Apple Bought Out Redmatica

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Apple Bought Out Redmatica

Apple has bought out an Italian company, Redmatica, reports say. The news was broken a local blog, which also obtained a document supporting the claim from the country's communications regulator, AGCOM. Neither Apple nor Redmatica have confirmed the deal, although Apple rarely makes any announcements about the acquisitions of smaller firms.

Apple could want Redmatica's staff and/or technology to improve the quality of its own music software, especially Logic Pro; the software has languished in recent years with very few updates, making it hard for Apple to compete with alternatives like Pro Tools or Ableton Live.

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Interesting news, I wonder if Redmatica's technology will make it into the next major revision of Logic Pro.

Mac OS X (10.6.8), 32GB Ram, 512MB VRam, Logic 9.1.5

Posted on May 30, 2012 12:07 PM

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May 30, 2012 12:59 PM in response to George Bellas

Maybe we'll get some good news on the future of Logic at WWDC?

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chorleyman

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May 30, 2012 2:50 PM in response to George Bellas

That sounds like an excellent idea to me - the look and feel of the Redmatica software seems to be very compatible with Logic's visual interface, so having aspects of them becoming integrated with the EXS editor software sounds like a pretty cool prospect, if that's the way its going.

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Eriksimon

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May 31, 2012 8:48 AM in response to chorleyman

Here's a thread over at LPH, with some reliable insider insight from "our own" BeeJ(ay):

http://www.logicprohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=84311#p439042

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May 31, 2012 8:58 AM in response to Eriksimon

Hmmm. I wonder if it will replace Kontakt? Or just improve the EXS24? Either way, I'm sure this pushes back any timline for Logic X.

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Jun 1, 2012 8:18 AM in response to George Bellas

I have a bad feeling about this. Improvements to Logic would be great. But killing off Keymap and the other apps would be horrible, they are used all the time for creating Kontakt libraries.

I don't really see what their strategy is here, the obvious thing would be improved EXS support but that format has fizzled out as Apple let it languish the last few years.

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Blueberry

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Jun 1, 2012 10:25 AM in response to Bob Lyons

You believe that hiring a single guy who created some really nice apps to manage sample libraries will make Apple change their plans for Logic X? Really?

My personal guess is: the developer wanted to have a solid job at a big company with a regular income and Apple wanted him, because he is really talented and working in a field that fits very nicely.

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Jun 1, 2012 12:13 PM in response to George Bellas

Just got this email.

Dear Redmatica Customer,

After eight wonderful years of developing creative sampling tools, I have decided to close Redmatica to pursue other interests. Thank you for all your patronage!

Andrea Gozzi, Founder

Horrible news for Kontakt developers and users.

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