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Artist & Musician
Canberk Akay is the Electronic Music Producer, Synthesist, and Sound Architect behind mint shadow, creating synth-driven cinematic audio-visual tracks.
Read more about mint shadow →
GELIR MI DENK
BLUE WATER
MY BABY
THE LINE
ROUND AND ROUND
YELLOW BALLOON
2026 — PRESENT
Founded & Artistic Direction (Electronic Beats Project)
Music Profile
- ■ Electronic Production: Cinematic beat development, ambient structures, and atmospheric IDM layers.
- ■ Sound Synthesis: Custom sound design with analog synthesizers (Moog, Prophet, Eurorack module rigs).
- ■ Audiovisual Synchrony: Generative visual templates mapping sound frequency curves to canvas graphics.
- ■ Distribution Integration: Streaming catalogue automation for YouTube, Spotify, and YouTube Music.
Synth Waveform Spectrum
Catalog Releases
- MS-001 sofistik-a RELEASED
- MS-002 Linear Leak RELEASED
- MS-003 my baby RELEASED
MINT SHADOW
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ARTIST & PRODUCER
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ELECTRONIC BEATS
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SYNTHESIZERS SOUND DESIGN
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YOUTUBE CREATOR
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MINT SHADOW
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ARTIST & PRODUCER
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ELECTRONIC BEATS
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SYNTHESIZERS SOUND DESIGN
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YOUTUBE CREATOR
Technology Director & Partner
Canberk Akay is the Partner & Technology Director, pioneering high-fidelity product design pipelines and the WebGL 3D customizer that lets users customize their own gaming chairs in real time.
Read more about Hawk Gaming Chair →2023 — PRESENT
Active Tenure (Partner)
Project Spec
- ■ WebGL 3D Customizer: Immersive real-time configurator tool empowering users to custom design, customize, and model their own chair configurations.
- ■ Automated USDZ/GLB Pipeline: Server-side real-time AR format compilation.
- ■ 60 FPS Performance Optimization: Advanced Draco and mesh compression algorithms.
- ■ Headless Shopify Integration: Custom checkout workflows and neural AI support.
Technology Stack
Influencer Partner Program
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Visit our official partner page: hiits.co/mintshadow
HAWK GAMING CHAIR
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3D WEBXR PARTNER
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HIGH-PERFORMANCE WEBGL CUSTOMIZER
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REAL-TIME 3D RECENT PROJECTS
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HAWK GAMING CHAIR
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3D WEBXR PARTNER
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HIGH-PERFORMANCE WEBGL CUSTOMIZER
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REAL-TIME 3D RECENT PROJECTS
Technology Lead & 3D Artist
Canberk Akay is the Technology Lead & 3D Artist, designing custom gaming peripherals, mechanical keycap assemblies, and production-grade WebGL configurators.
Read more about Hawk Gaming →
Keyboard Assembly
Mouse Render
Keycaps Simulation
Switches Durability
Layout Presentation
Structure Assembly
2024 — PRESENT
Founded & Product Development (Partner)
Design & Development Spec
- ■ 3D Product Modeling: High-fidelity CAD modeling and mesh optimization for gaming mice and keyboards.
- ■ Real-Time Customizers: Interactive configurator engines allowing users to design and preview accessories.
- ■ Production Rendering: Photo-realistic procedural shaders, lighting states, and physical materials modeling.
- ■ WebGL Asset Pipeline: Draco-compressed model packaging for fast browser delivery and loading.
Tech Stack
HAWK GAMING
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CUSTOM KEYBOARDS
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ERGONOMIC MICE
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3D PRODUCT DESIGN
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WEBGL CONFIGURATORS
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HAWK GAMING
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CUSTOM KEYBOARDS
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ERGONOMIC MICE
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3D PRODUCT DESIGN
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WEBGL CONFIGURATORS
Technology Lead & Developer
Canberk Akay built the entire website and secure publisher backend database systems for Studio of the Hawk.
Read more about Studio of the Hawk →2025 — PRESENT
Active Tenure (Web & Game Systems Lead)
Publishing Services
- ■ Steam Store Management: Launch setups and Steam catalog optimizations.
- ■ Commercial Scaling: Network scaling, influencer integrations, and PR campaigns.
- ■ Pitch Evaluation System: Automated portal processing indie game drafts.
- ■ Full-Stack Publisher Portal: Custom database admin console with catalog controls.
System Architecture
STUDIO OF THE HAWK
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INDIE GAME PUBLISHING
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PITCH EVALUATIONS
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COMMERCIAL SCALING
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STEAM STORE MANAGEMENT
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STUDIO OF THE HAWK
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INDIE GAME PUBLISHING
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PITCH EVALUATIONS
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COMMERCIAL SCALING
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STEAM STORE MANAGEMENT
Co-Founder
Canberk Akay is the Co-Founder & CTO, directing next-generation web architectures, multi-tenant portal platforms, payment gateway integrations, and immersive browser-based spatial WebXR tools.
Read more about Base Bros →2021 — 2024
Founded & Tenure (Co-Founder & CTO)
Portal Spec
- ■ SSR Portal: Scale-up multi-tenant server-side architectures optimized for SEO performance.
- ■ Node API Engine: Robust, high-throughput microservices for data transactions and cache logic.
- ■ WebXR AR Integration: Browser-based virtual environment testing for physical chair dimensions.
- ■ Database Clustering: Structured PostgreSQL models built with transaction logging and replication.
Tech Stack
BASE
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CO-FOUNDER
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FULL-STACK SAAS
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NEXT.JS PORTALS
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NODE.JS BACKENDS
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BASE
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CO-FOUNDER
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FULL-STACK SAAS
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NEXT.JS PORTALS
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NODE.JS BACKENDS
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