Episode 43 : Music Tech Pioneers VIII : Manfred Rürup : Steinberg : The Early Years !
About this episode
The episode features an interview with Manfred Rürup discussing his early career in music technology and the founding of Steinberg.
Music Tech Pioneers VIII : Manfred Rürup : Steinberg : The Early Years ! Hosted by Vin Curigliano of AAVIM Technology, I am joined by guest co-host Pete Brown of Microsoft and special guest Manfred Rürup, who is the Co-Founder and Ex CEO of Steinberg. We cover Manfred's early history with music and technology , and how that lead to a Professional Recording and Performing Career throughout the 70's and early 80's, before crossing paths with Charlie Steinberg in the early 80's, and founding Steinberg Research. We discuss Manfred's professional music career across multiple bands and performing artists, sharing some adventures that were encountered navigating those heady days of recording and touring during that era, cover some of the albums and music styles explored , gear used, etc, from early Prog Rock, Fusion, Experimental, to German New Wave. We cover the early pioneering days of being one of the first to explore computer based sequencing on less than ideal computer hardware, the evolution of the sequencing packages that paved the way to the innovations that the team visualised and brought to the ground breaking and game changing release of Cubase in 1989, that became the…
People in this episode
Host: Vin Curigliano
Guests: Pete Brown, Manfred Rürup
Topics covered
- music technology
- pioneers
- recording history
- DAW development
- interviews
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Steinberg, Microsoft, AAVIM Technology
Books & works: Cubase
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