How To Transition From Live Sound To Freelance Audio Programming With Ruurd Adema | WolfTalk #018

WolfTalk: Podcast About Audio Programming (People, Careers, Learning)

In this podcast episode, I was lucky to interview Ruurd Adema: a freelance audio developer from the Netherlands working primarily in JUCE and C++ (but not only).

I met Ruurd at the Audio Developer Conference 2023 and I believe his story is incredibly inspiring; he went from being a live sound engineer doing front-of-house (FOH) mixing at the biggest events in the Netherlands to contracting as a freelance audio developer.

In the interview, he shares his story and a ton of useful resources and tips to help others follow his footsteps.

If you’re looking for inspiration and a clear learning path to become an audio developer this is an episode for you!

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Episode contents

In this podcast episode, you will learn:

• how Ruurd become a mixing engineer of one of the largest live shows in the world,
• the secret to mixing it right 😉
• how he started learning audio programming on the side (and how you can too),
• how he successfully launched his freelance audio dev career by taking 5 (sic!) projects at once,
• top resources to learn audio programming on your own,
• top tools to use in audio software development,
• how to find new clients in freelance audio programming, and
• how to structure your workday for maximum programming productivity. 🚀

This episode was recorded on December 13, 2023.