Good argument for Fender.  I would love to see them take in NI hardware and software, but not the other companies (Izo, etc) that were grossly over-paid for.  I suspect the seller of P.A. (to NI) is going to get it back for pennies on the dollar 🙂

If the chatter around the NI M&A discussion is correct, the companies presently in talks with NI/NI’s insolvency administrator are Fender, Focusrite, Yamaha/Steinberg, InMusic, and Adobe — there’s also some social media discussion that deadmau5 and NI’s original founders (Haver and Galic) might be attempting to raise money to buy part of NI.

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Now, I realize that I will lose some folks on this, but while one might think this is similar to what occurred with Gibson’s sale of intellectual property to BandLab, it’s actually quite different.

BandLab bought all of the intellectual property (IP), including the source code for SONAR, brand trademarks, and patents not the customer database or…Read More

@fossile It appears that NI was well managed on a day-to-day operations level. It’s the acquisitions and massive debt vs. earnings that led to their insolvency. They paid a lot of money for the companies they bought. All of that information is based on what CDM reported. If that is indeed accurate, I find the debt they accumulated (roughly 10x…Read More

On March 21, 2026 at 10:14 am jude77 said
I’m glad to see you give this guy a shout-out.  He has a ton of plugins that really do sound good.  If you want to support him, but don’t want to go the full patreon route, you can also just make a donation of any amount you choose.

I’ve been recommending Analog Obsession for a long time. They’re inclu…Read More

the “New Owner” is legally obligated to honor existing licenses, but you are responsible for proving you own the products.

unless they sell off the IP versus the operating company(s)… for example, if the reason NI is going under is poor operations, then one could wonder if a smart acquisition would be to buy the ops, vs just the IP and re-…Read More

I’m glad to see you give this guy a shout-out.  He has a ton of plugins that really do sound good.  If you want to support him, but don’t want to go the full patreon route, you can also just make a donation of any amount you choose.