during the production of "this binary universe", transeau wanted to program drums in surround sound, and found that software tools to accomplish this weren't readily available. he decided to develop his own, forming his own software company, sonik architects, to create a line of sound design tools for the studio and another line of tools and plug-ins designed for live performance. the company's first release was the drum machine surround sound sequencer breaktweaker, a pc plug-in. in 2009, sonik architects released sonifi, a product for the iphone, ipad and ipod touch that enables musicians to replicate bt's stutter edit effect live. bt himself has used it during live shows.