FL Studio 负责人 Constantin Koehncke：在 Reddit 上寻找反馈与乐趣

FL Studio head Constantin Koehncke turns to Reddit for feedback and fun

The Image Line CEO hits the forums and subreddits every day to keep in touch with his users. 这位 Image Line 的首席执行官每天都会浏览论坛和 Reddit 版块，以保持与用户的联系。

If you’re a music maker of a certain age, then you probably once dabbled with a pirated copy of a little app called Fruity Loops. These days it’s called FL Studio, and Constantin Koehncke is the man responsible for shepherding the pioneering digital audio workstation (DAW) through the modern age. As CEO of Image Line, the company behind FL Studio, Constantin has overseen the introduction of a number of AI-powered features like stem separation and its Gopher chatbot. 如果你是一位有一定阅历的音乐制作人，那么你可能曾经接触过一款名为 Fruity Loops 的小软件的盗版。如今它被称为 FL Studio，而 Constantin Koehncke 正是带领这款开创性数字音频工作站（DAW）迈向现代化的掌舵人。作为 FL Studio 背后的公司 Image Line 的首席执行官，Constantin 主导引入了多项人工智能功能，例如音轨分离技术和 Gopher 聊天机器人。

Before taking the reins of Image Line in 2022, Constantin was the head of Native Instruments, where he spearheaded the shift towards digital services, did a stint in marketing, and was a freelance music journalist for half a decade. Through it all, he tries to keep his ear to the ground, hanging out in FL Studio forums, reading Reddit every day, and regularly reminding himself of FL Studio’s humble roots. 在 2022 年接管 Image Line 之前，Constantin 曾担任 Native Instruments 的负责人，在那里他引领了公司向数字服务的转型，从事过市场营销工作，并曾担任过五年的自由音乐记者。尽管经历丰富，他始终保持着敏锐的洞察力，经常活跃在 FL Studio 论坛中，每天阅读 Reddit，并时刻提醒自己不忘 FL Studio 起步时的初心。

What is your most indispensable tool (analog or digital, app or hardware)? 你最不可或缺的工具是什么（模拟或数字，软件或硬件）？

AirPods Pro. Calls, podcasts, walks, flights, and, controversially, even listening to music. They’re the only piece of technology that’s with me pretty much all day. If I lose them, my productivity drops by about 40 percent. AirPods Pro。无论是通话、听播客、散步、飞行，甚至（虽然有争议）听音乐。它们是我几乎全天候随身携带的唯一科技产品。如果弄丢了它们，我的工作效率会下降约 40%。

What is one thing you wish you could change about your phone? 你希望改变手机的哪一点？

The new iOS Contacts UI. Apple somehow took something that used to require two obvious taps and turned it into a collection of mysterious UI elements that I’m constantly afraid to press. Am I getting older, or is the iPhone slowly getting worse at being a phone? 新的 iOS 联系人界面。苹果不知为何把原本只需两次简单点击就能完成的操作，变成了一堆让我不敢轻易点击的神秘 UI 元素。是我老了，还是 iPhone 作为手机的功能正在慢慢变差？

What sites do you have pinned to your tab bar? 你在标签栏固定了哪些网站？

Mostly internal dashboards, product docs, analytics, the FL Studio forums, and Reddit. Checking them every morning has become muscle memory. 主要是内部仪表板、产品文档、分析数据、FL Studio 论坛和 Reddit。每天早上查看它们已经成了我的肌肉记忆。

How many tabs do you have open right now? 你现在开了多少个标签页？

Thirty-four across two windows. They’re organized, though, which is an important distinction. One browser window is work (lots of tabs), the other is everything else (also lots of tabs). No day ends with open tabs. Tab Zero means I can finally go to sleep. 两个窗口共 34 个。不过它们是有组织的，这一点很重要。一个浏览器窗口用于工作（很多标签页），另一个用于其他所有事情（也有很多标签页）。我不会让任何一天在开启标签页的状态下结束。清空标签页意味着我终于可以睡觉了。

Which social media platform do you use the most (if any)? 你使用最多的社交媒体平台是什么（如果有的话）？

Reddit is the only place I still happily scroll. It’s imperfect, but it still feels like the old internet: people arguing about incredibly niche topics because they genuinely care, mixed with genuinely funny nonsense. I also spend a lot of time on YouTube and Substack — best for learning and staying up to date. Reddit 是我唯一还会乐于浏览的地方。它并不完美，但依然保留着旧互联网的感觉：人们因为真心热爱而争论极其冷门的话题，其中还夹杂着真正有趣的胡言乱语。我也花很多时间在 YouTube 和 Substack 上——它们是学习和获取最新资讯的最佳渠道。

