Hi, I’m Dan Stesco, a senior sound designer and sound developer based in Bucharest, Romania. Over the past 15+ years, I’ve been working on official Korg sound development—creating factory presets, programs, combis, drum kits, SFX, and arpeggiator patterns for instruments including MicroStation, Kross, Krome, Kronos, Nautilus, Grandstage, and Vox. I also bring a strong production mindset from studio work, including mixing and mastering. I enjoy building demo songs and polished commercial sound content that’s ready for real use—combining technical sound design with a musician’s ear to make instruments feel expressive, musical, and immediate.

STESCO DAN GABRIEL

Hi, I’m Dan Stesco, a senior sound designer and sound developer based in Bucharest, Romania. Over the past 15+ years, I’ve been working on official Korg sound development—creating factory presets, programs, combis, drum kits, SFX, and arpeggiator patterns for instruments including MicroStation, Kross, Krome, Kronos, Nautilus, Grandstage, and Vox. I also bring a strong production mindset from studio work, including mixing and mastering. I enjoy building demo songs and polished commercial sound content that’s ready for real use—combining technical sound design with a musician’s ear to make instruments feel expressive, musical, and immediate.

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Hi, I’m Dan Stesco, a senior sound designer and sound developer based in Bucharest, Romania. Over the past 15+ years, I’ve been working on official Korg sound development—creating factory presets, programs, combis, drum kits, SFX, and arpeggiator patterns for instruments including MicroStation, Kross, Krome, Kronos, Nautilus, Grandstage, and Vox.

I also bring a strong production mindset from studio work, including mixing and mastering. I enjoy building demo songs and polished commercial sound content that’s ready for real use—combining technical sound design with a musician’s ear to make instruments feel expressive, musical, and immediate.

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Work Experience

Sound developer at Korg.Inc
April 29, 2009 - Present
Sound programming, sampling, arp patterns, drum programing at Korg.Inc
April 29, 2009 - Present
Sounnd developement , creation of new interesting and useful sounds for new ekectronic Keyboards instruments.
Senior Sound Designer Sound Developer at Korg
January 1, 2009 - Present
Official sound developer creating commercial factory sound content for Korg instruments. Responsible for developing factory presets/programs, combis, drum kits, SFX, and arpeggiator patterns, as well as contributing demo song material. Worked across multiple Korg keyboard platforms including MicroStation, Kross, Krome, Kronos, Nautilus, Grandstage, and Vox. Also involved in studio production work, including mixing and mastering tasks to deliver final sound libraries intended for retail/official distribution.
Senior Sound Developer at Korg
January 1, 2009 - Present
Official sound developer creating commercial factory sound content for Korg instruments. Responsible for developing factory presets and sound libraries, including programs, combis, drum kits, SFX, and arpeggiator patterns, as well as producing demo songs. Contributed across multiple keyboard product families (e.g., MicroStation, Kross, Krome, Kronos, Nautilus, Grandstage, Vox), supporting consistent sound quality and usability for end users through structured sound design and production workflows. Also provided expertise in studio production, mixing, and mastering as part of the sound-development process.

Education

Sound designer, editor at SAE Music
September 15, 1998 - June 30, 2002
Bachelor of Music at SAE Music
September 15, 1998 - June 30, 2002

Qualifications

PCM Specialist
January 10, 2010 - September 1, 2026

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Computers & Electronics