来自 Native Instruments CEO Nick Williams 的公开信
致我们的朋友、艺术家、合作伙伴、协作者及社群成员：

To our friends, artists, partners, collaborators, and community:


After three months of hard work, and three months of extraordinary  loyalty from you, I am pleased to share that a definitive agreement has  now been signed for Native Instruments to be acquired by inMusic.

这两家标志性的音乐科技公司，数十年来始终对这一行业及其中的音乐创作者怀抱共同的敬意；如今，它们携手并进，旨在共同创造出超越任何一方独自所能企及的伟大成就。去年，我们在 NKS 硬件与 MPC Editions 项目上的合作，正是这一精彩故事的开端。而今天，我们正满怀憧憬，共同迈向一个充满希望的未来。

Two iconic music technology companies, with decades of shared respect for this industry and the people who make music in it, are coming together to build something greater than either could alone. Our NKS hardware and MPC Editions collaboration last year was the beginning of this story. Today, we look ahead to a common future.

在过去三十年间，inMusic 致力于打造并壮大那些深受创作者信赖的品牌——其中包括 Akai Professional、Moog Music、Denon DJ、Numark、Rane、M-Audio 等众多知名品牌。他们深知，打造深受音乐人喜爱的工具究竟意味着什么；同样，他们也深知 Native Instruments 对于我们的客户及社群而言，究竟具有怎样的非凡意义。

inMusic has spent three decades building and growing the brands that creators rely on every day — Akai Professional, Moog Music, Denon DJ, Numark, Rane, M-Audio and more. They understand what it means to build tools that musicians love. And they understand what Native Instruments means to our customers and community.



这对我们的社区意味着什么

What this means for our community 

您所信赖的产品、平台和品牌将一如既往地延续。无论是 Native Instruments、iZotope、Plugin Alliance 还是 Brainworx——所有的一切都将继续存在。我们的团队将继续日复一日地致力于产品的开发、发布与支持工作。

The products, platforms, and brands you rely on continue. Native Instruments, iZotope, Plugin Alliance, Brainworx — all of it continues. Our teams continue to build, ship, and support every day.

接下来的安排

What happens next 

我们正致力于推动本次交易在未来几周内顺利完成。在此期间，各项业务将继续照常运营；随着整合工作的推进，我们也将适时向大家分享更多相关信息。

We are working towards the transaction completing in the coming weeks. Between now and then the business continues to operate normally, and we will share more about the integration as we have it.

正如 inMusic 首席执行官 Jack O’Donnell 所言：“我们的承诺很简单：持续投入于旗下所有品牌及产品线，并长期专注于创新，以此服务于各个层级的创作者。您如今所依赖的工具将继续为您效力，而您未来所需要的工具，也正处于积极的研发构建之中。”

As Jack O’Donnell, CEO of inMusic, put it: “Our commitment is  simple: continued investment across all brands and product lines, and a  long-term focus on innovation that serves creators at every level. The  tools you rely on today will keep working, and the tools you will rely  on tomorrow are actively being built.”

这正是我们一直以来为之努力的全新起点。三十年来，我们始终致力于为创作者打造工具；如今，我们开启了崭新的篇章——携手一位同样深耕此行业三十载的强有力合作伙伴，共同迈步前行。

This is the fresh start we have been working toward. Thirty years of building tools for creators, and now a new chapter with a strong partner who has spent just as long dedicated to this industry.

在 Native Instruments 历史上最为充满挑战的一段时期里，您所展现出的忠诚与支持，令我们铭感五内，永志不忘。从始终给予我们支持的合作伙伴，到笔耕不辍、坚持创作的艺术家，再到始终如一、不离不弃的广大用户——在此，我们要向所有人致以最诚挚的谢意。

The loyalty you have shown us through one of the most challenging periods in Native Instruments’ history is something we will not forget. From the partners who supported us, to the artists who kept creating, to the customers who kept showing up — thank you so much.

这一刻，既属于我们，也同样属于你们每一个人。感谢你们始终与我们并肩同行。

This moment belongs to all of you as much as it does to us. Thank you for standing with us.

Nick