Reply To: NOT A DEAL: Spitfire Has Been Acquired by Splice

[peter]

I think Splice is in a great position to expand its market reach and revenue. Of course, that’s no guarantee that the CEO will take them in the right direction. She could very well go all in on subscriptions, as many Spitfire customers fear. Of course, I would not like that. But all we can do right now is wait and see. If I was spending on sample libraries right now, I would absolutely hit the pause button on Spitfire libraries before we saw signs of what she’s going to do with the Spitfire. Once again, just like I feel with small, indie sample developers, I really wish that my Spitfire libraries didn’t use their proprietary player and instead used Kontakt. To be really candid, I don’t like Spitfire’s player; I find Kontakt vastly superior and if Spitfire had used Kontakt for all of their libraries, we wouldn’t be as concerned about support for the Spitfire libraries we’ve purchased from them working in the future. Once again, I believe the CEO should — very soon — be doing messaging to reassure Spitfire customers that they’re committed to the perpetual license model, as Paul stated. Of course, only if that’s truly the case. But I think there’s enough concern that I think it would be a very wise move to have some direct communication from the CEO about it.

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