Ausgabe 11/2026
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Ausgabe 11/2026
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20 Years of Beat
and still keeping
pace with the Times
When we founded Beat in 2005, it was based on a fairly simple observation: the world was going digital, yet the media landscape was still largely rooted in its analog past.
At falkemedia, we already had Mac Life, a magazine covering the new digital world surrounding Apple. DigitalPHOTO followed shortly after. Wherever you looked – computers, photography, music production – there was a strong legacy, yet transformation was happening at breakneck speed. I had always been a hobbyist musician myself and had early encounters with Cubase Audio and Logic. I was producing songs on my computer back when some of my peers were still turning up their noses at electronic music.
That’s how the idea for a music magazine came about – one that didn‘t think in terms of classic categories like keyboards, guitars, or drums. We wanted to understand music production as a whole – and, above all, look at where it was heading.
And so, Beat was born.
Thomas became our first editorinchief. Carsten Bergmeier developed the logo and, toge ther with Sven Möller, created the design – the DNA of which is still recognizable today. Mario Schumacher has been part of the core team since that very first magazine – now serving as Managing Editor. Alex BotaWeber took over from Thomas and drove the push toward digita lization. Marco Scherer has consistently continued this path since taking the helm.
After all, Beat is now far more than just a magazine. It is a platform, a community, and an international provider of the tools musicians need for their creativity: knowledge, plugins, samples, sounds, and digital instruments – spanning from Germany to Japan and North Ame rica. The 700 MB of CD content from the early days has grown into more than 10 GB of soft ware and sound content every month.
It moves me to see that Beat remains relevant after 20 years. Even though I am no longer involved in daytoday operations, my love for music remains. For me, 20 years of Beat demonstrate one thing above all: the future is not created by simply following change, but by actively shaping it.
Thank you to everyone who has been doing just that since 2005 – and a special thank you to this outstanding team.
Kassian A. Goukassian
Managing Director falkemedia GmbH & Co. KG
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