[tnolet]

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.

[cdavid]

Partially 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

[coldtea]

Ableton 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]

Also 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.

[SuddsMcDuff]

I never knew that, and it is _really_ interesting! My DAW of choice (Bitwig) also based in Berlin...

[Kye]

Bitwig was started by former Ableton people.

[_DeadFred_]

I counter with Santa Cruz/Scotts Valley.

-Emu

-Plugin Alliance

-UAD

-Autotune

-Burl