https://wearethemusicmakers.co/latest Music tech and AI in music: the news that matters, what we think about it, and a directory of the tools. en-us Wed, 01 Jul 2026 04:30:00 GMT https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/07/native-instruments-inmusic-kontakt-licences https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/07/native-instruments-inmusic-kontakt-licences The sale of insolvent Native Instruments took effect on 1 July 2026: inMusic took the core business and Boris FX took iZotope. NI says existing licences are unaffected, but its products need online activation and its new owner has already cut staff, so producers should plan for the licence server, not the press release. Wed, 01 Jul 2026 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers industrymusic-technative-instrumentsinmusiclicensing https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/05/akai-mpc-xl-mpc-sample-standalone-beat-machine-price-range https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/05/akai-mpc-xl-mpc-sample-standalone-beat-machine-price-range Akai launched a $2,899 flagship MPC in January and a $399 battery-powered sampler in March, and two months later its parent inMusic agreed to buy Native Instruments. The two machines show how Akai is building a ladder into one software platform, and the NI deal raises the stakes on what runs on it. Sat, 09 May 2026 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers releaseshardwareakaimpcnative-instruments https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/05/komplete-26-year-names-absynth-returns-izotope-split https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/05/komplete-26-year-names-absynth-returns-izotope-split Native Instruments released Komplete 26 on 5 May 2026, renaming the bundle by year and putting Absynth back in it, three days before inMusic agreed to buy the company. The bundle is still good value, but iZotope, whose plugins are part of every paid edition, now belongs to a different buyer. Tue, 05 May 2026 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers releasesnative-instrumentspluginsindustry