Audio Products Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

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!

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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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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

➡️ https://www.wavelab.io/en/startups-2/

Join the Wavelab program!

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Silvia's Linkedin (for the info about the upcoming startup applications

https://www.linkedin.com/in/silvia-taschner/ 

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➡️ Read Audio Products Blog (article from Jens from Wavelab)

https://rokanan.com/blog/ 

https://https://rokanan.com/2025/06/04/how-wavelab-helped-just-4-noise-land-their-first-industry-deal/

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We met Matthew Collings, the Head of Product and Board Member of Krotos an audio company based in Edinburgh that builds sound effects and plugins that provide fast and efficient sound design workflows. Matt worked in music, sound design, installation and audio programming professionally since 2011, performing and exhibiting all over Europe, releasing numerous records.

We tried to answer the question if product-led-growth (PLG) can be applied in the audio and music industry. PLG is an approach to growth where user acquisition, expansion, conversion, and retention are all driven primarily by the product itself.

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During this live show, we met Simon Cross, the Chief Product Officer of the music tech company Native Instruments. Simon leads product management, product design, sound design, strategic partnerships, and strategy teams across the group’s brands: Native Instruments, iZotope, Brainworx, and Plugin Alliance.

We discussed how technology changes music is made and consumed, the opportunities and challenges related to those changes, and how companies like Native Instruments use those trends to help people overcome creative barriers in making music. We will also ask Simon about what it is like to be the CPO of one of the most interesting music companies of the last few decades.

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During this live event we met Francois Quereuil, former VP of Audio Product Management at Avid. Francois was responsible for Avid's product portfolio of renowned industry tools (Pro Tools digital audio workstation and Sibelius music notation) and integrated solutions (audio hardware, control surfaces, and live sound systems).

We discussed the challenges of creating and executing a product strategy in a crowded market and what the work of a Product Executive from a leading audio company entails.

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During this live podcast, we met with Simon Ashby, Co-founder and VP of Product of Audiokinetic, a famous company from Montréal, Canada that develops leading audio software for the video game industry. He explained how Audiokinetic manages its product portfolio - their famous game audio engine Wwise, their new multi-layer sample engine Strata and other tools and platforms

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During this first live we heard the story about how a Polish startup Zylia, successfully launched its product, the ambisonics microphone, to global markets. Our guest, Tomasz Żernicki, co-founder, CTO and later CEO of Zylia and had been involved in the project from the beginning – from early prototypes and market testing to a global expansion and winning NAMM best-in-show

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Welcome to Audio Products Podcast! It's here to provide inspiration and tips for people who love building audio and music tech products

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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https://noiseworksaudio.com/?ref=wojciech

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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.

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. 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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The Audio Programmer's resources

➡️ Upcoming meetup in London

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/audio-programmer-interface-london-2025-api-tickets-1415093987209?aff=oddtdtcreator

➡️ Audio Programming Tutorials

https://www.theaudioprogrammer.com/tutorials

➡️ The Audio Programmer Discord Server

https://www.theaudioprogrammer.com/discord

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