Organizer
AES
The Audio Engineering Society's mission is to promote the science and practice of audio by bringing leading people and ideas together.
Speaker
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Josh Hodge
Company: The Audio Programmer
Josh Hodge is the founder and CEO of The Audio Programmer (TAP), a 50,000+ member community dedicated to advancing the craft of audio software development. He leads TAP across three separate sectors – community / learning, a recruitment firm for music tech, and an audio software development agency. Through TAP’s YouTube channel, podcast, and collaborations, Josh has spent nearly a decade documenting and shaping the evolution of audio plugin development.
Organizer
AES
The Audio Engineering Society's mission is to promote the science and practice of audio by bringing leading people and ideas together.
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Audio Programming: Where We’ve Been, Where We Are, & Where We’re Heading
Audio programming has changed more in the last two years than in the previous ten. AI coding agents are lowering the barriers to writing audio software. Music tech companies are increasingly opening connection points to agentic workflows, and the boundary between “developer” and “musician building their own tools” is blurring fast. So where does that leave the craft, the community, and the next generation of audio developers? In this session, Josh Hodge, founder of The Audio Programmer, looks back at how we got here, takes honest stock of what’s actually changing right now, and offers a practitioner’s view of where things are heading. Drawing on the 50,000+ member TAP community, work with leading audio companies, and his own experience building AI-augmented development workflows, he’ll cover what’s becoming cheaper, what still requires deep human craft, and what new opportunities are opening up for those willing to adapt. Expect concrete examples and demonstrations, an unvarnished view of the present, and plenty of room for discussion.
