Dan Gardner · Producer Studio
Studio Domains Exhibits Work Contact
PRODUCTION · SYSTEMS · STORY · SIGNAL

I design and operate systems that see, listen, interpret — and tell stories.

I’m Dan. I build production-grade environments where hardware, signal, software, and narrative converge. From nature-cam IP ecosystems to multi-converter SDI/NDI pipelines to cognitive engines and serial-thinking machines — this is the studio where engineering becomes expression.

Enter the Bible Exhibit → See completed exhibits Email Dan

What “Producer” Means Here

Not a Hollywood title — a systems title. A producer is someone who brings vision, technology, and narrative into alignment and makes complex output feel effortless.

When I say I’m a producer, I mean: I architect the pipeline, assemble the tools, design the signal paths, create the environments, and shape the experience from end to end. Production isn’t just filming — it’s orchestration, where hardware, physics, timing, software, and story become one continuous flow.

My work spans live AV pipelines, embedded cognition, nature and environmental capture, metal and mechanical fabrication, and data-driven visual storytelling. If it hears, sees, transforms, or reveals — I’m interested in building it.

Production Is Capability in Motion
For years it felt like I was just collecting gear and ideas “for someday.” Then it clicked: I wasn’t assembling a kit — I was assembling a studio.
  • I’m not preparing for someone else’s production.
  • I’m not waiting for permission or a perfect gig.
  • I’m not giving this system away.

I’m here to use it — to create, capture, broadcast, interpret, and tell stories the way only this blend of engineering and imagination can.

Production Domains

This studio lives at the intersection of signal, structure, and story. Different domains — one producer brain behind them.

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Nature Cam IP Global
A continuous experiment in real-time storytelling through signal, environment, and technology. An evolving IP broadcast ecosystem built from SDI chains, converters, field cameras, and networked viewing experiences.
Signal Flow Broadcast Field Systems
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Visual & Audio Production Systems
Small-footprint production environments: multi-source signal routing, monitoring pipelines, test benches, sync logic, and real-time AV capture. Not studio glamour — real-world reliability and clarity.
SDI / NDI Monitoring Real-Time Rendering
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Cognitive Engines & Embedded Storytelling
Jet Trails, Tiny Thought Loop, persona engines, and serial glyph systems — machines that interpret and express. Production tools too, just on the side of thought and symbol instead of light and sound.
AI Systems Embedded Cognition Narrative Output
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Fabrication & Maker-Lab Production
Metalwork, restoration, and mechanical builds — the analog side of the studio. This is where rigs, mounts, enclosures, and physical storytelling structures get made.
Fabrication Mechanics Industrial Craft

Completed Exhibits

These are finished, published bodies of work — built to be navigated like exhibits. The home page stays the home page; these projects are separate galleries you can enter.

COMPLETED EXHIBIT
The Unified Bible Mural
A museum-style, kiosk-navigable collection of Bible story timeline posters — one-page exhibits that reveal narrative flow, emotional arc, and thematic continuity.

Enter the Bible Exhibit → Master index · Canonical navigation · Exhibit-ready HTML posters
COMPLETED EXHIBIT
Essential Childhood Books · Moral Map
Twenty-five childhood classics distilled into a moral line and thematic “bubble” clusters — a compact library of stories that train emotional and ethical reflexes.

Open the Moral Map → 25 books · moral cores · theme clusters · quick browse format

Current Studio Work

A rotating snapshot of what’s on the bench, on the network, or in the field right now.

ACTIVE PROJECT
Nature Cam – Shock & Awe Campaign
A next-generation IP environmental capture ecosystem: precision signal testing, multi-format routing, AV production, and immersive viewer experience design.
ACTIVE PROJECT
Jet Trails Studio
Real-time audio-to-visual engines for expression, analysis, and performance. Spectral jets, vocal formant trails, and multi-layer cinematic rendering.
ACTIVE PROJECT
Embedded Cognitive Architectures
Serial glyph engines, ring-buffer thought loops, detection schemes, and symbol monitors — microcontrollers as narrative instruments that can notice, remember, and speak.
ACTIVE PROJECT
Maker-Lab Rigs & Physical Infrastructure
Camera mounts, pedestals, enclosures, shop fixtures, and physical infrastructure that support AV production and experimentation — heavy tools in service of story.
Have a system, signal, or story in mind?
If it lives at the edge of hardware, AV, cognition, or fabrication, it probably belongs in this studio.
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Contact & Collaboration

I take on a small number of collaborations each year — mostly in AV systems, embedded cognition, or hybrid engineering/creative domains.

If you’re building something that needs clarity, structure, production thinking, or a system that can actually come alive, reach out. High-level context is enough to start.

Email: dan@djgardner.com

Note: I keep volume intentionally low so I can give real attention to the work.