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NAMM 2025: Introducing the NKS Hardware Partner Program
Hi everyone, If you've been following the news about NAMM 2025, or are lucky enough to be attending, you might already know there's plenty to look forward to. Our Chief Product Officer, Simon Cross, took the stage today to share some big news from Native Instruments, and I'm super excited to share it with you all! Meet the…
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Scam alert - a quick heads-up for our community 🛑
Hi everyone, We’ve been made aware of a scam involving someone impersonating Native Instruments and members of our team. These messages may offer fake influencer or ambassador opportunities and can seem convincing. These messages are not from Native Instruments. We only contact people through official company channels or…
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February 2025 – a community update from our Chief Product Officer
In January, a few of us from the team at Native Instruments, iZotope, and Plugin Alliance were at NAMM in LA for what is the biggest event in the music tech year. It was great to connect with our community, our customers, and many of our partners. And, in fact, partnerships was the central theme of what we announced……
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October 2024 – a community update from our Chief Product Officer
Hey everyone. It’s been a packed summer here at NI and we're still keeping very busy. We're hard at work channeling our energy into new releases and updates that we can't wait to share with you. From software upgrades to new hardware, we've got an exciting few months ahead. What’s new since our last update?Kontakt 8 and…
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June 2024 – a community update from our Chief Product Officer
Hey everyone, Simon here. It’s been a busy few months since our last update, and I’m excited to share what we’ve been up to and give you a sneak peek at what’s coming next. What’s new since our last update? RX 11 has arrived We’re delighted to introduce a major upgrade to our audio repair toolkit with the launch of RX 11.…
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March 2024 – a community update from our Chief Product Officer
Hey there, I’m Simon. It's been just over a year since I joined Native Instruments as Chief Product Officer. I hope you’ve noticed an increase in me and the other product managers engaging in our community forums recently, which is a trend that will continue. As part of that, I wanted to take the opportunity to look back…
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Q&A with the creators of Noire, Claire, and the new Claire: Avant piano
Meet the Galaxy Instruments team – the minds behind Noire, Claire, and our latest experimental piano, Claire: Avant. The avant-garde Claire Not just another piano in our catalog – Claire: Avant takes the grand piano into bold, experimental territory. Recorded with the lid off, it captures raw textures, whispers, and…
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Claire Avant upgrade price
This discussion was created from comments split from: Q&A with the creators of Noire, Claire, and the new Claire: Avant piano.
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2025 Outlook: Maschine, Kontrol, and NKS Hardware Partnerships
Hi Maschine and Kontrol community! I’d like to introduce myself to the broader audience—some of you may already know me. I’m Chris, the Product Lead for Maschine, Kontrol, and NKS Hardware Partnerships. I’ve been with Native Instruments for over 10 years, but my journey with Maschine started 12 years ago as a passionate…
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Holiday Gift 2024
Native Instruments is celebrating the holiday season 2024 with a free Leap Expansion. Just select the Leap Expansion of your choice in our webshop and apply the code LEAP during checkout. Here are the offers: Leap Expansions Leaps can be loaded in Kontakt 8 or the free Kontakt 8 Player. Here's a walkthrough video:
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Native Instruments new brand identity
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[Giveaway] Share your best tips and win Komplete 15
Do you have some killer tips and tricks for using Native Instruments products? Now's your chance to show them off and win a free license of Komplete 15. Komplete 15 is almost here Get ready, because Komplete 15 is almost here. From Kontakt 8 to iZotope Ozone 11, Session Percussionist to Alicia's Electric Keys, this bundle…
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Native Instruments Apple macOS 13 Ventura Compatibility
Apple's macOS 13 Ventura was launched on October 24, 2022. Our teams have been busy running compatibility tests to make sure that all NI products are working with the new operating system. To check if your gear and plugins are compatible, check out our dedicated MacOS compatibility support page. We will be regularly…
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Scheduled maintenance February 28, 2024
Hi everyone, We're planning a scheduled maintenance on February 28, 2024, starting at 06:00 AM CET – which means you will experience downtimes on the Native Instruments and iZotope websites, as well as Native Access and Product Portal. During the maintenance period, you might run into issues with the following: Logging in…
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Website issues after scheduled maintenance on January 22, 2024
Hi everyone, we've got some scheduled maintenance coming up on January 22, 2024, which means you might experience intermittent downtimes on the Native Instruments website and Native Access. During the maintenance period, you might run into a little hiccup with the following: Logging in and accessing your account Making a…
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Join us for user interviews and get the chance to shape the future of sound!
