#17 Circuits & Culture: Behind the scenes of Instruments Design with Gösta Wellmer
We have met in Berlin with Gösta Wellmer to discuss product design culture, hardware product management and more!
Gösta 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
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#16 Career in Sound Design with Brad Swanson, the Head of Product at Pro Sound Effects
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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#15 Hope for the best, plan for the worst with Tzipi Schindler
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.
Tzipi will also be a speaker at our upcoming Berlin meetup, Audio Product Jam so if you would like to listen more about her experience, you must pop in!
More info here
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Resources from the episode
Books:
Brown, B. (2010) The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are. Hazelden.
Ozenc, K. And Glenn Fajardo (2021) Rituals for Virtual Meetings: Creative Ways to Engage People and Strengthen Relationships. Wiley.
Shafak, E. (2020) How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division. Profile Books.
Rosenberg, M.B. (2015) Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life. PuddleDancer Press.
Articles:
Circles of Influence Retrospective Format: https://www.dianalarsen.com/blog/2010/07/26/circles-and-soup/
5 Whys Sprint Retrospective Format: https://www.scrum.org/resources/blog/agile-coach-toolkit-1-5-whys
Music:
Streisand, Barbra. “Avinu Malkeinu”. Higher Ground. Columbia Records. YouTube. 1997.
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#14 Building MusicTech startup ecosystem with Silvia Taschner, Head of Wavelab
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, and innovation.
Together, we explore the current landscape of the creative startup ecosystem — the opportunities and challenges. We also dive into how initiatives like Wavelab empower early-stage ventures to grow.
About Wavelab
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Silvia's Linkedin (for the info about the upcoming startup applications
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#13 Audio Startup Success Story with Moritz Surwehme, the co-founder of NoiseWorks
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 Ilan - his business partner. After falling in love with C++, JUCE, Figma and DSP, he is turning all the ideas in his head into plugins, step by step.
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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.
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