Posted by paul kafasis on september 28th, 2018 rogue amoeba s 16th birthday is coming up this sunday, so it seems an appropriate time to take a look back into the past. As a businessman i need to look at all the costs, paul kafasis, ceo of rogue amoeba software, told macworld. Rogue amoeba ceo and cofounder paul kafasis tells us about the new, updated version of soundsource, and the key features that make it almost a whole new product. Paul kafasis is the ceo and owner of rogue amoeba, the makers of awardwinning audio software, including audio hijack pro and. The beginnings of rogue amoeba came in 1998 when alex lagutin and paul kafasis began working together. Paul kafasis cofounder and ceo at rogue amoeba software boston, massachusetts computer software.
Paul kafasis of rogue amoeba software ars technica. On older macs, the headphone jack and the internal speakers are essentially separate ports on a single output device and only one of these ports is allowed to be active at a time. And paul kafasis, boss of rogue amoeba software, has the photos to prove it. Making more outside the app store infinite diaries. On friday of last week at macworld 07, brent simmons of newsgator netnewswire marsedit fame and paul kafasis of rogue amoebaaudio hijackairfoil. Rogue amoeba software is a privately held software company, based in the usa with. Weve got a great update for airfoil for mac today which enables it to once again send audio directly to all versions of the apple tv.
Paul kafasis is the cofounder and ceo of rogue amoeba software. Like hewitt, rogue amoeba developer paul kafasis told app store customers the cupertino, calif. Interview with rogue amoeba software cofounder paul kafasis. Paul kafasis of rogue amoeba helps us examine the subject of combining licenses for ios and mac apps. These guys make some of the most amazing mac apps and its great to see theyre heading into 2019 with a strong roadmap. Paul discusses the concept from the developer side, contemplating both pricing and. Paul kafasis, ceo of rogue amoeba, said it this way.
In 2019, we had almost 50 different releases across our line. Rogue amoeba quits iphone development network world. With the new year not being so new anymore, its well past time for rogue amoeba s annual status report. Paul kafasis is the ceolackey of rogue amoeba software, a company he cofounded in 2002. Much like music or book sales, there are a few huge winners, a bigger hand. I like being on rooftops, taking in water views, and eating delicious sandwiches. Developer paul kafasis joins us to discuss inhouse streaming. Gedeon maheux, justin williams, gus mueller, daniel jalkut, rich siegel, oliver breidenbach, jacob. To celebrate, they held a fifteenth anniversary sale on all their apps through 30 september 2017. Formed in 2002 by paul kafasis, alex lagutin and quentin carnicelli, rogue amoeba creates powerful and innovative audio tools primarily for macos.
His company specializes in stellar audio products for the mac such as. Its the beginning of a new year, which means its once again time for a rogue amoeba status report. Developers excited by iphone sdk but questions linger cio. If you need anything else, dont hesitate to contact paul kafasis directly. I certainly recommend that every develop sell direct via their site, and then consider other venues like the app store.
Because of this, audio can be sent to either the builtin speakers or the headphone jack, but not to both. Paul kafasis of rogue amoeba software infinite loop had a chance recently to sit down with paul kafasis, the ceo of jeff smykil feb 2, 2007 5. Rogue amoeba software is a privatelyheld company based in boston, ma, with offices around the globe. In that time weve delighted millions of users and earned some of the highest honors in the industry. The focus of the live stream block is on audio streaming, but the block automatically creates supplementary video, said paul kafasis, rogue amoeba s founder and owner. Read on for a recap of what we did in 2019, as well as a look at our plans for 2020. Congratulations then to paul kafasis and our other friends at rogue amoeba for outfitting the mac community with extraordinary audio tools for so many years. How to make money if i have a good idea for an android.
Rogue amoeba is working on an update of the decadeold program that ceo paul kafasis says. Their knowledge will help new iphone developers understand the steps to follow for success in this arena. An interview with paul kafasis, rogue amoeba karelia. As time went by, the developers number of apps grew and the companys reputation became cemented. Fission 2 from rogue amoeba at macworld podfeet podcasts. Rogue amoeba under the microscope blog archive rogue. Rogue amoebas paul kafasis expressed his despair that it took nearly four months for a simple bug fix to be approved. Bostonbased rogue amoeba is a globally distributed software development company that delivers a comprehensive suite of audiorelated tools for macos. Rogue amoeba becomes latest developer to quit app store in. Paul kafasis of rogue amoeba is our guest and we talk about their apps audio hijack, loopback, fission, and farrago, the business reasons why certain features and apps get built out and others dont, and whats coming to their apps in the future. Infinite loop had a chance recently to sit down with paul kafasis, the ceo of.
