who are the most respected small time independent sw developers?

[Sebastiantheseeker]

I am thinking people like homegrown sounds and such.

these are very loose guidelines of what im looking for:

one person developer or small team, not associated with large corporate developer

puts out quality software most years

responsive to problems, customer inquiries, and recommendations

keeps the software updated

can be mac, pc, or even ios and android devs

[Googly Smythe]

DMG, Klanghelm, Valhalla, u-he, PSP, Voxengo, Melda, Tokyo Dawn,Variety of Sound, TAL.
There are others.

[e@rs]

Sonic Charge, Sinevibes, Psychic Modulation, Aberrant DSP, Surreal Machines, Fuse Audio Labs, Madrona Labs, Sugar Bytes, Polyverse, Cableguys, Kazrog, FabFilter.