The Audio Programmer Podcast

If you're a music producer, chances are that you know about Valhalla DSP, which is renowned for some of the best sounding reverbs and delays on the market. We speak with Sean Costello, the creator of Valhalla, about his journey into DSP, what separates a good sounding reverb from a bad one, how he has found his success as an indie developer, and more. Originally recorded on August 3rd, 2020.

In this episode of The Audio Programmer Podcast, we speak with Ivan Cohen, a DSP Engineer and Head of Musical Entropy. We talk about our upcoming JUCE course, how to learn DSP, modeling analog hardware, and more! Originally recorded on June 22nd, 2020.

If you've ever thought about what it takes to become a professional music software developer, but you aren't sure how to get there, then this talk is for you. Spence Rudnick (they/them) transitioned from web development to music software development, finding their dream job with the help of twitter and the web audio community. Along the way, they learned C++, dipped their toes into the world of DSP, and contributed to open-source web audio tools. Originally recorded on June 10th, 2020.

For this episode of The Audio Programmer Podcast, we welcome Mark Watt - creator of the SpaceCraft Granular Synth, which has earned praise from synth enthusiasts worldwide, including Richard Divine. We spoke about differences between developing for iOS vs desktop, talk more about creating a granular synth, and challenges of bringing a professional audio product to market. Originally recorded on August 13th, 2019.

Nick reached out to me last week about Blueprint - a new JUCE module he's been working on which allows JUCE developers to write their interfaces in React.js and render to plain old JUCE Components! I thought it was a very exciting project and invited him on the show to talk about it! Nick is not only an amazing audio developer, but he's adept in the JavaScript world as well! As a former Facebook developer - Nick helped to create the Instagram webpage. Now he is the owner of his own audio plug-in company, Creative Intent, where he releases his plug-in creations. We talk about Blueprint, his career path, his upcoming plug-in written using the Blueprint module, and more! Originally recorded on July 1st, 2019.

For this episode, we have Jules Storer - one of the most influential figures in the world of audio programming. Jules is the founder of JUCE - a widely used framework which is one of the only options publicly available that allows cross-platform audio development from a single code base. If that weren't enough, Jules has recently unveiled SOUL (Sound Language), which he is developing to help alleviate some of the most difficult problems audio developers face. We spoke about JUCE and SOUL, his career path, challenges of developing a coding framework vs a product, the future of audio development, and more! Originally recorded on June 24th, 2019.

I had a great discussion with MatKat Music for our latest episode - we talk about coding styles, when and why to use pointers, biggest challenges for new audio developers, and his new C++ course for musicians! Originally recorded on June 18th, 2019.

Chris Randall of Audio Damage shares insights on product design philosophy, surviving as an indie plugin company for 20 years, and why good design matters as much as good code. Originally recorded on June 11th, 2019.

For this episode we have special guest Bruce Dawson from Output. We talk about how he got into the industry, his experience working at Output when it was a small startup, his plug-in course on Kadenze and much more! Originally recorded on April 2nd, 2019.

Dave Rowland, lead developer for Tracktion/Waveform, shares insights into building one of the industry's most sophisticated digital audio workstation (DAW) engines. Rowland's journey from studying Music Systems Engineering to working with Jules Storer (creator of JUCE) illustrates the complexity of modern audio software development. DAWs represent some of the most challenging software projects, requiring intricate data models, real-time audio processing, MIDI handling, third-party plugin integration, and sophisticated user interfaces, all working seamlessly together across hundreds of thousands of lines of code. Originally recorded on March 19th, 2019.