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Hi, I’m Dmitry Dolnikov.

I design intelligent systems - from AI-powered software to real-time electronic musical instruments. My work sits at the intersection of embedded engineering, generative AI, and large-scale data systems, with a strong focus on reliability, performance, and real-world use.

Over the past decade, I’ve led technical delivery for global organizations including IMF, Expedia, MTV, and Wolters Kluwer, building enterprise platforms and advanced analytics solutions.

I’m the founder of Musatunix Innovations LLC, where I develop expressive electronic musical instruments designed for live performance. These instruments are built as complete systems, combining custom hardware, real-time software, and deep musical interaction.

Current focus

  • Development of a professional digital accordion with real-time automated accompaniment

  • Exploration of machine-learning techniques for musical structure and style generation

  • Design of embedded systems for expressive human-machine interactions

Background

  • I bring over 15 years of experience across software engineering, data platforms, and embedded systems, with hands-on involvement throughout the full product lifecycle - from concept and architecture to implementation and long-term support.

My work emphasizes:

  • Clear system design and technical ownership

  • Performance-sensitive, production-grade implementations

  • Usability and musical expressiveness over theoretical novelty

Early work

  • An early prototype of my digital accordion was presented at the AccoPremium International Competition (2019) for piano and button accordion players, marking the beginning of long-term development in this direction.

 

Let’s connect.

If you're building something ambitious - whether internal or product-facing, I’d love to hear about it.

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Here is my first model which was presented on the International Сompetition of piano and button accordion players AccoPremium-2019

I am happy to present new models build with custom instrument cases, in button and piano versions, see at Demo and Products pages.

Bayan Prototype

Digital Button Accordion

First Digital Electronic Button Accordion Prototype

  • 4 Banks of sounds

  • 128 sounds in each bank

  • 400+ total instrumental sounds

  • 20+ drum sets

Jazz Ready:

  • half hundred of jazz chords supported

Automatic accompaniment:

  • hundreds of styles

  • 4 Variations, Auto-start,  auto-ending, 2 fills, 1 break

  • Bar skip

  • Extended fixed chord types on left keyboard

  • Ready and Free play modes on left keyboard

Digital Accordion Presentation at AccoPremium

AccoPremium - Serbian and other music

Style Configuration

Electronic Accordion Rhythm Setting
Digital Accordion

Sound Selection

Electronic Accordion Sound sets
Digital Accordion

my son Alexander Dolnikov playing Saxophone with my accompaniment on Digital Accordion

Background

C++ & Real-Time Software

Embedded Electronics

Musical Performance

Musical Structure & Styles

Digital Musical Instruments

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