youssefhemimy@hotmail.com
GitHub: github.com/itsuzef