Audio Products Podcast
We are meeting with pro audio industry veterans: founders, product managers, UX designers to learn how they build and manage the products we love. You will get tips on how to navigate your career in audio and how to develop a successful audio product – from musical instruments, through audio plugins and gaming middleware to music distribution platforms and consumer electronics like headphones, mics or even automotive speaker systems New episode is dropping every second Monday 11:00 am ET.
Episodes
Our guest is Varda Caspi — VP Marketing at Aiode. Aiode is an Abbey Road -backed company building ethical AI tools for music creation 👉Learn about Aiode here: https://aiode.com/ In this episode, we talk about: ✅ What ethical AI actually means in music tech Varda breaks down what "ethical AI" should mean in practice: transparent training methods, clear consent from musicians, and business models where artists are not just data s...
Our guest is Amanda Whiting Gerstle — a strategic marketing leader in music tech and pro audio, who worked with iconic brands like Universal Audio, Splice, and Roland Corporation. In this episode, we talk about: ✅ How startups should build marketing from scratch We go deep into what early-stage audio companies should focus on first, how to avoid common mistakes, and when it makes sense to bring in external expertise ✅ Marketing ...
Our guest is Ross Totino — Product Developer, Sound Designer, and expert in audio hardware and DSP systems who worked on many iconic products we love.
In this episode, we talk about:
✅ How to build a career in hardware product development Ross shares how he moved from technician roles into sound design and product development in Electro-Harmonix and Line 6 and how those helped me to further work with iconic brands Eventide Audio.
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This time Wojciech in the solo episode. We want to pause to: ✅ Reflect on what is actually missing in the audio business education space ✅ Discuss why generic content does not translate into real-world audio product skills ✅ Explain what Audio Product Academy is and why it exists (besides the podcast) ➡️ Check our course platform
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🎮 How do you actually start a career in game audio? We talked about it with Krzysiek Kowal — Audio & Motion Department Manager at Anshar Studios and former Sound Designer at CD PROJEKT RED. Game audio is one of the most fascinating intersections of sound design, technology and interactive storytelling — but entering the industry can feel hard, especially today. In this episode, we talk about: ✅ How Krzysiek started his car...
Our guest is Rithik Kundu — Founder of NYU GenAudio & AI, and former Senior Generative AI Researcher at Deep Noise who is also involved in building Joker Deck Ventures. In this episode, we talk about: ✅ State of AI education and AI adoption ✅ The difference between AI demos and AI-native workflows ✅ What Pipeline, guardrails, etc. are in the context of an AI-powered product
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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. In this episode, we talk about:
✅ Why audio delivery is different from SaaS ✅ Projects vs...
We met Jordan Rudess - legendary keyboardist of Dream Theater, voted the greatest keyboard player of all time, and a deeply involved music technologist.
In this episode, we talk about: ✅ how he started building products, ✅ the tools and innovations he’s excited about, ✅ the future of music education ✅ his perspective on AI in music making
➡️ Wizdom Music (apps built by Jordan)
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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. I...
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. In this solo episode, Wojciech reflects on: • What builders, designers and founders ...
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 met Andrew Cresswell, Head of Product Sales at ICEpower A/S.
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#18 Product Career in Pro Audio with Wolfgang Schulz, Head of Product Management at d&b audiotechnik
We met with Wolfgang Schulz, Head of Product Management Electronics & Software, d&b audiotechnik.
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We met Brad Swanson, the Head of Product at Pro Sound Effects to talk about the sound design market and products
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In this episode we met Tzipi Schindler, who is grateful to have found a home in the music software industry for the past seven years as a product manager at Native Instruments, starting with Native Access and from there on to the release pipeline. She considers herself a hope-driven product manager and we will hear more about why that is. We have discussed culture, diversity and how to build teams where people feel they belong. ...
In this episode, we sit down with Silvia Taschner, Head of Wavelab Incubator — a startup program supporting European founders in the Music, Arts, and Media industries.
With deep expertise in music and cultural Management, Silvia brings years of experience in running accelerator programs and leading product development within cultural institutions. She offers a unique perspective at the intersection of creativity, entrepreneurship, ...
We met with Moritz Surwehme, the co-founder of NoiseWorks, the company behind vocal editing plugins like DynAssist that have already gained recognition in the industry and have been called by some the best product of the Supebooth 2025 He shares the story behind the founding of NoiseWork and the building of their flagship products. Moritz started off developing audio plugins for his bachelor's thesis at SAE Bochum, where he met I...
We met with Joshua Hodge, the Founder of The Audio Programmer (TAP), a global community for music and audio software enthusiasts.
Since launching in 2017, TAP has since empowered thousands through video tutorials, books, podcasts, and events worldwide. Beyond fostering community, Josh expanded TAP into a recruitment firm and creative development agency, opening doors for others into new opportunities and successful audio products. ...
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