LinkedIn comes with the CEO job. It’s useful once you learn to mentally filter out the AI-generated thought leadership about what fatherhood taught someone about B2B enterprise sales. You know the kind: One sentence. Per paragraph. LinkedIn 是 CEO 工作的标配。一旦你学会从心理上过滤掉那些关于“为人父如何教会某人 B2B 企业销售”的 AI 生成式“思想领导力”内容，它还是很有用的。你知道那种风格：一段话。只有一句。

What is your happy place online? 你在网络上的精神避风港是什么？

Long-form journalism. The New Yorker. FT Weekend. The Economist. Anything that still believes a complicated topic deserves more than a hot take and a thumbnail. 深度新闻报道。《纽约客》、《金融时报》周末版、《经济学人》。任何依然坚信复杂议题值得深入探讨，而非仅仅依靠热点评论和缩略图来博眼球的内容。

What is your favorite gadget you’ve ever owned? 你拥有过的最喜欢的电子产品是什么？

Maybe not ever, but definitely right now: my Teenage Engineering OB-4 speaker. It’s classic industrial design inspired by Dieter Rams’ philosophy of “weniger, aber besser” (less, but better). The built-in handle means I can carry it from room to room, which has recently made it the soundtrack device to getting my daughter to sleep. 也许不是有史以来最喜欢的，但绝对是当下的最爱：我的 Teenage Engineering OB-4 音箱。它经典的工业设计灵感源自迪特·拉姆斯（Dieter Rams）“少即是多”（weniger, aber besser）的哲学。内置的提手让我可以把它从一个房间带到另一个房间，最近它成了我哄女儿入睡时的背景音乐播放器。

Which tech trend do you wish would go away? 你希望哪种科技趋势消失？

Just because something’s possible doesn’t mean it’s a good idea. The idea that replacing human creativity is somehow a noble pursuit misses the point entirely. Writing, painting, and making music are some of the most fundamentally human things we do. Technology should give people more ways to express themselves and unlock their creativity — not replace the very act of creating. 仅仅因为某件事在技术上可行，并不意味着它是个好主意。认为取代人类创造力是一种崇高追求的想法完全偏离了重点。写作、绘画和创作音乐是我们最本质的人类活动。技术应该为人们提供更多表达自我和释放创造力的方式，而不是取代创造行为本身。

Which creation are you the most proud of? 你最引以为傲的创造是什么？

Creating environments where talented people can focus on building things that users genuinely want and love. 创造出一种环境，让有才华的人能够专注于打造用户真正想要和喜爱的产品。

What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received? 你收到过最好的建议是什么？

“Many things can be true at the same time.” We live in an economy optimized for certainty, outrage, and instant opinions. Reality is usually messier. Acknowledging that is a much better starting point for solving problems than pretending everything has a simple answer. “许多事情可以同时成立。”我们生活在一个为确定性、愤怒和即时观点而优化的经济环境中。现实通常更加混乱。承认这一点，比假装一切都有简单答案，是解决问题更好的起点。

What do you do when you’re feeling stuck? 当你感到卡壳时会做什么？

Go for a walk, then sit down with a blank sheet of paper and write down the problem. Breaking it down to first principles works surprisingly often. The rest usually resolves itself after coffee. 去散散步，然后坐下来，拿出一张白纸写下问题。将其拆解为第一性原理往往出奇地有效。剩下的问题通常在喝完咖啡后就能迎刃而解。

What’s the last piece of physical media you bought? 你最近购买的实体媒介是什么？

The Chronicles of Doom, the MF DOOM biography (I’m a fan). Somehow I’ve never managed to get into ebooks, so I keep buying paper ones. 《The Chronicles of Doom》，MF DOOM 的传记（我是他的粉丝）。不知为何我一直无法习惯电子书，所以我还是会不断购买纸质书。

What do you think is worth splurging on? 你认为什么值得挥霍？

Sports equipment. In my case, a Standert Pfadfinder steel bike. 运动器材。对我来说，是一辆 Standert Pfadfinder 钢架自行车。

What would the tagline for your biopic be? 如果为你拍一部传记片，标语会是什么？

Failed DJ turns helping other people make music into a career. 失败的 DJ 将帮助他人创作音乐变成了一项事业。

What’s the last GIF or meme you used? 你最近使用的 GIF 或表情包是什么？

This pops up from time to time, and I just recently sent it to someone. It’s funny because it’s true. Music owes a lot to Didier “Gol” Dambrin for inventing FL Studio. 这个梗时不时会出现，我最近刚发给别人。它之所以好笑，是因为它是事实。音乐界欠 Didier “Gol” Dambrin 很多，因为他发明了 FL Studio。