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Totally unrelated, but it's still interesting that a lot of the key music software was / is created in either Berlin (Ableton, Native Instruments) or in / near
by tnolet 4mo ago
Totally unrelated, but it's still interesting that a lot of the key music software was / is created in either Berlin (Ableton, Native Instruments) or in / near Hamburg (Steinberg of Cubase — now owned by Yamaha — and Emagic of Logic — now owned by Apple). There must have been something in the air.
- SuddsMcDuff 4mo agoI never knew that, and it is _really_ interesting! My DAW of choice (Bitwig) also based in Berlin...
- Kye 4mo agoBitwig was started by former Ableton people.
- cdavid 4mo agoPartially a mix of strong, hacker culture in Germany in the 90ies + Berlin being a major place for electronic music in that decade. For example, ableton was famousley co-created by the members of the monolake, a pioneer of minimalist techno in the 90ies. Some history there: https://www.roberthenke.com/interviews/ableton.html https://www.roberthenke.com/interviews/ableton.html
- coldtea 3mo agoAbleton yes - and Bitwig which is ex Ableton people. But Cubase, Logic, etc weren't focused on electronic music in particular. They catered to general studio production.
- cdavid 3mo agoAlso NI, etc. was very linked to the scene from the early days. Cubase, etc. have no such link that I know how, but there was still the strong hacker culture around atari and to a lesser degree amiga (vs PC), when PC was just not usable for anything low latency in mid 90ies.
- _DeadFred_ 4mo agoI counter with Santa Cruz/Scotts Valley. -Emu -Plugin Alliance -UAD -Autotune -Burl