Native Instruments has been sold. InMusic Brands, the U.S. parent of Akai Professional, Denon DJ, Numark, Rane, M-Audio, Moog, and Engine DJ, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire NI in full. That includes Traktor, Maschine, Komplete, Kontakt, Reaktor, and the broader iZotope, Plugin Alliance, and Brainworx stack that NI absorbed over the last few years. The deal was signed at Superbooth in Berlin and announced this morning by NI CEO Nick Williams.
If this looks like it came together fast, it apparently didn’t. The two companies announced an integration partnership in 2025 that brought NKS support to Akai’s MPK and…