Hi everyone, I'm Neda and I am the research manager for the product team here at NI. I have been with the company for 2 years now and I am currently trying to expand our research and product testing. Usually I help our team with research for products we are developing, testing them in the early stages and gathering user…
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December leaderboard & prizes
*Attention community members! Our reward system is temporarily on hold as we reevaluate your feedback. Stay tuned for updates and please check back later.* As a community member, you can win vouchers simply by answering the most questions. Here come the top 5 contributors for December 2023. Winner of first place prize -…
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[Sale] NI Cyber Season 2023 Deal Tracker
Don't miss the biggest sale of the year on music production tools from Native Instruments, iZotope, and Plugin Alliance. Cyber season starts now You're here for the deals, so let's dive right in. Here's a quick look at all the current offers. Updated: November 21, 2023 We've just added even more deals: Cinematic bundles…
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Technical issue affecting some orders placed between Nov 22 - 27, 2023
Hi everyone, Between November 22 and November 27, 2023, a technical glitch occurred with the shop on our website. Unfortunately approximately 1% of orders placed during this period were affected by this error. If you are still waiting for your orders to be fulfilled, we will get in touch with you with a solution shortly.…
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[New release] Get more pro features with TRAKTOR PRO Plus
With an add-on subscription, you can gain early access to cutting-edge tools and effects before anyone else. We'll keep adding new features and sounds to keep your DJ sets sounding fresh, starting off with: Pattern player so you can use built-in sound packs to create custom percussion loops Ozone Maximixer integrated with…
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Native Instruments Apple Silicon M1 Compatibility
Apple began transitioning its Mac lineup from Intel processors to its own Apple silicon M1, their new generation of processors, in late 2020. While our product team has spent much of last year optimizing Native Instruments products to work with the new processor, the development of an M1-based version is still a work in…
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[New release] Q&A with the creators of VALVES
Drop any questions you have for the makers of VALVES - a new library for brass instruments from Native Instruments. INSTANT BRASS TEXTURES VALVES is a KONTAKT-based instrument that lets you create warm, authentic sounds from a brass ensemble with a single note or chord. Shipped with 100 preset phrases and 72 in-effect…
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[Livestream] Get together with KONTAKT team on Friday June 16
Come hang with a KONTAKT team on Friday June 16, 2023. Organized by a KONTAKT Product Manager @Yaron_NI and the KSP wizard @EvilDragon, this livestream is your chance to ask about our work-in-progress, get to know a story behind this beloved sampling platform, or dive deep into its features. There might be a surprise guest…
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iZotope, Brainworx, and Plugin Alliance are now part of NI
iZotope, Brainworx, and Plugin Alliance are becoming part of Native Instruments. Read more what this means for you here: Excited that we'll soon have a seamless experience across all brands! Does the news come as a surprise for you all? Would love to know all your thoughts.
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[Giveaway] Win a t-shirt with our fresh new logo
Exclusive giveaway for community members! We're giving away three t-shirts with our fresh new logo, specially made to celebrate a new evolution at NI. They're only available for NI employees atm (literally went like hot cakes when they arrived the other day) and definitely not for sale, so this might be your only chance to…
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[Giveaway] Win a 50 USD/EUR voucher for ELECTRIC MINT
Here comes another installment in our SESSION GUITARIST collection: ELECTRIC MINT, our latest collaboration with Drumasonic. ELECTRIC MINT AT A GLANCE Sampled from an iconic 1960 solid-body guitar, ELECTRIC MINT features 3 combinable single-coil pickups for 5 distinct ways to shape tone, suited to rock, pop, hip hop, jazz,…