KVR Audio

D.H. Miltz · Post by **D.H. Miltz** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 12:13 am

^I didn't know that. Thanks, jdnz.

dnekm · Post by **dnekm** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 1:05 am

I am not sure Camel Audio has been sold.... Do not know why, just a feeling....

Oh, and with the new AlchemyWin installer there was no Alchemy2 folder created anywhere....

I am now of two minds about this.... It seems like they are letting go, but it could be circling the wagons before releasing - what?

Compyfox · Post by **Compyfox** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 1:33 am

tehlord wrote:The real quiet ones here are Spectrasonics.

I think Apple have bought them too, and paid Camel 'shutup and go away' money to remove the main competition from Omnisphere being integrated into Logic. .

Sorry, but that is just silly.

While things around Spectrasonics might be "quiet", they sure as hell aren't gone.

Eric Persing comes from hardware days. Heck even his software is "hardware priced", which is a lot of wood for a lot of people (mainly hobby musicians who are used to 49-99USD "gadgets"). But considering what people "get" through the years for free - it's a bargain, not to mention easier to upgrade/update than hardware.

Yes, Stylus RMX could see a v2 (the evolution of RMX1 was great!). Yes, Athmosphere could be re-released, Trillian could be enhanced as well. But Omnisphere is still running strong and there are add-on patch releases pretty much every other month as absolute max.

I don't see them vanish any time soon.

Also... Now I think that the cat is out of the bag with Apple and co... why do we still speculate?

EDIT:
Synapse Audio ORION was bought by Image Line? Really? I know that ORION was always under the radar but I hear about a "buyout" for the first time.

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 1:38 am

Psssssst.......guys......I have DISHIEST dish of them all.

KVR bought ALL of them.

softska · Post by **softska** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 2:06 am

hibidy wrote:Psssssst.......guys......I have DISHIEST dish of them all.

KVR bought ALL of them.

And apparently KVR is also your dad

goldenanalog · Post by **goldenanalog** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 2:27 am

vimanaboy wrote:Is anyone able to restore Alchemy Mobile library purchases? It seems to be gone from the App Store and when I go to Restore it says there's nothing to restore

Yep.

I'm not really worried about it though - the app to invest in right now is Korg's Gadget - they recently came out with a Rompler module (the add-on's sound great!) and they're promising audio recording and I'm assuming integration with polysix and ms20 -

I'm not really using it seriously yet, but it's hella fun to play with, and looks like it'll dominate our ApePads over time!

Anyway: There are other cool-sounding synth's in ios-world besides Alchemy - I know that it sucks to lose Alc's libraries (at least for now - and I had them all since they were dirt cheap) but *at least* you and I have Apepad (and Jobsfone) Alchemy!

cryophonik · Post by **cryophonik** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 2:57 am

dnekm wrote:I am not sure Camel Audio has been sold.... Do not know why, just a feeling....

Then, why would they shut down the website and tell everybody to download and backup, allow license transfers, etc. That would be a surefire way to piss off their customers if they were to suddenly say "guess what? False alarm!"

Aleatoriac · Post by **Aleatoriac** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 2:58 am

softska wrote:
hibidy wrote:Psssssst.......guys......I have DISHIEST dish of them all.

KVR bought ALL of them.
And apparently KVR is also your dad

What wait... some forum produced some kind of AI offspring named hibidy? WTF?

mhog · Post by **mhog** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 3:02 am

cryophonik wrote:
dnekm wrote:I am not sure Camel Audio has been sold.... Do not know why, just a feeling....
Then, why would they shut down the website and tell everybody to download and backup, allow license transfers, etc. That would be a surefire way to piss off their customers if they were to suddenly say "guess what? False alarm!"

I guess he means "not sold to anyone else", but just closed, definitively (as in "the end"). That's what I think, too: Camel Audio are not infact technology developers (such as redmatica, propellerheads, celemony etc.), they had no technology to sell, only plugins.

cryophonik · Post by **cryophonik** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 3:05 am

Ahhh, that could be, but this part threw me off a bit:

dnekm wrote: I am now of two minds about this.... It seems like they are letting go, but it could be circling the wagons before releasing - what?

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 3:13 am

Codestation wrote:
softska wrote:
hibidy wrote:Psssssst.......guys......I have DISHIEST dish of them all.

KVR bought ALL of them.
And apparently KVR is also your dad
What wait... some forum produced some kind of AI offspring named hibidy? WTF?

All your kvrs are belong to me

mhog · Post by **mhog** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 3:14 am

IMO someone in the CA equipe found a better occupation, I mean... a very convenient offer from some big company (could be Apple, whatever: they wanted the man/men for his/their talent, not their products). That's why CA closed. Something like that, I guess.

Regarding the lack of forewarn, it's obviously understandable, how could Ben or whoever write things like: "maybe I am going to change my job, so I am not sure wether CA will survive or not"...

(sorry for broken english, I hope it's clear enough)

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 3:17 am

Holy f...k! I just played an alchemy track backwards and it said "aaaapppppplleeeeee, buy ouuuuttt...permanent vacaaaation!!!!!!

Aleatoriac · Post by **Aleatoriac** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 3:34 am

hibidy wrote:Holy f...k! I just played an alchemy track backwards and it said "aaaapppppplleeeeee, buy ouuuuttt...permanent vacaaaation!!!!!!

aboukirev · Post by **aboukirev** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 3:36 am

It was The Straw that broke Camel's back

Camel Audio ceasing sales? [Update: CA acquired by Apple]