"A private equity firm called Francisco Partners owns a majority stake in the company"
Native Instruments enters into insolvency proceedings
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Re: Native Instruments enters into insolvency proceedings
#32Oh, this is sad for me, I grew up playing with all their software instruments.
Reaktor even made me a much better engineer.
I just hope they don't discontinue their products, they are quite valuable for music creators.
It would be amazing if they started releasing some of them as open source.
Re: Native Instruments enters into insolvency proceedings
#33Heartbreaking. They were a pioneer and laid the foundation for countless artists over the last 20 years. Especially in the early 2010s, their products like Massive played a key role in shaping what modern electronic music would eventually sound like. Ever since they got acquired and merged with izotope, they’ve been spiraling. Another textbook example of how private equity destroys innovative companies.
Re: Native Instruments enters into insolvency proceedings
#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
The Gentleman is my go-to piano library to mess around! I have Noire and a few others, but have always loved its sound. But also, yeah, NI is to music what... VS Code is to devs, right? Everyone uses/makes Kontakt libraries at some point.
> But also, yeah, NI is to music what... VS Code is to devs, right? Everyone uses/makes Kontakt libraries at some point. IMO that would be Ableton Live. I have the MK3 finger drum and was thinking about buying a keyboard controller next. This makes me sad.
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