This video captures an interview, via Nick Batt and sonicstate, with industrial designer Axel Hartmann.

If you’ve played a synthesizer, there’s a good chance you’ve played one designed by Axel Hartmann. Hartmann is responsible for the industrial design of:

• Waldorf synths, including the MicroWave, Wave, Blofeld and others;
• the Alesis Andromeda Analog Synthesizer;
• the Hartmann Neuron;
• the Access Virus Polar;
• the Moog Little Phatty and Minimoog Voyager XL;
• Arturia’s Origin, Spark & MiniBrute;
• the StudioLogic Sledge;
• the Schmidt Analog Synthesizer;
• and many others.

Interview Summary:

An interview with one of the most prolific designers to work on synthesizer design – Axel is responsible for the design aspect of many classic synthesizers both hardware and software.