Oli Larkin: Creator of iPlug2 and Web Audio Modules | WolfTalk #015

In this podcast episode, I was lucky to interview Oliver Larkin: an audio programming legend from the UK.Starting with a passion for music, going through Max, SynthEdit, PureData, then C++ to JavaScript and others, there is no audio technology that's not known to him. He has worked on projects with Arturia and Focusrite (among many more) and nowadays works for Ableton. He has conducted research in spatial audio, and has created successful plugins, like the Casio CZ-101 synthesizer emulation.He is most widely known as the co-author of Web Audio Modules and iPlug2: an C++ framework for creating audio plugins and web-hosted audio apps. It allows you to have a single codebase that builds various plugin formats out of the box, e.g., VST, AAX, and AU. Sounds familiar? That's because it is an alternative to the JUCE framework.With 20 years of experience in audio programming, he can be a role model for aspiring audio programmers.All this and more, including Oli’s learning path is discussed in this podcast episode!Note: If you like the podcast so far, please, go to Apple Podcasts and leave me a review there. It will benefit both sides: more reviews mean a broader reach on Apple Podcasts and feedback can help me to improve the show and provide better quality content to you. Thank you for doing this 🙏Episode Contents In this podcast episode, you will learn:how Oli has learned audio programming thanks to his passion for musichow his carreer path unfolded from the university up until today when he’s working full-time for Ableton in Berlinhow he collaborated with Plugin Boutique at its very starthow he came up with the idea of iPlug2 and what are the challenges involvedhow he came across the idea of Web Audio Modules and helped develop them furtherhow to be a successful freelancer in the field of audio programminghow indie developers can make their audio plugins successfulwhat’s his tech stackbest resources on learning music DSP