May 11, 2026
Music Tech Pioneers VII : Wolfgang Kundrus : Steinberg,
Studio One and Beyond !
Hosted by Vin Curigliano of AAVIM Technology, I am joined by guest
co-host Pete Brown of Microsoft and special guest Wolfgang Kundrus,
who is one of the leading and most influential music software
architects of the last 4 decades.
He was part of the team behind Steinberg Cubase and Nuendo, as well
as the game changing innovations that were brought forward during
that tenure.
He was also the co-founder of PreSonus Software and one of the
leading developers of Studio One, and is currently the lead
developer of the Opus Engine at East West.
We discuss Wolfgangs early history with music and technology , and
how that lead a path to joining the team at Steinberg, the concepts
and innovations that he brought to Cubase ( arrange window/toolbox,
etc ) that became the blueprint for the way DAW workflow
environments were approached and implemented across most if not all
DAW’s that followed.
We cover the early days of introducing digital audio to the Cubase
sequencing environment, the preliminary excursions using initially
3rd party audio hardware, then moving to the first native version
on Atari Falcon, and the eventual evolution of VST ( Virtual Studio
Technology ), which launched the native DAW era on Mac and
Windows.
We discuss the development of Nuendo, the eventual merging of the
codebase with Cubase SX, and the exodus after the initial Steinberg
sale to Pinnacle.
We also cover Wolfgang co-founding Presonus Software and being a
lead developer of Studio One, his move to East West to lead
the Opus Engine Development, his recent adventures with AI coding,
sharing some great insights and behind the scenes stories, and
much, much more.
Host & Guest Links :
AAVIM Technology : www.aavimt.com.au
DAWbench : www.dawbench.com
Microsoft : www.microsoft.com
Pete Brown : https://twitter.com/Pete_Brown
Wolfgang Kundrus : https://www.linkedin.com/in/wkundrus/
East West : https://www.soundsonline.com/
VO :
Andrew Peters : www.andrewpetersvo.com
Music Themes :
Original DAWbench VI Theme Music composed by Rob John : Independent
Music Productions : http://www.indmusicprods.com
DAWbench Radio Show ReMix by Erin McKimm : www.erinmckimm.com
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