@fretman I’ve known from developers and pro musicians have told me about various issues with libraries. I can’t say which ones told me about various libraries, but the problems are not that rare. Although I will share one because of the developer’s ethically problematic practices of using his contractors to attack his competitors and make shill…Read More

Joke: Now its time to someone help them with some coupon like the ones they gives us that are almost useless because of the strict rules.

😛

I like a lot of their products but don’t buy often since they charge the same prices even when the products have aged. This is also a good example of why many of us are apprehensive about subscriptions.

On January 27, 2026 at 11:28 am mira said
NI forum thread

 

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/49857/rumour-native-instruments-gmbh-is-in-preliminary-insolvency/p2

Coined a hilarious interview with Dirk Ulrich from there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4C2v9ZyhBw&t=4965s

It’s also worth noting that by US standards, Native Instruments is considered a small business. On forums, people talk about NI as if they’re a really huge corporation; they’re not.

NI has 400 to 500 employees and are estimated to have annual revenue of $78.5M to $113.7M. That’s pretty far from Microsoft and Apple or even a mid-size company (by…Read More

This is a slight update on Skybox Audio. I recently used J Celeste from their Chimes product in a sparse baby lullaby instrumental. During the solo there’s nothing else going on, so it’s quite exposed. I kept hearing a whirring/motorized noise in the background that was bothersome enough to cause me to dig into it. I loaded the waveform into RX11…Read More

@fretman I think those are really helpful insights. They also could be useful in a section I’m contemplating adding that lets us review developers, but for now, it makes sense to have it here (plus, the tool we use to break off comments from threads is presently not working).

I personally don’t have much experience with EastWest libraries. I only…Read More

On January 27, 2026 at 11:10 am fretman said
I’m still a heavy iZotope user, but their current upgrade pricing has caused me to stop buying. Not sure what I think about this…

I stopped buying Izotope after they discontinued my bundle and I had everything in another bundle — and more — and they refused to offer me upgrade pricing. I had adv…Read More

NI forum thread

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/49857/rumour-native-instruments-gmbh-is-in-preliminary-insolvency/p2

I’m still a heavy iZotope user, but their current upgrade pricing has caused me to stop buying. Not sure what I think about this…

So (and I’ve mentioned this before), I have an issue with EastWest. I love their pricing and variety of ensembles, but each time I’ve used them I hear background noise. Granted, so far I’ve only attempted to use solo instruments in sparse arrangements and the noise is quite noticeable. I couldn’t use any of their instruments (except their Gypsy…Read More

FWIW I see the linked article in the first post has been edited quite a bit from what I read an hour ago.  A little less “end of the world” feel.  My biggest concern is my NI hardware, as far as ongoing support and updates.