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Apple acquisitions: Who's next?

Ableton
3
2%
Arturia
3
2%
Audio Damage
3
2%
Bitwig
6
4%
Cockos
1
1%
Cakewalk
1
1%
d16
0
No votes
discoDSP
1
1%
FabFilter
6
4%
FXpansion
5
4%
Image-Line
2
1%
iZotope
7
5%
Native Instruments
5
4%
KV331 Audio
0
No votes
LennarDigital
1
1%
Propellerheads
3
2%
reFX
1
1%
Reveal Sound
0
No votes
Rob Papen
0
No votes
Slate Digital
0
No votes
Spectrasonics
8
6%
Steinberg
1
1%
Synapse Audio
3
2%
Tone2
0
No votes
u-he
12
8%
Valhalla DSP
7
5%
Waves
5
4%
Xfer
6
4%
Other
9
6%
Fish
43
30%
 
Total votes: 142

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Old Gregg

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dayjob wrote:Old Gregg
Yeah, he's an old bud of mine too! :roll: Gregggg, where are you?

(Gosh I'm bored, I should call it a day and go roll my meat in bedsheets, right?...)

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Chapelle wrote:
Deist wrote:
Chapelle wrote:
Deist wrote:I wanted to vote for the Piz, coz his MIDI plugins pack's so f***kin' brilliant, but he doesn't appear in the list! WHY doesn't he appear in the list?
The poll only allows up to 30 options. I would have added more companies if it was possible. You can, however, select the "Other" option.
Chapelle, seriously? SERIOUSLY?

(cf. my previous post)
Ah, OK, I'm not used to irony here as KVR is usually about serious business.

Image
Didn't you know, cat pics are not allowed on kvr unless there is much flogging from other members involved.

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Let alone that this particular cat picture creeps me to no end for some reason...
...Are the eyes photoshoped (badly so) or what?

(PS. Note that by hiting reply with quote, you actually posted the pic a 2nd time... Shame on you!)

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Drat I wish I generated any revenue whatsoever, I'd sell out so fast....
Also that cat isn't big enough.
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Deist wrote:Let alone that this particular cat picture creeps me to no end for some reason...
...Are the eyes photoshoped (badly so) or what?

(PS. Note that by hiting reply with quote, you actually posted the pic a 2nd time... Shame on you!)
I know, it's just horrible :hihi:

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Kriminal wrote:I think apple will buy Orange
Hush, you!!!!!! :x :x
Barry
If a billion people believe a stupid thing it is still a stupid thing

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Deist wrote:
MaxSynths wrote:Steinberg. VST technology belongs to them.
Put your hands on it and you are the leader of the market. ;)
So, what you basically mean is that at the moment, Steinberg IS the leader of the market.
How dumb of me not to have realized... :roll:
:lol: :lol:
The thing is, though, is that IF Apple had any interest at all in acquiring the VST tech they could have went in and picked Steinberg right up. Doubt that scenario would happen though. :shrug:
Barry
If a billion people believe a stupid thing it is still a stupid thing

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Why isn't Microsoft one of the choices :hihi: :hihi:

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kvr is next :ud:
100 High Quality Soundsets: Omnisphere 2, Dune 3, Tone 2 Synths, Pigments, Uhe Synths, Halion, Spire, and others.

TTU Youtube

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Tjgoa wrote:kvr is next :ud:
Access only available by Macs... :hihi:
Barry
If a billion people believe a stupid thing it is still a stupid thing

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Deist wrote:
valhallasound wrote:KVR skews towards Windows. I conducted a quick poll (http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=5960611), and Windows was used by about 66% of the KVR users that responded.

Sean Costello
That's an interesting fact Sean. It only begs the question: why Apple users are less (and/or PC users are more) interested to come here?
It might be legacy from when it was kvr-vst.com.

I think it is pretty natural for forums to skew in particular directions. Gearslutz probably skews more OSX, especially in the High End sections. The Propellerhead forums tended to skew more heavily Reason than the rest of the world. :D I participate in several forums, lurk in several others, and take everything with a grain of salt. At the end of the day, the only hard data that I have is my own sales statistics, and these are in agreement with what I have heard from other developers.

Sean Costello

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Deist wrote:(Never useless BTW: guess why France's got the best social coverage in the world? CENTURIES of people complaining and going on strikes all the time... The problem here is nobody seems to know just WHEN to stop whining! :hihi: I just follow a tradition :P)
One thing I truly admire about the French is the decisive way you dealt with the bourgeoisie back in the day. Rapport à vous mes amis.

:tu:

Shame us brits didn't follow suit - wouldn't have to deal with all this royal crap if we had.

Anyway, back on topic: The poll is flawed. There's no "Couldn't give-a-flying-F" option.
Last edited by Andywanders on Wed Feb 25, 2015 11:19 pm, edited 1 time in total.

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Andywanders wrote:
Deist wrote:
beely wrote:(Never useless BTW: guess why France's got the best social coverage in the world? CENTURIES of people complaining and going on strikes all the time... The problem here is nobody seems to know just WHEN to stop whining! :hihi: I just follow a tradition :P)
One thing I truly admire about the French is the decisive way you dealt with the bourgeoisie back in the day. Rapport à vous mes amis.

:tu:

Shame us brits didn't follow suit - wouldn't have to deal with all this royal crap if we had.

Anyway, back on topic: The poll is flawed. There's no "Couldn't give-a-flying-F" option.
Well, isn't that what "fish" is for? :shrug:

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Deist wrote:
MaxSynths wrote:Steinberg. VST technology belongs to them.
Put your hands on it and you are the leader of the market. ;)
So, what you basically mean is that at the moment, Steinberg IS the leader of the market.
Yes and no, it all depends on the points of view. Keep in mind that, according with the VST SDK license, each and every VST plugin released MUST have the "VST Technology by Steinberg Gmbh" credit and the VST logo printed somewhere in the about box and/or manual.

In any case technically it's possible to make the VST format close. Only a few lines in the SDK license are required in order to change the rules of the game. The reason behind the decision of Steinberg to keep it open is that Steinberg owns Cubase, and for them has been more convenient to keep the VST format open until now. But things could change in the future.

It's not impossible for a company like Apple to consider to buy Steinberg and their licenses/patents. This makes sense in terms of money.

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