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  • Profile picture of Peter DeLegge

    Peter DeLegge wrote a new post

    • 3 months ago
    Native Instruments' Preliminary Insolvency and Potential Outcomes Explained in Plain English
    Featured, Industry News, News
    January 28, 2026
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    UPDATED April 27, 2026 NOTE: We've created a Native Instruments Intel Hub to Allow You to Stay Up on the Latest News Concerning Native Instruments During Their Insolvency. As of late January 2026, Native Instruments entered preliminary insolvency proceedings...

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    Kirean replied to the topic Native Instruments Insolvency and Updates in the forum The Industry

    • 3 months ago

    Apparently Plugin Alliance posted this on some Facebook page:

    “As of today, Plugin Alliance entities are not part of the insolvency filing. Our operations in Langenfeld and the US remain outside these proceedings. For now – It’s business as usual. We continue to operate normally – product releases, support, installers and all other activities…

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    joegyork replied to the topic Native Instruments GmbH is in preliminary insolvency in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals

    • 3 months ago

    Fascinating discussion here and on other threads – a worrying time. Thanks particularly to Peter for his insights from someone who has been involved in the industry. Let us keep our fingers crossed!

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    LinkedMusicians started the topic Softube 🚀 TSAR-1 Reverb $59 (reg. $149) in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals

    • 3 months ago

    Save $90 on true stereo algorithmic reverb.

    Do you know why TSAR-1 Reverb is one of our most well-known plug-ins? It’s alive and vibrant, gentle and dreamy, and, above all, natural and believable. But it’s also easy to use and gives you great results extremely quickly. Get started with one of the helpful presets, do a little tweaking, and you’re …Read More

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    Brian started the topic Audio Imperia Nucleus 1.4 Update in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals

    • 3 months ago

    Free for Nucleus owners. Update with Native Access.

    “Orchestral Core”

    +Updated the “Pyramid Interface”

    +Added the “Designer Interface” introduced in the free “Glade” library with 200 presets

    +Added an Analog Synth instrument

    15% Discount to new purchasers for 2 weeks ($379 vs $449).  Cross and upgrades available by checking your A.I.…Read More

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    MagicRuss replied to the topic Native Instruments Insolvency and Updates in the forum The Industry

    • 3 months ago

    It seems that DJ who wears a mouse helmet on stage posted on Twitter that he was talking to the insolvency team to try to get control of Traktor and other assets.

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    LinkedMusicians started the topic 🆓 GS DSP Releases Quantum Delay Lite FREE Vintage Style Delay in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals

    • 3 months ago

    A vintage-inspired delay supercharged with deep modulation, flexible filtering, and creative timing that pushes echoes into new dimensions.

    https://gs-dsp.com/products/quantum-delay/#lite

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    LinkedMusicians started the topic APD: German Harpsichord 1738 by Realsamples $19.95 (reg. $109.95) in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals

    • 3 months ago

    Sale ends Feb 10, 2026.

    KEY FEATURES

    Captured at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg
    Rare 1738 instrument built by master Christian Vater
    Eight round robin variations per note for natural realism
    Four release samples per key for mechanical authenticity
    Mellow low end and rich supportive low mids
    Recorded at 192 kHz with high end tube…

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    LinkedMusicians replied to the topic Native Instruments Insolvency and Updates in the forum The Industry

    • 3 months ago

    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

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    SoulfulKeys replied to the topic Native Instruments Insolvency and Updates in the forum The Industry

    • 3 months ago

    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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    LinkedMusicians replied to the topic Native Instruments Insolvency and Updates in the forum The Industry

    • 3 months ago

    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

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    LinkedMusicians replied to the topic Native Instruments Insolvency and Updates in the forum The Industry

    • 3 months ago

    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

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    Xandre replied to the topic Native Instruments Insolvency and Updates in the forum The Industry

    • 3 months ago

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

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    Xandre replied to the topic Native Instruments GmbH is in preliminary insolvency in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals

    • 3 months ago

    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

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    mira replied to the topic Native Instruments Insolvency and Updates in the forum The Industry

    • 3 months ago

    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

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    NickBlanc started the topic Analog Hardware – Sunny Melodic Techno Jam in the forum Share Your Music

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    LinkedMusicians posted in the group Open Mic (Open Discussion)

    • 1 month ago

    Just a simple FYI.
    I realize that our members haven’t spent much time in OPEN MIC. It works like Facebook Groups, reddit, and other social media platforms when it comes to making posts, created threads, and commenting. When you want to comment on a thread (technically, it’s called a status update) just look at the bottom of the original post that…Read More

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    LinkedMusicians posted in the group Open Mic (Open Discussion)

    • 1 month ago

    NEW! Custom reaction emojis for OPEN MIC (yes, these are custom made for LinkedMusicians). We won’t be using all of them here, just some. I’d love to get your thoughts. I realize that our community has music producers and composers from all areas of music, but I thought the rock and roll spirit would be fun to represent for the attitude and spirit…Read More

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      1 month ago

      Cool stuff, love it. 🙂

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      1 month ago

      My only concern with these new reaction emojis is the sign of the horns. While most of the US and Europe see them as meaning “rock on” or “cool” some folks interpret them negatively and their meaning might not be clear to others (that’s why we also have the explanations above the emojis). If anyone here has concerns about any of the emojis, please…Read More

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