A a r o n   G i l e s

About Me

I am a freelance Seattle-area programmer, musician, web developer, and sometimes graphic designer. I have at various times worked for Microsoft, Connectix, LucasArts, and have a long history of creating free software and other stuff. See my programming page for detailed work history.

I am also an active musician, singing in several local groups and tinkering with the lute. See my music page for more details on what I’m up to musically.

The Latest!

Active Projects

Project	Description	Status
DREAMMA	A universal emulator for classic LucasArts games, from the original SCUMM adventures, to the various flight sims, to early 3D games, and everything in between. Builds available for Windows, MacOS, and Linux!	Latest stable release is version 3.0.3. Already working on plans for a follow-up!
ymfm	A BSD-licensed open source library, written in C++17, with highly accurate emulators for Yamaha’s famous FM-based synthesis chips. Supports OPM (YM2151), OPN (YM2203), OPL (YM3526, YM3812, YMF262), OPLL (YM2413), and OPZ (YM2414), along with many variants.	In active use in MAME, DefleMask, and other projects. Occasional bug fixes still happening. (Postcardware)
postcardware.net	A site documenting the 6000+ postcards I received for my shareware program JPEGView back in the mid-1990s. Follow postcardbot on either Mastodon or BlueSky for random postcards 3 times a day.	All postcards scanned, over 5000 tagged; bot posts them 3×/day. Search interface now works!
rehearsaltracks.net	A JavaScript and WASM-based site for interactively learning vocal parts in choral music, using my own SoundFont library for realtime playback.	Opportunistically adding new works; more features pending further interest.
Summer Fling Singers	A summer choral group that I started in 2016, performing once each year in August (pandemics permitting). We officially became a non-profit in 2019, and I currently serve as board president and artistic director.	Our 2024 season, Lifecycles, is complete!

Music

I am also an active musician, singing in several local groups and tinkering with the lute. See my music page for more details on what I’m up to musically.

Greater Seattle Choral Consortium

A great organization that helps Seattle-area choral groups connect with each other and with the community. I served on the board of directors for 8 years, 5 as treasurer, and continue to run the website.

Past Projects

Some of my historical endeavors:

• MAME: Contributed for over 17 years, ran the show for 6. Read my War Stories or see a summary of my contributions.
• Vicars of Christ Church Compline Choir Hymnal: Sang tenor and created a complete, free compline hymnal.
• Seattle Bach Choir, My Spirit Sang All Day: Sang tenor and helped coordinate a recording project.
• Microsoft Hyper-V / Windows on ARM: Helped develop Hyper-V and co-led porting Windows to ARM twice. Read my Microsoft War Stories.
• Connectix Virtual Game Station: Co-created a PlayStation emulator and the first Virtual PC for Windows. Read my Connectix War Stories.
• LucasArts Mac Ports / Outlaws / Mysteries of the Sith: Ported 11 games to Mac, worked on Outlaws and Jedi Knight expansion. Read my LucasArts War Stories.
• JPEGView: Created JPEGView for Macintosh, the first postcardware utility. Received over 6000 postcards!

Miscellaneous Items

• About Me: General background information and "year in review" summaries (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018). (Mappy is my favorite arcade game!)
• Concerts I’ve Attended: Documented here, going way back.
• My Beer Glassware Collection: When I travel, I love visiting breweries...
• The Final Rip: Documented my effort to losslessly rip my CD collection.
• Messiah Time Calculator: Compute statistics on Handel’s Messiah movement lengths.
• Old Stuff: Looking for older material? Try over here or the really old stuff.