Audio Products Podcast
We are meeting with audio industry veterans to learn how they build the products we love.
Our guest is Maciej Bąk — a Senior IT Project & Program Manager with 16+ years of experience, currently at Neural DSP and previously on the Avid Pro Tools team.
Maciek has delivered hundreds of audio projects. He is also a very active musician and mix engineer, which gives him a rare perspective on both industry and user sides of audio.
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We met Jordan Rudess - legendary keyboardist of Dream Theater, voted the greatest keyboard player of all time, and a deeply involved music technologist.
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Our guest is Diana Monroy-García, founder of MC Media who is an expert in digital asset management and media production. Her expertise encompasses audiovisual collections research and management, copyright clearance, sync licensing, and comprehensive library and metadata management. Her focus is on improving rights information management within the digital ecosystem, particularly through the development of innovative technology.
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Most people know Andrew as a three-time Grammy-winning mix engineer who has worked with artists like Red Hot Chili Peppers, Metallica, Adele, Jay-Z and many others.
But fewer know he’s also spent years designing audio products - both in collaboration with companies like Waves Audio and independently using the SoundFlow platform.
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This time we look back at 2025 — through the voices of the people who shaped it.
From indie plugin developers and AI startups, to UX leads, hardware PMs and R&D heads at companies like Roland, Universal Audio, Safari Audio and d&b audiotechnik — 2025 gave us 15 deep conversations about what it really takes to build audio tools that matter.
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We met again with Dr Tomasz Żernicki. This time we talked about how AI is reshaping product management workflows and what it really means for PM jobs. Is AI going to take over, or will it finally let PMs focus on strategy instead of chasing tickets and status updates?
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We discussed challenges related to scaling pro audio companies: from building a product team and product strategy to dealing with the growing complexity of the offering.
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In this episode we met Wolfgang Schulz, Head of Product Management Electronics & Software, d&b audiotechnik.
We discussed his career path - from a professional musician, producer, studio owner, Live sound engineer, event manager to becoming a Product Manager at d&b audiotechnik, a leading global brand for sound reinforcement solutions in the AV industry.
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This time we met Gösta Wellmer who is a design and product leader with 15+ years of executive experience driving innovation in the music technology industry. He is a former Director of Design at Native Instruments and a former CEO Elektron Music Machines
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We met with Bradford Swanson to talk about the sound design market and products.
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We sit down with Silvia Taschner, Head of Wavelab Incubator — a startup program for founders in the Music, Arts, and Media industries
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We sit down with Silvia Taschner, Head of Wavelab Incubator — a startup program for founders in the Music, Arts, and Media industries
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We met with Joshua Hodge, the Founder of The Audio Programmer (TAP), a global community for music and audio software enthusiasts. We discussed the story behind founding the company and what Josh’s entrepreneurial secret source is but also the opportunities and threats related to the emerging technologies like AI.
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We met with Joshua Hodge, the Founder of The Audio Programmer (TAP), a global community for music and audio software enthusiasts. We discussed the story behind founding the company and what Josh’s entrepreneurial secret source is but also the opportunities and threats related to the emerging technologies like AI.
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In this episode we will meet Paul McCabe who is the Senior Vice President of Research and Innovation at Roland Future Design Lab – a global R&D team of engineers and researchers focused on exploring and harnessing emerging trends, fostering innovation, and helping to shape the global creative landscape for the next 50 years.
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We will meet a very experienced UX Designer Nick Dika who currently works as a Senior UX/UI Designer at Universal Audio. Previously, Nick held various roles as a Designer, Design Manager and Director at audio companies such as SoundToys and iZotope.
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We will meet Rodrigo Ibieta who is a Director of Hardware Product Management at Universal Audio. We will discuss why a product career is a great option for musicians, mixing engineers and engineering students and what it is like to be a product guy in a famous company like UA.
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We met with Laren Agius, a Director of Product at Beatport. In this episode, Laren presented the case study of how Beatport implemented a consistent approach to product discovery (analysis of customer needs).
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In this episode Max will share his experience of starting an AI company in the music industry and dive into how a PM career can help with the entrepreneurial journey in this field.
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In this episode we met with Noam Levinberg, the founder and CEO of Safari Pedals, a new audio company renowned for its innovative plugins. Noam sharef his view on creating successful audio products: passion. He’ll also dive into the delicate balance between passion and market research
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