Robert Kausch
Software Developer at PreSonus Software Ltd.
Hamburg, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolRobert Kausch is a seasoned software developer with 24 years of experience, currently building audio-focused software at PreSonus Software and maintaining the long-running fre:ac audio converter he founded. He combines practical backend engineering with QA/test automation expertise, contributing meaningful unit tests and fixes to notable open-source projects like the FLAC codec. At Otto Group he spent over a decade integrating SAP and business-focused software, bringing enterprise discipline to product-grade audio tools. Robert’s work shows attention to low-level correctness—CRC and bitreader test improvements—and pragmatic performance tuning, such as limiting worker threads based on track counts. Based in Hamburg, he pairs a formal diploma in Computer Science for Business with a developer’s temperament for reliable, user-facing audio processing. His footprint on widely used audio tooling reflects both longevity and a deep understanding of media pipelines.
24 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma, Computer Science for Business, Diploma, Computer Science for Business at Nordakademie University of Applied Sciences
German, English
Github Skills (17)
c-language10
testing10
c1110
c1710
audio10
cprogramming-language10
decode9
decoding9
multithreading9
encoding9
fileio9
file-access9
file-handling9
file-processing9
code-optimization8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
enzo1982/freac
Sep 2002 - Jan 2023
The fre:ac audio converter project
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:887 releases, 2278 commits, 58 PRs in 20 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Robert contributed to the freac project by modifying the conversion engine and the tag editor. They implemented a mechanism to limit the number of worker threads based on the number of tracks to convert. Additionally, they addressed input verification in single-file conversions and modified file name patterns to account for album artists and album information. The user also worked on fixes to support different sample rates.
unixaudio-convertermp3c-plus-plusmulti-platform
xiph/flac
May 2013 - Oct 2020
Free Lossless Audio Codec
Role in this project:QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:14 commits, 4 PRs, 18 comments in 7 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Robert primarily contributed to the unit testing of the FLAC library. Their work involved creating new unit tests for CRC calculation and bitreader functionality, as well as adding tests for word-wise CRC16 functions and correcting existing tests. The user also fixed CRC calculation issues for smaller data blocks and contributed to minor test improvements. These changes enhance the reliability and robustness of the FLAC library.
audio-codecdecodinglossless-compression-algorithmlosslesscodec
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