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ilitzroth



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 9:30 am    Post subject: Looking for computer music job Reply with quote

Hi,
I'm looking for a job as a programmer in the computer music industry. I think I have all the necessary qualification:
* C++/Java experience on MacOS (+5Years), Windows(+ 5Years) and Unix.
* Good knowledge of Midi and Audio programming.
* Play several styles of Music (keyboards) read, write music (From Bach to
Weather Report).
So my questions:
* Is there anything that would enhance my chances of getting a music related job?
* What firms would be interested in someone with my profile? Should I just
send CV's to them.
Thanks in advance for the feedback,
Immanuel
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 5:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

it really depends on where you live... if you're italian, forget about music and start looking for another job... Mad
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ilitzroth



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 6:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm Belgian, but that does not seem to make a whole lot of a difference.
I'm willing to relocate though.
Immanuel
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Daz
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 6:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

One place to find jobs in this sector is here : http://careers.midi.org/home/index.cfm?site_id=430

One way to improve your resume is to get some free software out there and make a name for yourself. If you write a free VST instrument or effect and hundred or thousands of people are using it and making music with it, that makes you look good and proves your abilities.

Daz.
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viberunner



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 6:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Daz wrote:
If you write a free VST instrument or effect and hundred or thousands of people are using it and making music with it, that makes you look good and proves your abilities.


This. A thousand times over this.

Write an instrument or effect that plays to your strengths as a programmer, but try to find one that isn't really done by many other VST/i's.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 8:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Native Instruments in Berlin was hiring a programmer or two just last week.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 11:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm also looking for a job in the music technology industry. Any job really. I looked at the NI jobs but, whilst I aced German at GCSE, I had to drop it at A-Level in favour of IT. I don't speak good enough German for NI certainly.

I also looked at careers.MIDI.org but it was all US based.

Eventually I want to form my own business making cutting edge music technology for the masses - where the big MT businesses are slacking on innovation, I'd like to build a business based around new technology and graduate skills.

I think a lot of work in this industry is based on reputation and experience.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 10:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

When I finished my BSc in computer science I went to an introduction day of a technical music school to combine programming with music. However, they said: if you want to work in this industry, prepare to make sure you are capable to find your own work, or as said above: the competition is high so make sure you stand above the rest.

Good luck and hope you can manage to find a job (or generate your own).
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Swiss Frank



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PostPosted: Sun Aug 28, 2011 11:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I was infatuated with synthesizers before I owned one or even could use one much (eg, a couple friends, a couple of minutes now and then).

The 1980's started with many US companies but it seemed both in and outside of music the Japanese companies were taking over. So, upon starting University in 1985, in addition to Computer Science, I studied Japanese.

I never actually applied to a Japanese music company, though. I took what I thought would be a summer job at a Japanese computer company, stayed several years, then switched to financial software.

However, nowadays computers are powerful enough that you can write great synth software on your own. In this way, its a great time to have your interest. Indeed, I'd ask, what is your main draw to join a firm, as opposed to work by yourself (or in a virtual net of others)?
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 28, 2011 5:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Swiss Frank wrote:
However, nowadays computers are powerful enough that you can write great synth software on your own. In this way, its a great time to have your interest. Indeed, I'd ask, what is your main draw to join a firm, as opposed to work by yourself (or in a virtual net of others)?



I'd be interested in working with a group of like minded people.

I think it's important to note that for some of us who have debts in education and such, going out and going it all on your own isn't necessarily an option. When it comes to certain areas, it also helps to have the input of other people (for example like me, you might be great at writing audio processing code but rubbish at UI stuff).
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zeroeye



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 18, 2013 12:37 pm    Post subject: Update ? Reply with quote

Hi all !

I am a fresh graduating Computer Science student and I would love, as well, to become an audio oriented developer, just like ilitzroth wrote.

ilitzroth and X-Trade, would you like to share how did it go ?

Any further suggestion ? Very Happy

Thanks

P.S. the geographical context is Paris, France
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Swiss Frank



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 7:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nice to get a post on a 2-year-old thread.

Sorry I don't have any specific advice, but I would say that if any such company is hiring, they'd look very favorably on any computer/audio-related projects you could do. So while you're looking, spend every second you can on this type of work. Even if there's no hope of seeing money from a project, start your own or contribute to someone else's.

Personally, I've spent the last couple months finally "doing an audio project on my own." My product Moselle is nearing initial release. Its a textual "Modular Synthesizer Language" (which kind of forms an acronym Moselle). I'm going to have an initial free release maybe at the end of this month.

Screenshots are available at: http://moselle.invisionzone.com/index.php?/gallery/album/1-pre-release-screenshots/

Forums, Development Diary and so on are at: http://moselle.invisionzone.com .

Please sign up as a member if you want an automated mail when there's a release. This is also very early in the development cycle, so initial members will have a huge say in the direction of future development.

The good news is that Moselle's very flexible. For instance, I decided to try to simulate a Leslie speaker cabinet. With about an hour of time, I assembled two digital delays, two LFOs, three filters, and two "slew" modules and managed to get something pretty convincing. Bass rotor, treble rotor, accurate crossover frequency; independent rotating speeds; separate times for both of them speeding up and slowing down; louder when its pointing towards you, doppler shift. I added some soft clipping distortion by mapping through a tanh() function, and voila, my simple stored-waveform oscillator with just some octave harmonics suddenly sounded like a real Hammond.

As another project, I read the patents for the Casio CZ "Phase Modulation" oscillators, which only use a sine wave but modulate it to form things similar to sawtooths, squares, PW, and even resonance. I duplicated the soundwave (albeit using FM, not PM, so I believe its not a patent infringement) in about four hours.

(BTW, both of these projects I did as a USER of Moselle, not as the developer.)

The bad news is that Moselle is currently Windows-only and VERY slow so its hard to play more than about 1 note at a time right now if you're playing a standard "pop music" type of patch. I have plans to improve performance but it will be time-consuming, so I'm waiting to see if people can even get interested in the idea of programming a synth with a programming language instead of GUI.
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zeroeye



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 1:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thank Swiss Frank,

What you say must absolutely be true, I guess we should be like the designers, where they provide a "portfolio" of work that just describes it-self.

I am reading always more about how important this is. I will follow your suggestion.


And thank you very much for sharing the Moselle project ! I like modularity a lot, and I think it is interesting. I'm definitely following it on its forum.
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