Rogue amoeba software is a privately held software company, based in the usa with offices around the globe. The literal one and only paul kafasis, of rogue amoeba and one foot tsunami. Paul kafasis is the ceo and owner of rogue amoeba, the makers of awardwinning audio software, including audio hijack pro and airfoil. We recently had a chance to sit down with paul kafasis, the ceo of rogue amoeba, to discuss a range of issues including, well, development, the appletv, the delicious generation, and windows software development. Join us for a quick tour of the evolution of our inapp license window. This interview with paul kafasis of rogue amoeba is the tenth in a series of interviews ive held with indie software developers about marketing mac software. Macs with t2 chip treat the headphone jack and the. When macworld was held in san francisco, i interviewed a young man who was launching an audio software startup. Rogue amoeba is home to fantastic macos audio products for consumers and professionals alike. Fission 2 makes a good companion to audio hijack pro. From recording and editing applications to soundboard and mixing software, the companys diverse product set was designed to meet the needs of hobbyists and studio technicians alike. Soon you most likely owned at least one app from rogue amoeba.
Magsafe to magsafe 2 adapter unboxed, to hilarious effect. Software applications and independent software vendors had been around for ages, but still, paul told us it was much less common to start a. In our case, however, its clear that we were serving apple, rather than apple serving us. Paul kafasis, the chief executive of rogue amoeba software in boston, has had a couple of runins with apple over iphone apps that apple initially rejected for different reasons. Theres no question its good news overall, said paul kafasis, ceo of rogue amoeba. That video enables these streams to work with videofocused services like youtube live, but the audio portion is the key. The development of mac apps through catalyst isnt quite as easy as apple made out, especially if a developer wants to optimize for the mac platform. Two of the contributors, paul kafasis ceo, rogue amoeba and oliver breidenbach ceo, boinx software, live and breathe the business side of software for the mac. At wwdc, tmo met with paul kafasis, the ceo of rogue amoeba, to talk about how his company ended up becoming audio gurus, the development of their audio products, why theyre not on the iphone.
As paul kafasis, ceo of rogue amoeba, aptly puts it, the app store is very much like the lottery, and very few companies are topping the charts. Next up to the plate is paul kafasis of rogue amoeba, makers of such apps as fission, airfoil and audio hijack pro. Fission 2 supports editing flac files, batch conversion, and transcoding to different audio formats from the source file. Allison interviews paul kafasis from rogue amoeba about their latest fission 2 audio editing software for the mac. In this video, rogue amoebas paul kafasis talks about the upcoming. With developers converging on san francisco for wwdc, were pulling a few aside to find out what theyre working on for the mac. Vpn deals iphone 11 pro iphone 11 apple watch 5 airpods pro ios. Rogue amoeba is known for making awardwinning audio software for mac os x, including the popular audio hijack and airfoil programs. Products, airfoil audio hijack audio hijack pro fission nicecast pulsar radioshift loopback piezo. We here at infinite loop are big fans of the mac developer community both small and large. You can see what hes thinking on his blog, one foot tsunami. I talked to developer and author erica sadun, james thomson of tla systems, paul kafasis of rogue amoeba software, and gregorio zanon of digidna. We talked about a lot this session these show notes dont do our conversation justice. I cofounded rogue amoeba software in 2002, and serve as ceo.
Now you can not only adjust the volume and control the output of various sources, but you can also add an equalizer and audio effects to those same sources, independent of each other. I dont believe the platypus is a real creature, and i think youre a sucker if you do. I run a company creating quality audio software for the mac, and enjoy the absurdities of life in my spare time. Since 2002, weve been making tools for macos to assist you with all your audio needs. I recommend checking out this post on the rogue amoeba website by ceo paul kafasis to read about the events in detail, but heres the gist. We started selling direct almost 15 years ago, and even while distributing in the mac app store, our software has always been available direct. They were later joined by quentin carnicelli, author of his own mp3 player. Magsafe to magsafe 2 adapter unboxed, to hilarious effect humor. I certainly wont state that every developer will have this same success if they remove a product from the mac app store and distribute it exclusively through their own site. We are going to talk a lot about rogue amoebas software which is only available for mac currently, although some of the functionality we talk about may be available for pc at some point. This post offers a look at what we did in 2018, as well as a glimpse at our plans for the future. Five questions with paul kafasis of rogue amoeba on vimeo. Developers excited by iphone sdk, but questions linger.
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