Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
We sit down with Sam Gribben — CEO of Melodics and former CEO of Serato — to talk about how that gap became a learning platform.
CHAPTERS
00:00 The pad explosion nobody could play
00:21 Meet Sam Gribben — from Serato to Melodics
01:31 Why people quit instruments (and what Duolingo got right)
07:17 Keys for producers, not pianists
09:00 Active learning, warm-ups and NAMM stories
11:15 From pads to real drums
13:05 Scoring an acoustic kit with just an iPhone
Meet the Maker is a new Noisegate series where we meet the minds behind our favourite music technology tools.
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We sit down with Sam Gribben — CEO of Melodics and former CEO of Serato — to talk about how that gap became a learning platform.
CHAPTERS
00:00 The pad explosion nobody could play
00:21 Meet Sam Gribben — from Serato to Melodics
01:31 Why people quit instruments (and what Duolingo got right)
07:17 Keys for producers, not pianists
09:00 Active learning, warm-ups and NAMM stories
11:15 From pads to real drums
13:05 Scoring an acoustic kit with just an iPhone
Meet the Maker is a new Noisegate series where we meet the minds behind our favourite music technology tools.
SUBSCRIBE for gear reviews, demos and artist features:
#Melodics #FingerDrumming #MusicProduction
🎥 Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and turn on notifications for the latest music gear content from Noisegate.
FOLLOW US:
facebook.com/noisegateAUS
instagram.com/noisegate_aus
https://noisegate.com.au/
Noisegate is an Australian based collective of working musicians, producers, DJs, and live audio professionals dedicated to bringing you the latest music gear news, tutorials, interviews and more. We cover a range of categories including guitars, bass, synths, keyboards, pro-audio, DJ gear, live audio, industry news and all the ways we make and interact with music and sound.
