On April 30, 2025 at 5:33 am jorge said
Thank you Peter

I am adding here some plugins updated in the last days for the same developer

• Oxid has been updated at v1.0.3
• Ny at v1.0.2
• PECS at v1.0.3

How about you, @jorge? Do any particular synth brands / sounds have a special place in your heart? I know from your music that you use synths A…Read More

As the son of a music teacher who believed every one of her 4 kids should be a proficient musician, our house had a bunch of musical instruments, including piano, organ (with a Leslie), guitars, a mandolin, a Wurly, an accordion, percussion instruments, my drums, my harmonicas, and  more. But the first synth I ever owned / had in the house, was a…Read More

Kirk had told me that he made an agreement with the guy behind VSTBuzz, Pulse Audio (and I believe MusicSoftwareDeals) to have exclusive rights to sell KHS libraries after the “Farewell Sale”; that the Farwell Sale prices would be the lowest the libraries ever sell for. FTR, I didn’t have any financial relationship with Kirk on his sale, and I…Read More

On April 29, 2025 at 5:54 pm GoncaloL said
Really hope that is the case, will wait and see

Well, it’s all about Splice’s CEO. This acquisition has the potential to be a great success for Splice AND Spitfire customers (of which I am one; and FTR, I have never consulted to Spitfire, but I have consulted to some of their competitors; I am a Spitfire…Read More

On April 29, 2025 at 4:37 pm GoncaloL said
The amount of backlash on that video is really telling of the way their customer base feel about it. There is no positive spin to it

Spitfire will surely feel an abrupt decrease in their revenue

Social media comments don’t always correlate to buying actions and my instincts are that these knee-jerk…Read More

On April 29, 2025 at 12:28 pm Teebacca said
Hopefully the plugin/sample-library industry learned from Waves’ backlash when they tried to abruptly drop perpetual licenses and force everyone onto subscriptions. Let’s hope Splice and Spitfire keep that lesson in mind. I don’t think they’re dumb or unaware of what people are saying, but money does we…

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On April 28, 2025 at 3:53 pm GoncaloL said
Great insight on business perspective  Peter.

Im concerned about the libraries that i own but also sad with the perspective of an imminent change of direction in their future output, most of their collaboration libraries are great, some of their recent libraries also looked great.

well lets see what…

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On April 28, 2025 at 2:06 pm Teebacca said
She was Adobe’s VP of creative cloud engagement, which led to certain thoughts

I did not realize that. That definitely comes with a boatload of concerns. And, FTR, I’m not saying blindly trust corporations. As a former Fortune 500 strategy guy I absolutely have a level of pragmatism for anything that e…Read More

Great share, @frank!

No other developer is more prolifically producing high-quality free Kontakt Player instruments than Fracture Sounds. I really look forward to every new Blueprint release they do and every one of them has made it to the list of Best Free Kontakt Instruments. I suspect this one will soon be on the list too. I absolutely love their work.

On April 28, 2025 at 10:35 am GoncaloL said
Damn! Not sounding good at all

Im worried about all my investments on spitfire.

i was really on board about what they were doing and this will certainly change their business model

just a great reminder of what we are really buying when we invest on sample libraries

What are your concerns? That…Read More

On April 28, 2025 at 2:40 am Lionel said
Wow, business must be good for Splice with all that subscription moola pouring in each month.

Here’s hoping that this acquisition is a good thing for customers.

Although I have a lot going on with my business this week, I’m going to write a blog post on what’s going on in the industry this week. A see a t…Read More