Native Instruments to be acquired by inMusic

[machinesworking]

Just glad NI survived. I do wonder though, Air seems to be dead in the water, it would make sense to push that ecosystem over to NI. Maschine and MPC is a real issue, consolidation could happen, but both are decades of separate code..

With the Kontrol Mk3 IMO NI won the master keyboard wars, and InMusic had already opened up to the NKS ecosystem so that seems a natural swing. Give Akai more time for the MPCs etc. Absynth 6 and Massive X on the MPC would be enought to make me a convert to the MPC ecosystem.

[cryophonik]

Does anyone know if Plugin Alliance was included in the package? I care as much if not more in some cases about their plugins than NI's.

According to Production Expert and NI, yes PA, Brainworx, and Izotope were included in the agreement:

https://www.production-expert.com/produ ... ns-for-you

https://blog.native-instruments.com/an- ... -williams/

[Vortifex]

I've been waiting 9 months for a bugfix for bx_pulsar, maybe this could speed things up a bit...

[Amberience]

it certainly isn't the worst case scenario and people won't like all of the choices Inmusic make, but at least its a music tech savvy business

BFD3 owners might disagree.

ex-BFD staff might agree with the disagreement!

Can you even imagine the chaos that will ensue if/when InMusic borks the Komplete installation process the way they did with BFD3? It's terrifying to think that that's a real possibility.

I really hope they keep the software unlock stuff as far away from the NI software as possible. But.... well... I won't rant too much, but I suspect at some point in time, NI won't have much choice.

Ah well... maybe one day there will be a proper next-gen replacement for BFD.

[Amberience]

InMusic probably deserves some of the vitriol.
That said, I think they've done a pretty good job developing the MPC platform.
If you look at companies that could have swooped-in and bought NI, InMusic does make sense.
They have the infrastructure... and existing products that at least potentially make it a good fit.
How it actually works out... we'll see.

From a selfish standpoint, I'd like to see more NI options available for the MPC platform.
Kontakt (even a lighter version) running on MPC would be great.

I'd like to see NI actually get back to innovating.
Komplete 26 has a lot of content... but I already have Komplete 14 Collector's Edition.
Not much additional that I'd actually use.
I'm better off purchasing Kontakt 8 a-la-carte.

MPC gets most of the resources, people, assets, and time. But when you're pouring 90% of your water into the throat of your favourite child in the middle of the desert, you shouldn't really be too surprised when the other 18 children die of heatstroke.

[Kypresso]

InMusic probably deserves some of the vitriol.
That said, I think they've done a pretty good job developing the MPC platform.
If you look at companies that could have swooped-in and bought NI, InMusic does make sense.
They have the infrastructure... and existing products that at least potentially make it a good fit.
How it actually works out... we'll see.

From a selfish standpoint, I'd like to see more NI options available for the MPC platform.
Kontakt (even a lighter version) running on MPC would be great.

I'd like to see NI actually get back to innovating.
Komplete 26 has a lot of content... but I already have Komplete 14 Collector's Edition.
Not much additional that I'd actually use.
I'm better off purchasing Kontakt 8 a-la-carte.

MPC gets most of the resources, people, assets, and time. But when you're pouring 90% of your water into the throat of your favourite child in the middle of the desert, you shouldn't really be too surprised when the other 18 children die of heatstroke.

I imagine Maschine will be the next to succumb to heatstroke.

[cryophonik]

Ah well... maybe one day there will be a proper next-gen replacement for BFD.

Was that a pre-announcement in disguise?

[machinesworking]

I'll give you an example of the view from where I stand. For at least a decade people have been begging Air (InMusic) to make larger GUIs to support modern resolutions for their legacy plugins and they have failed to do so while continuing to sell them. I offered many times in the past to pay for such an update.

One of the N.I. plugins I own is Battery 4 which I would love to use more but is in desperate need of larger GUI sizes to be practical for use here.

So my faith that it will receive such larger sizes under the auspices of InMusic is pretty close to zero and so on....

I think there's an issue with plugins from larger companies that all of us tend to overlook.
When the original developer leaves for greener pastures the company is stuck with code that takes exponentially more time to fix than developing a completely new plugin. You can see this in action with Air, they have dozens of new plugins and pretty much only fixed the original line up for VST3 and Apple Silicon.

You just don't see this with developer owned manufacturers like U-He. Sure it took them a decade to update More Feedback Machine etc. but they eventually got around to it. I would doubt that the developers of Air plugins still work for Air, and that, leads to stagnation. Same with NI over the decades, someone moves on and they abandon the plugin etc.

[VitaminD]

Yay, can't wait to upgrade to an AKANI MaschinePC

Now introducing Izoworx Instruments Alliance by InMusic's latest product the AKNAI M(aschine)PC

I wonder what percentage of the pro audio market InMusic controls now? Especially in software. All that is left is for them to buy someone like Ableton and integrate it all into Live.

[VOODOO U]

Meh. Whatever. A.I. is the future. All these software integrations will lead to just more toys that go nowhere.

[jamcat]

When the original developer leaves for greener pastures the company is stuck with code that takes exponentially more time to fix than developing a completely new plugin.

You’re talking about the age-old problem of technical debt. However, one of the great advantages of the AI revolution is it renders technical debt irrelevant.

[machinesworking]

When the original developer leaves for greener pastures the company is stuck with code that takes exponentially more time to fix than developing a completely new plugin.

You’re talking about the age-old problem of technical debt. However, one of the great advantages of the AI revolution is it renders technical debt irrelevant.

I would hope that is true, but we've yet to see BFD, Loom II or Reaktor all of a sudden with new GUI's because AI relieved that burden. Don't get me wrong, I think you're right, it's just not there yet obviously. Plus the elephant in the room is AI isn't really that great about intellectual property, seems to not give a rats ass about it really, so this has likely been the reason we don't see an influx of older plugins being updated with glamorous new resizable GUI's even with AI around. No one wants to feed the monster their precious code for fear of vibe coded versions of their products is my bet.

[machinesworking]

Just wait for the coming mother of all mergers: inMusic Tribe — who will buy up all music companies then promptly burn it all down.

[Amberience]

When the original developer leaves for greener pastures the company is stuck with code that takes exponentially more time to fix than developing a completely new plugin.

You’re talking about the age-old problem of technical debt. However, one of the great advantages of the AI revolution is it renders technical debt irrelevant.

Completely untrue.

[jamcat]

No one wants to feed the monster their precious code for fear of vibe coded versions of their products is my bet.

The more seasoned a coder is, the more they understand that there’s nothing precious about code.