On May 8, 2026 at 10:04 am GoncaloL said
I don’t know how they would pull that off timeline-wise with a yearly revision, and they are clearly changing things (hence the $100 reduction in upgrade pricing at launch)

Because they realize that the changes and uncertainty slow consumers from buying. It’s much harder to get people to buy during the i…Read More

I don’t know how they would pull that off timeline-wise with a yearly revision, and they are clearly changing things (hence the $100 reduction in upgrade pricing at launch)

Related thought, developers who decided to create an alternative sampler banking on Kontakt going under surely chose unwisely. The reason it was as close to a sure thing as it could be that Kontakt would survive was (1) the product is the crown jewel of NI, (2) NI’s debt wasn’t a problem of the product lines, it was due to the wild acquisitions…Read More

On May 8, 2026 at 8:40 am GoncaloL said
I would say that the Summer of Sound sale is gone for good, based on the fact that changing the name to Komplete 26 implies that it will now be updated annually (leaving no time for 50% deep discounts), and that they lowered the upgrade price by $100.

Maybe there will still be some kind of discount on…

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Well, now that inMusic has acquired all of NI, it’s now incredibly safer to buy Komplete, which, as I stated before, is a product I use and love.

As I’ve shared my background, which includes serving as a Fortune 500 business strategist, I thought this is the perfect story for me to add some value to the community and wrote a blog post that breaks…Read More

I would say that the Summer of Sound sale is gone for good, based on the fact that changing the name to Komplete 26 implies that it will now be updated annually (leaving no time for 50% deep discounts), and that they lowered the upgrade price by $100.

Maybe there will still be some kind of discount on Black Friday, though.

I’ll prob wait until BF or if they have their usual summer sale.

That statement and other articles appeared on the Native Instruments Insolvency Hub in real time. I want you guys to check it out. It’s not pretty but it took me a bit to come up with and put together and I plan on creating more stuff like that in the future. So I’d love to get everyone’s thoughts. This site will still be worked on after we move…Read More

An announcement from Nick Williams, CEO of Native Instruments – Native Instruments Blog

https://blog.native-instruments.com/an-announcement-from-nick-williams/

Did any of you guys realize that it was announced on LinkedMusicians in real time? That we actually have NI management aboard LM due to my setting up the most thorough site watch on the Internet. Come on now! You could read all of that on LinkedMusicians. I’m just saying.

Here’s the statement from Nick the CEO:

https://blog.native-instruments.com/an-announcement-from-nick-williams/

Looks like InMusic is acquiring NI, iZotope & PA 😵‍💫

inMusic will acquire Native Instruments, as NI joins brands from Akai to Moog

I wonder if we’ll be seeing the 50% off on Komplete anymore, now that they’re clearly on a yearly schedule now as per the new naming convention.