Plugin Alliance says it is “business as usual”

Plugin Alliance, with operations in the US and Langenfeld, Germany, says it is not part of Native Instruments’ insolvency filing.

ADPTR Utopia: what makes this spectral reverb one of the best effects of 2025

Move over, recycled ideas and emulations: it’s been a year of reimagining entire effects categories. And ADPTR Audio’s Utopia stands out in a 2025 class of reverbs that are more than just reverbs. Here’s a look at why it’s an effect I can’t put down, why it’s so much fun to tweak, and how the developers thought about it.

Peter Kirn - December 3, 2025

Soundwide, parent of Native Instruments and iZotope, lays off approximately 8% of staff

Soundwide on Wednesday laid off approximately 8% of their employees, across their stable of brands. That means at least one major music technology company follows layoffs in tech and media starting this year.

Peter Kirn - January 27, 2023

Soundwide = NI + iZotope + Brainworx + Plugin Alliance – what to know, what to grab for free

Peter Kirn - April 13, 2022

Getting creative with a different kind of compressor: Zip [Plugin premiere]

Peter Kirn - October 24, 2017

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