https://jamesm.blog/tags/music-tech/ Recent content in Music Tech on jamesm.blog https://jamesm.blog/papermod-cover.png https://jamesm.blog/papermod-cover.png Hugo en Sat, 04 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://jamesm.blog/music-production/native-instruments-formal-insolvency-and-ma/ Sat, 04 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://jamesm.blog/music-production/native-instruments-formal-insolvency-and-ma/ <p>When Native Instruments entered preliminary insolvency in late January, it felt like a seismic moment. Two months later, the picture has gotten clearer—and in some ways, more complex. The company has now moved into <strong>formal insolvency proceedings</strong>, and simultaneously revealed it&rsquo;s in active <strong>merger and acquisition talks</strong> with multiple interested buyers. This isn&rsquo;t a bankruptcy death spiral; it&rsquo;s a controlled restructuring. But it raises harder questions about what went wrong, and what salvation might actually look like.</p>