Raphael Radna
he/him
New York, NY, USA
Raphael Radna is a composer, audio programmer, and educator with a passion for music and technology. He has over fifteen years of experience using Max to create virtual instruments and FX, algorithmic composition systems, interactive performance environments, and full-scale software applications. Raphael empowers musicians and media artists of all backgrounds to realize their creative ideas with Max through classroom instruction, private lessons, and guest workshops, both in-person and online.
Raphael's primary areas of interest include electroacoustic music, computer-assisted composition, real-time interaction, digital synthesis, spatialization, and creative-music software development. He presents music and research worldwide in prominent venues such as ICMC, DAFx, SEAMUS, NYCEMF, the SF Tape Music Festival, and the Visiones Sonoras Festival of Music and New Technologies, and has collaborated with acclaimed musicians including brightwork Newmusic, the Callithumpian Consort, the Onix Ensemble, HOCKET, Antonina Styczeń, and Shanna Pranaitis.
As a software developer, Raphael creates applications and plugins using Max, JUCE, and the Min DevKit for writing external objects in C++. He is the author of Space Control, a standalone spatialization workstation built in Max that provides an intuitive graphical interface for designing intricate spatial trajectories in multichannel loudspeaker arrays. Space Control is freely available on GitHub and has been downloaded over 4,000 times. Raphael also created the open-source Xenos stochastic synthesizer plugin and previously worked with Arturia and Cycling ’74, where he contributed to the Maxology project. As of Winter 2026, he is developing a new granulator plugin.
As an educator, Raphael has taught students ranging from beginners to advanced composers and media artists. He developed and taught original curricula in Max at UC Santa Barbara, where he also offered private instruction and led focused lectures and workshops. His teaching emphasizes hands-on problem-solving, conceptual understanding, and creative exploration, with the goal of enabling learners to build the skills, tools, and workflows needed to express their unique artistic visions.
Raphael’s areas of expertise in Max include:
- gen~
- dict
- mc.*
- jitter
- rnbo~
- v8/v8ui
- Min DevKit
- Bach Project
- IRCAM externals
Raphael is available for teaching engagements, private instruction, and consultation. He holds a BA cum laude in Music from Vassar College, an MFA in Electronic Music and Recording Media from Mills College, and an MS in Media Arts and Technology from UC Santa Barbara, where he also attained the PhD in Music Composition. A student of João Pedro Oliveira and Curtis Roads, his dissertation focused on the aesthetic, perceptual, and technical challenges of spatialization in electroacoustic composition.
Raphael's primary areas of interest include electroacoustic music, computer-assisted composition, real-time interaction, digital synthesis, spatialization, and creative-music software development. He presents music and research worldwide in prominent venues such as ICMC, DAFx, SEAMUS, NYCEMF, the SF Tape Music Festival, and the Visiones Sonoras Festival of Music and New Technologies, and has collaborated with acclaimed musicians including brightwork Newmusic, the Callithumpian Consort, the Onix Ensemble, HOCKET, Antonina Styczeń, and Shanna Pranaitis.
As a software developer, Raphael creates applications and plugins using Max, JUCE, and the Min DevKit for writing external objects in C++. He is the author of Space Control, a standalone spatialization workstation built in Max that provides an intuitive graphical interface for designing intricate spatial trajectories in multichannel loudspeaker arrays. Space Control is freely available on GitHub and has been downloaded over 4,000 times. Raphael also created the open-source Xenos stochastic synthesizer plugin and previously worked with Arturia and Cycling ’74, where he contributed to the Maxology project. As of Winter 2026, he is developing a new granulator plugin.
As an educator, Raphael has taught students ranging from beginners to advanced composers and media artists. He developed and taught original curricula in Max at UC Santa Barbara, where he also offered private instruction and led focused lectures and workshops. His teaching emphasizes hands-on problem-solving, conceptual understanding, and creative exploration, with the goal of enabling learners to build the skills, tools, and workflows needed to express their unique artistic visions.
Raphael’s areas of expertise in Max include:
- gen~
- dict
- mc.*
- jitter
- rnbo~
- v8/v8ui
- Min DevKit
- Bach Project
- IRCAM externals
Raphael is available for teaching engagements, private instruction, and consultation. He holds a BA cum laude in Music from Vassar College, an MFA in Electronic Music and Recording Media from Mills College, and an MS in Media Arts and Technology from UC Santa Barbara, where he also attained the PhD in Music Composition. A student of João Pedro Oliveira and Curtis Roads, his dissertation focused on the aesthetic, perceptual, and technical challenges of spatialization in electroacoustic composition.