KVR Audio

mimtemdo · Post by **mimtemdo** » Mon Jun 15, 2026 6:55 pm

I'm thinking about buying some Air Music plugins, and wanted to get some recent opinions on their products. I tried a couple of things from their FX collection, and they use virtually zero CPU on my computer. But there's a whole lot to demo, and not enough time to do that properly.

How is the licensing/DRM?
Is the vocal tuner any good?
Anything special in their catalog?

I'm primarily looking at this as a potential move from Arturia, to perhaps give a bit of context for an opinion.

MJACau · Post by **MJACau** » Mon Jun 15, 2026 7:03 pm

They removed a most of iLok drm on their older plugs thus now using the inMusic installer hub.
Means I can use the old drum machine 'Strike' again, as I dropped using pace protected plugins years ago.

mabian · Post by **mabian** » Mon Jun 15, 2026 7:54 pm

I simply don't trust them anymore. XPand 2 was great, Hybrid good, many others quite good. But they kind of abandoned them with their ancient GUI regardless their announced commitment to make them modern.
And, more recent plugins were released and then abandoned shortly after. Again.
So, royal pity, but I will no more invest a dime on them now.

mimtemdo · Post by **mimtemdo** » Tue Jun 16, 2026 3:35 pm

I think I'm going to stear clear of Air for now. Thanks for the feedback.

ampetrosillo · Post by **ampetrosillo** » Tue Jun 16, 2026 4:14 pm

Their stuff is mostly a decade or more old. Still works, hey? And it's still decent to good. I have had good results with their Hammond B3 emu, for instance.

Halma · Post by **Halma** » Tue Jun 16, 2026 4:55 pm

I can’t speak for their effects but Riser is my goto synth when I need quick transitions. Great presets. And I like the sound of Loom 2 but not the UI.

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Tue Jun 16, 2026 6:53 pm

Jura Chorus is quite good.

MJACau · Post by **MJACau** » Wed Jun 24, 2026 10:28 am

Hybrid is still a joy to use

Morty-C-137 · Post by **Morty-C-137** » Wed Jun 24, 2026 1:44 pm

Their plugins are fine imo. I just can’t comprehend why they refuse to implement a basic control feature that is pretty much the standard for audio plugins and mouse operations.

Cuauhtli · Post by **Cuauhtli** » Wed Jun 24, 2026 2:35 pm

The complaints tend to center around their installation process and their license protection.

I have the moog fx plugins and they have to phone home every once in a while to verify the license.

InMusic owns Air Music Tech so I assume they use the same copy protection.

osiris · Post by **osiris** » Wed Jun 24, 2026 7:52 pm

Wait for the 99 cent sale to roll around.

JerGoertz · Post by **JerGoertz** » Wed Jun 24, 2026 7:55 pm

AIR's newer synths are high quality: Iona, Jura, Mini D. Their older synths are at least "decent", in my somewhat limited experience using them (got them in a "fire sale" a while back, didn't use them a whole lot). I have been favorably impressed with Vacuum Pro and Hybrid whenever I've used them, tho.

Opinions on Air Music Tech these days?