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ATS · Post by **ATS** » Tue Feb 26, 2019 7:23 am

seems like hardly any devs are in the USA, is this right?

elassi · Post by **elassi** » Tue Feb 26, 2019 7:30 am

Eventide, SoundToys... (besides Spectrasonics) come to mind without thinking.

edit (after thinking): Harrison

medienhexer · Post by **medienhexer** » Tue Feb 26, 2019 7:52 am

I think the disproportionate part would have to be seen in relation to the number of overall citizens, too. Then there may be a case, seeing that there’s only 10 million Swedes in Sweden.

Tsubasai · Post by **Tsubasai** » Tue Feb 26, 2019 8:30 am

Roland,Korg,Yamaha,A.O.M,HY-plugins,Dotec Audio,Internet(DAW Dev) and also Minimal Instruments are from Japan! There are lots of Japanese audio hardwares makers too!

elassi · Post by **elassi** » Tue Feb 26, 2019 8:32 am

...not to mention the creator of Synth1, the best freeware synth ever coded in human history.

elassi · Post by **elassi** » Tue Feb 26, 2019 8:33 am

France, btw, is another upcoming cluster of DSP professionals.

Urs · Post by **Urs** » Tue Feb 26, 2019 8:42 am

ATS wrote: Tue Feb 26, 2019 7:23 am seems like hardly any devs are in the USA, is this right?

I think the cost of living and business expectations are so high in the US, making audio plug-ins simply isn't considered a viable business model.

spunkmuffin · Post by **spunkmuffin** » Tue Feb 26, 2019 8:44 am

1. Education system has not been financialised.
2. Long history & respect for engineering and crafting.
3. Germany still has a functioning apprenticeship culture.
...among other things...

spunkmuffin · Post by **spunkmuffin** » Tue Feb 26, 2019 8:51 am

4. They really like music but because they don't get enough sun it makes them too shy to sing or play in a band so they code music plugins instead.

machinesworking · Post by **machinesworking** » Tue Feb 26, 2019 9:30 am

Another silly thread.
France- Arturia, UVI, iRcam, Ohm Force
USA- Spectrasonics, Nomad Factory, Eventide, SoundToys, Slate, Lexicon, Peavy, Positive Grid..
That's just off the top of my head.

Germany has more audio software developers than anywhere else, but I don't see some major amount, or lessor amount coming out of other places?

Italy and Sweden make great showings based on size no doubt.

With DAWs it's pretty much all the USA and Germany.

Michael L · Post by **Michael L** » Tue Feb 26, 2019 9:43 am

The real question is why Lagos, Nigeria doesn't have more plugin developers when it has twice the population of Sweden, and what are Lagotians doing with their time if they are not developing plugins?

Bombadil · Post by **Bombadil** » Tue Feb 26, 2019 1:05 pm

Trying to scam westerners out of their lifesavings?

Rastkovic · Post by **Rastkovic** » Mon May 27, 2019 8:56 pm

United States -> Audio Damage, Xfer Records

But you are definitely right. I looked at my plugins folder and indeed, a lot of plugins are from Germany or Sweden....

perfumer · Post by **perfumer** » Mon May 27, 2019 9:02 pm

Michael L wrote: Tue Feb 26, 2019 9:43 am The real question is why Lagos, Nigeria doesn't have more plugin developers when it has twice the population of Sweden, and what are Lagotians doing with their time if they are not developing plugins?

f**king

mixtur.se · Post by **mixtur.se** » Mon May 27, 2019 10:44 pm

Sweden is big on software in general, a lot of top games (candy crush saga, battlefield etc) are developed in Sweden for instance. Sweden also happens to be one of the biggest music exporters per capita with the likes of max Martin and others. Then we have Skype, Spotify, MySQL etc

Why are a disproportionate number of plugin developers based in Sweden and Germany?