On January 28, 2026 at 2:49 pm SoulfulKeys said

If they sell all of that off could you see NI making any kind of comeback? What is NI without Kontakt?

I agree with your sentiment. As anyone who uses this site can see, I am a huge Kontakt user and fan. I own the latest Komplete 15 Ultimate. I would estimate that 90% of my sample library purchases…Read More

On January 28, 2026 at 1:50 pm LinkedMusicians said
Germany’s insolvency process moves much more quickly than the US chapter 11 bankruptcy process. That means that the administrator needs to raise cash to pay of debts more quickly. My estimation — and this is a hot take — based on that and the fact that, as of 2023, NI’s debt was around 10x its…

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Germany’s insolvency process moves much more quickly than the US chapter 11 bankruptcy process. That means that the administrator needs to raise cash to pay of debts more quickly. My estimation — and this is a hot take — based on that and the fact that, as of 2023, NI’s debt was around 10x its revenue — is that it substantially raises the…Read More

On January 28, 2026 at 1:11 pm mira said
thank you so much dear Peter for recent info about this sad situation, nice to read that PA is out of problems… and will work and it isnt part of this …

 

have a nice evening

That doesn’t mean that there won’t be a bankruptcy filing for it in another country. I would expect that there will be a ban…Read More

Nothing from Izotope yet? Were they integrated into NI in a different way than Plugin Alliance, so that they might be impacted?

On January 28, 2026 at 9:48 am MagicRuss said
The other one nobody has mentioned that I want to stay as far away from NI is Music Tribe, for the obvious reason that it is run by Uli Behringer.

Also surprised nobody put Gibson on the no no list either.

I also am against UAD because I don’t want to use iLok.

Well the difference between  Music Tr…Read More

thank you so much dear Peter for recent info about this sad situation, nice to read that PA is out of problems… and will work and it isnt part of this …

have a nice evening

There is so much misunderstanding and misinformation on this situation right now. Some folks think this means Native Instruments is shutting down; it doesn’t. Others are calling this a rebranding. That’s fantastically wrong. This has nothing to do with rebranding or marketing. This is fiscal and an incredibly serious situation. Native Instruments…Read More

I anticipate that Native Instruments will be issuing a public statement within the next 48 hours to calm customers, vendors, developers, and channel partners. That statement will help us to understand what NI will be doing to ensure continuity. That is, that the business will continue operation, that the activation servers will continue to…Read More

Mo Volans, General Manager – Plugin Alliance & Brainworx at Plugin Alliance, stated in the Plugin Alliance Audiophiles group on Facebook on January 28, 2026:

“I will tell you what we have told our partners…

The key points:
As of today, Plugin Alliance entities are not part of the insolvency filing. Our operations in Langenfeld and the US r…Read More

I created a thread dedicated to Native Instruments insolvency and related updates in the Gear Discussion forum that I’m going to keep pinned across all of the forums throughout this process. I think NI is such a significant player to music producers that it’s important to keep everyone updated. So let’s centralize information and maintain it in…Read More

I popped in the web-site and the compressor looks very interesting, especially for a freebie.  I always hope people like this will be able to continue what they’re doing because it gives little guys a chance to get into music production without breaking the bank.

On January 28, 2026 at 4:35 am lamia6 said
Unlikely but interesting: IK Multimedia could buy Kontakt to replace SampleTank. (purely a thought only)

IK is a possibility. I didn’t mention them purely because of their company size being on the smaller side. But from customer and strategic perspectives, I think that IK could be a good place for…Read More