Ableton co-creator Robert Henke: “It’s clear that AI will change a lot of things in the music industry… We are looking at ways to incorporate that into our workflow in a way that’s inspiring, beneficial and interesting”

Robert Henke.

Born in Munich to a family of engineers, it was only natural that Robert Henke would someday combine his passion for audio-visuals, computer graphics and music production and become a technology toolmaker. 

Whilst studying programming at Technische Universität Berlin, Henke teamed up with Gerhard Behles. The duo founded the minimal techno project Monolake in 1995 and also began using the music programming language Max, which would later go on to provide a prototype for the duo’s own music making software – Ableton Live.