Tracktion Software

keithm · Post by **keithm** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 9:32 pm

Well, the mackie site is down and I can't move traction to a different PC and my friend can't activate his copy. So what happens if the company goes bust? This is why I hate having to activate software - you pay your money but you could be left with a dead product..

Anyone know what has happened to the mackie site?

Would they release a free key if they did go bust?

pHz · Post by **pHz** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 9:38 pm

jules always said before the 'buyout' that if it all went tits up he would release a free key ... absolutely no idea whether mackie would honour that though ...

... the mackie site has AFAICR always been flaky and slow ... usually reappears after a day or so though ...

slainte

rob

BFunKu · Post by **BFunKu** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 9:46 pm

Won't happen, Mackie is owned by Steinberg which is now owned by Yamaha.

afreshcupofjoe · Post by **afreshcupofjoe** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 9:55 pm

A friend in the industry tells me that mackie is going down the tubes really fast too. It's too bad. I really like a lot of their products, including tracktion. I never would have guessed that Mackie could go down. Apparently it has less to do with sales and more with internal BS. Hopefully it's just rumors and I'm full of shit.

gmore · Post by **gmore** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 9:58 pm

BFunKu wrote:Won't happen, Mackie is owned by Steinberg which is now owned by Yamaha.

They're owned by LOUD Technologies, who own ALOT (Ampeg, Crate, Yairi, Tapco, EAW etc) - I doubt they're going anywhere anytime soon.

afreshcupofjoe · Post by **afreshcupofjoe** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 10:17 pm

BFunKu wrote:Won't happen, Mackie is owned by Steinberg which is now owned by Yamaha.

Is this recent? The rumors I heard were a few months old, so maybe this was the solution to their financial problems?

chico.co.uk · Post by **chico.co.uk** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 10:34 pm

Mackie are owned by Coca-Cola, who in turn are part of the Disney group, which is majority owned by Microsoft. They should be okay for a while yet.

valley · Post by **valley** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 11:31 pm

It's all a vast right-wing conspiracy.

JamieSkeen · Post by **JamieSkeen** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 11:35 pm

mackie are one of the leaders of pro audio in the world, i think they will be are for at least another 50 years......

JamieSkeen · Post by **JamieSkeen** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 11:36 pm

oops......will be around...sorry

Lunch Money · Post by **Lunch Money** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 11:46 pm

afreshcupofjoe wrote:A friend in the industry tells me that mackie is going down the tubes really fast too. It's too bad. I really like a lot of their products, including tracktion. I never would have guessed that Mackie could go down. Apparently it has less to do with sales and more with internal BS. Hopefully it's just rumors and I'm full of shit.

Your friend doesn't know what he's talking about.

afreshcupofjoe · Post by **afreshcupofjoe** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 11:57 pm

Lunch Money wrote: Your friend doesn't know what he's talking about.

I was afraid of that. He's a studio musician with some minor sponsorship from a few major companies. He's not the type to bullshit, but he's definitely the type to take the bullshit of his salesmonkey friends as gospel. Thanks.

Nacho · Post by **Nacho** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 9:42 am

Hi guys,

I'm in a similar situation...

My tracktion copy went down and I need to reinstall, but I cannot download the soft, since Mackie site is 3 days off now...

Any idea where to get the soft? I'm a registered user since version 1..

mahtazz · Post by **mahtazz** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 9:45 am

I'm really concerned about it.
Nobody from mackie explaining this situation here.

whyterabbyt · Post by **whyterabbyt** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 10:00 am

The computer system corresponding to the IP address for www.mackie.com is up and running, but not the webserver, it would seem.

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