Welcome to Products of Music, a podcast sharing inside stories and expert insights on product innovation in music technology.
In this episode:
Host Adam Wakeling speaks with Oliver Ackermann, founder of Death By Audio.
We chat about Oliver's founder story, his approach to both analog and digital pedal design, his thoughts on the current state of affairs, from social issues to the rise and impact of AI, and he answers some quick-fire questions, and questions from you too.
Chapters:
00:00 Preview
01:12 Intro
02:32 Oliver's founder story
04:30 25th anniversary of DBA
07:15 Inspiration and ideas creation
09:10 Digital DSP in Death By Audio pedals
12:26 Early stages of development insights
15:05 How Oliver makes pedals better
19:40 Sponsor segment (+ me playing)
20:46 Experimentation versus intention
25:00 DSP process at Death By Audio
28:50 "There are no new effects pedals"
29:20 Speed Tripper
30:16 New pedal - Amp Crash
33:10 Chaos versus order
36:00 Graphic design insights
37:37 Oliver's favourite DBA designs
39:31 What Oliver is most concerned about
40:37 AI is potentially terrifying
47:25 Thoughts on Death By Audio clones
51:33 Olivers favourite DBA pedal
51:51 Most underrated DBA pedal
53:45 Top 3 pedals of all time
55:49 Community questions
01:03:30 Outro
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