Get with the programmers
As we’re giving away SynthMaster Player this issue, we put KV331’s CTO Bulent Biyikoglu in the chair
Bulent Biyikoglu
KV331 Audio
cm How did you get into music software development?
BB “I’ve always been interested in music and computers. I remember writing a simple program when I was young to turn the Commodore 64’s built-in keyboard into a monophonic synth! When I was studying electrical engineering, I concentrated on learning digital signal processing and C++ programming. My graduation project was a realtime effects processor software called EffectsMaster, which played a vital role in my career: once I released it as shareware on the internet in 1997, I received a job offer from PG Music and moved to the other side of the world. Then, in 1998 I received another offer from Digidesign and moved to Palo Alto, CA. That was a hell of an experience for me working in the team that built Pro Tools!”