IK Multimedia

Enrico Iori and Davide Barbi, both computer science graduates and musicians, founded IK Multimedia in Modena, Italy, in 1996, at a point when software-based music tools were still a fairly new idea. Their first release, GrooveMaker, was a loop-remixing package from 1998; the company has since grown into mastering plugins, virtual instruments, mobile audio interfaces and room-correction tools, alongside the amp-modelling software guitarists mostly know it for. TONEX, its AI-driven tone-capture platform, now spans a plugin, a pedal and dedicated hardware, and is the product line we cover most. IK now runs offices in Italy, the US and the UK. Here's what we've written.