Dear Samplemodeling community,
As many of you may know, Native Instruments has signed a definitive agreement to become part of the inMusic family, the company behind Akai Professional, Moog Music, Denon DJ, Numark, Rane, M-Audio and many other established music technology brands.
We regard this as a reassuring and encouraging development for the future of Native Instruments, Kontakt, Samplemodeling, and for the wider community of musicians, composers, producers and developers who rely on the Kontakt platform.
1. What is happening?
Native Instruments, together with Kontakt, Traktor, iZotope, Plugin Alliance and Brainworx, is becoming part of the wider inMusic family.
This is particularly relevant for Samplemodeling, as Kontakt remains one of the leading platforms for professional virtual instruments and an essential part of the ecosystem in which our products operate.
2. Will Kontakt-based libraries and virtual instruments continue as before?
Yes.
According to Native Instruments and inMusic, products, platforms, services and customer support will continue to operate as usual.
3. What does this mean for Samplemodeling users?
Nothing changes.
Your Samplemodeling products, licences, downloads and authorizations remain active. No action is required on your part.
Samplemodeling instruments will continue to be distributed directly by Samplemodeling through FastSpring, as before. Samplemodeling will also continue to provide full customer support, maintain and improve its instruments, and work on new developments that further enhance realism, expression and playability.
4. What does this mean for Samplemodeling development?
We see this agreement as a constructive step for the future of the Kontakt ecosystem.
Native Instruments brings one of the strongest software environments in music production, while inMusic brings decades of experience in music technology, hardware development and performance-oriented products through brands such as Akai Professional, M-Audio and Moog Music.
For Samplemodeling and its users, the most important point is continuity: our current instruments remain available and supported, while our development work continues as planned.
5. Is Samplemodeling working on new products?
Yes.
For nearly twenty years, Samplemodeling has pursued the same mission: to create and continuously improve virtual instruments capable of the highest levels of realism, expression, and playability.
Our goal remains to give musicians and composers more freedom, nuance, and expressive control, supporting human musical performance rather than replacing it with machine-driven results. In this spirit, we have been working on a major update to Samplemodeling Brass, version 4.0, which is now in the final stages of development and will include important new features and improvements.
More details will be shared soon.
Stay tuned.
The Samplemodeling Team
Disclaimer: Native Instruments®, Kontakt® and inMusic® are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. All logos, brand names and images used in this article are the property of their respective owners and are used for informational and editorial purposes only.
I just wanted to say that I am so excited to see what Sample Modeling Brass 4.0 brings! SMB is my favorite brass library and I am so excited it is getting an update!
I got this message and immediately felt fearful that you guys would at some point leave the NI platform. I’m relieved to know you are not leaving. I’ve been writing my very first orchestral album for the last 18 months. I’ve used the sample modeling Trumpet throughout various pieces. For one particular piece, the Trumpet is featured in a prominent role. There is no other solo Trumpet library that would have afforded me such a convincing 16th-note run of such a generous length. Even as a trumpet player, it’s the most authentic solo trumpet I’ve ever had the pleasure of incorporating into a piece of music.
I’m really confident in the music that I’ve written. There are so many moments where it needed the best trumpet solo sound. I’m looking forward to sharing it when it’s ready. Thanks guys for making such a stellar product.
p.s. – have you ever thought about making a woodwind library? 🙂
Can’t wait to hear what you’ve written.
Keep us updated! 🙂
Cristian