How I’m building the largest online audio developer community in the world

**** How I’m building the largest online audio developer community in the world (and a little about my app) ****
Over the past 2 years, The Audio Programmer has become one of the largest online resources for audio development, and no one is more surprised than me - considering that I barely knew any C++ when starting the channel (and still consider myself very much a beginner). How did this happen?
In this talk, I will discuss my perspective on the state of audio development. Why is it so difficult for companies to find qualified developers, and what can we do to improve?
I will also showcase a prototype of my DJ app called Scratch Champion. What is it? Think Guitar Hero for DJs (but with real equipment).

**** SPEAKERS ****
Joshua Hodge - Josh's path into audio programming has been anything but typical - as a moderately successful DJ and music producer, he found himself broke with his career at a halt at the age of 37 with no idea what to do with his life. In 2015, he decided to try his hand at code, enrolling in the Music Computing course at Goldsmiths University.
During his 2nd year at university, he was so excited by the new skills that he was learning that he decided to start a YouTube Channel called The Audio Programmer, where he teaches people audio programming as he learns new skills. Since then, the channel has grown into one of the largest communities for audio development on the web, with video tutorials, podcasts, written blogs, and a discussion group of nearly 2,000 audio developers of all levels from around the world.
Since graduating, he has had the opportunity to work with some of the most amazing companies in the world, including Ableton and ROLI / JUCE. The roles he has served in have been widely varied - project / product management, consultancy, event organization, and of course, software development.
He has also been working on his own app called Scratch Champion, which uses the power of machine learning to help teach DJ’s how to scratch. A prototype of the app has showcased with Intel in New York and San Francisco, and has earned accolades from some of the top DJ’s in the world.

**** ABOUT THE MEETUP ****

The Audio Developers meetup is organised by the ROLI team responsible for the Audio Developer Conference, the largest annual gathering of audio developers.

The recurring themes of the meetup are: Digital Signal Processing, 3D audio, embedded audio, plug-in development, audio for mobile and more.

As always, there will be 🍕 after the event.

Please remember to sign up at the CodeNode event page: https://skillsmatter.com/meetups/12709-audio-developers-club-august-meetup

**** HOW TO CONTRIBUTE?****
We welcome proposals from individuals and company alike. Please contact adc@roli.com with an outline of your talk and we'll get back to you.

**** NOTE ****
The talks itself start at 7pm but you are free to grab a drink from the space bar from 6pm onwards and meet other audio developers.