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    @kirean Wait, I own and love NI Komplete 15 Ultimate, which I bought last year. Have there been 11 version updates since last summer that I missed?

    All joking aside regarding the branding scramble, I want to be very clear: I love NI Komplete Ultimate. I use Kontakt in virtually every project and have had nothing but great experiences with NI, using Kontakt since its early days. I give NI Komplete two thumbs up, and no one wants to see them succeed with zero layoffs more than me.

    Even more, as an NI affiliate partner, the “marketer” in me should be pushing for the conversion to see as many sales as possible. But all of that doesn’t negate the objective business reality of insolvency.

    True advocacy means giving you the honest risk assessment that influencers and 99.9% of affiliates won’t talk about—frankly, because it kills conversions. While I want NI to succeed, I have to prioritize my fellow creators. I care about the trust this community puts in me, and I’m not willing to trade that for a commission. That’s why I have to make sure you’re aware of the high degree of risk NI purchases entail at this moment.

    My heart is truly with the people behind the tools. I actually have a technical support request in with NI right now, and I’ve shared with their support team that I am rooting for them. Even within our own LinkedMusicians community, we have NI senior software engineers who joined because they value the depth of our analysis. They know this comes from a place of respect for the craft.

    However, the best advice I can give you is that now is a risky time to make this purchase. We’re likely very close to an announcement, and I hope it’s great news for those of us—including me—who love these products. I’d recommend being patient, unless you can accept the risk that a new buyer might take the company in a very different direction. The undeniable truth is, all of those possibilities are on the table right now.

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