Native Instruments
| Type | Privately Held Corporation |
|---|---|
| Industry | Computer software and hardware for music production/performance |
| Founded | Berlin (1996) |
| Headquarters | Berlin, Germany and Los Angeles, California |
| Key people | CEO Daniel Haver, CTO Mate Galic [1] |
| Employees | 270[2] |
| Website | Native Instruments |
Native Instruments is a technology company that develops software and hardware for music production and DJing. The company has originally been identified mostly with software instruments, but has also expanded to various other music equipment segments in recent years.
Current products of Native Instruments include software synthesizers, samplers and effect processors, sound libraries and emulations of acoustic instruments, groove production systems and audio interfaces, as well as various products for computer-based DJing that include DJ software, Digital Vinyl Systems, hardware controllers and specific DJ audio interfaces.
Native Instruments was founded in 1996 in the Kreuzberg district of Berlin, Germany, where its headquarters are still located. It also has a branch in Los Angeles, California. The company also holds a partnership with the online music store Beatport. [3]
[edit] Notable Products
- Absynth: software synthesizer
- Battery: drum sampler
- FM8: FM-based software synthesizer
- Guitar Rig: software effect processor
- Kontakt: software sampler
- Maschine: rhythm machine
- Massive: wavetable-based software synthesizer
- Kore: software/hardware synthesizer "workstation"
- Reaktor: modular software music studio
- Traktor: DJ software and hardware
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