Blue Microphones – John Maier [CEO]
Blue Microphones have been manufacturing some of the most distinctive microphones on the market for over a decade, and have experienced...
Mick Gordon [Game Composer]
Mick Gordon is responsible for a track called "Voices of Dev”, which was made using nothing but sounds of the human...
Propellerhead – Ernst Nathorst-Böös [CEO and Co-Founder]
Propellerhead may not boast the same corporate structure as some of its competitors, but has still been able to rise to similar...
Chris Sheldon [Producer/Mixer]
With 30+ years in the music industry, Chris Sheldon’s abilities as a mixer and producer are in demand among rock bands...
AIAIAI – Frederik Jørgensen [Co-Founder & Marketing Director]
AIAIAI’s name might seem like a mouthful to pronounce but it actually sounds just like it looks. The Danish audio manufacturer...
Abbey Road Studios – Mirek Stiles [Head Of Audio Products]
My quest for more interviews recently took me to Abbey Road Studios, where my friends at Waves had put me in...
Icon Collective Production School – Christopher Wight [Co-Founder]
Founded by Christopher Wight and David Alexander, Icon Collective Production School is a California-based learning facility with a focus on catering...
Looptrotter Audio – Andrzej Starzyk [Founder]
Whilst conducting an interview at Riksmixningsverket in Stockholm, Linn Fijal pointed out one of her favorite pieces of gear, the Looptrotter...
Ohm Force – Raphael Dinge [Lead Developer]
Ohm Force is a French software manufacturer, responsible for distortion plug-ins like Ohmicide and filters like Frohmage that are used by the likes...
Rob Papen Software – Rob Papen [Founder]
Rob Papen is a manufacturer of software synthesizers whose users are littered throughout the electronic music world. It's one of the most-recognized...
Unity Audio – Kevin Walker [Founder]
Despite having been a speaker manufacturer for less than a decade, Unity Audio has been able to give established brands a...
Image Line – Jean-Marie Cannie [CTO and Co-Founder]
Image-Line is the company responsible for one of the most widely-used DAWs in the world, FL Studio (formerly known as FruityLoops), and their DJ mixing...
Phil Tan [Mixer]
Phil Tan is one of the leading names in the world of urban and pop music mixing. His credits extend from...
Finishing Move Inc – Brian Trifon & Brian White [Founders]
Though Brian Trifon has been featured on Speakhertz before under his Trifonic moniker, my talk with him this time covered different...
Monochrome Productions – Tom Gittins [Mixer/Producer]
Hundreds of producers and engineers make their living by working alongside underground bands that are self-funded and mainly need studio time...
Hugh Worskett [Producer]
Some weeks ago, I came across a track called "Stranger". I thought it was pretty good, and went hunting for the...
Naughty Dog [Audio Team]
It’s fair to say that Naughty Dog haven't made an unsuccessful game since 1996. Starting with the "Crash Bandicoot" franchise, which sold over 40...
Pyramind – Clint Bajakian [Creative Director]
Clint Bajakian is currently working at Pyramind in San Francisco, but his career has seen him from the likes of Sony...
Cakewalk – Michael Hoover [President]
Although Cakewalk's synthesizer plugin, Z3TA+ 2, is a plugin I knew about, their audio workstation, SONAR, was less familiar me. Even though it's...
Microsoft – Mike Caviezel [Audio Production Director]
The new generation of game consoles are upon us, with the Xbox One arriving shortly. Mike Caviezel is the Audio Production Director...
Joe Tortorici [Audio Engineer/Mixer]
One of the few pleasures of an otherwise arduous college life was to enroll in Audio I and II classes, which allowed my...
Dave Smith Instruments – Dave Smith [Founder]
For over 40 years, Dave Smith has been contributing to the world of music by pioneering the technology that's now in...
Olivier Deriviere [Game Composer]
Many a gamer will have spent the holiday season in front of their TVs, playing the new “Assassin’s Creed 4: Black...
Sie Medway-Smith [Producer/Mixer]
Sie Medway-Smith has been able to thrive for two decades in the music industry as a freelance producer and mixer that...
Blizzard Entertainment [Audio Team]
Blizzard Entertainment established their presence in the 90s with games whose shelf life seems to have no expiry date. With titles like...
Softube – Henrik Andersson Vogel [Marketing Manager]
"Softube" is a name plastered across both their own third-party plugins and native ones in DAWs like Ableton Live. This Swedish...
Riksmixningsverket – Linn Fijal [Engineer]
The studio founded by ABBA's Benny Andersson, Riksmixningsverket, is located in Stockholm's Skeppsholmen, and is managed by Linn Fijal. Given my...
Parrot – Henri Seydoux [CEO]
Parrot is a French company with a focus on everything from on wireless car systems to multimedia and entertainment products like...