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# ROLI & AudioCommon Named Top Music Tech Startups At SXSW Accelerator 2013
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/roli-audiocommon-named-top-music-tech-startups-at-sxsw-accelerator-2013/
- Published: 2013-03-25T09:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2013-03-25T09:30:00.000Z
- Description: From the dozens of music tech startups that applied to SXSW Accelerator, ROLI and AudioCommon were chosen by the judges as 2013's winners. London, UK based ROLI, creators of the. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2013/03/roli-audiocommon-named-top-music-tech-startups-at-sxsw-accelera
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From the dozens of music tech startups that applied to **SXSW Accelerator**, **ROLI** and **AudioCommon** were chosen by the judges as 2013's winners. London, UK based [ROLI](http://www.weareroli.com/?ref=hypebot.com)**,** creators of the Seaboard, a new musical instrument that bridges acoustic and digital music by putting control of pitch, volume and timbre right at the player's fingertips, won for best new Music-Related Technologies.

  
Watch the ROLO demo video:  

**AudioCommon**

Chelmsford, MA based AudioCommon, an online communications platform for recording musicians and studio engineers that streamline their processes, won the Bootstrp Award.This award is given to the company that has done the  
most with the fewest resources in the Music Category. Watch the AudioCommon demo video:

Here is a full list of SXSW 2013 Accelerator winners in all categories:

**News Related Technologies:**   
Phone2Action  
Kansas City, MO  
http://phone2action.com/  
  
**Innovative Web Technologies:**   
Wanderu  
Boston, MA  
http://www.wanderu.com/  
  
**Social Media and Social Networking Technologies:**   
Plotter  
Cleveland, OH  
http://plotterapp.com/  
  
**Mobile Technologies:**   
Syntellia  
San Francisco, CA  
http://syntellia.com/  
  
**Entertainment Technologies:**   
MakieLab  
London, UK  
http://makie.me/  
  
**Health Technologies:**   
Neurotrack  
Richmond, VA   
http://neurotrack.com/  
  
**Music-Related Technologies:**  
ROLI  
London, UK  
www.roli-labs.com  
  
**Bootstrap Award – Interactive:**  
InfoActive  
Chicago, IL  
http://infoactive.co/  
 (This award is given out to the company that has done the most with the fewest resources in the Interactive Category.)  
  
**Bootstrap Award – Music:**   
AudioCommon  
Chelmsford, MA  
www.audiocommon.com  
(This award is given out to the company that has done the most with the fewest resources in the Music Category.)

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