Pinnacle Acquires Steinberg

FORMAT · Post by **FORMAT** » Thu Dec 19, 2002 9:16 am

Hi all,
so now "the other" German sequencer has been taken over as well, by Pinnacle, who are mainly concentrating on the PC market...

Find more info here:
http://www.pinnaclesys.com/aboutus/News ... angue_ID=2

Steinberg says that they will continue to support the Mac... Though my guess is: Only for the time being....

Here's their statement:

This is an official communication from Steinberg Media Technologies AG regarding its acquisition by Pinnacle Systems, Inc. In this statement, we would like to answer some of the expected questions about the future of Steinberg products. You can find the text of the press release concerning the acquisition on www.steinberg.net.

How will Steinberg's product strategy develop in the future?
Steinberg will continue to develop its product portfolio in the future.

Will products or product groups be discontinued?
No, this is not planned.

Will all platforms, for example Macintosh, continue to be supported?
Yes, Steinberg will continue to support all platforms.

Your Steinberg Team

Best,
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Mbazzy · Post by **Mbazzy** » Thu Dec 19, 2002 9:23 am

Well, there we're set again for a new round of speculations ...

Ron Jeremy · Post by **Ron Jeremy** » Thu Dec 19, 2002 4:54 pm

If Ableton is aquired by anyone I hope it is Apple...and not Pinnacle...grrrr

Geraldo · Post by **Geraldo** » Thu Dec 19, 2002 7:19 pm

If Ableton is aquired by anyone I hope it is Apple...and not Pinnacle...grrrr

Then we can lose VST support and wait for AU's with all the cheerful Logic users.

FORMAT · Post by **FORMAT** » Thu Dec 19, 2002 8:19 pm

Is is safe to assume that they will abandon the MAC eventually? I'm not so sure as their communication says otherwise.... I guess wé'll see and anyway, I'm not affected THIS TIME

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Geraldo · Post by **Geraldo** » Thu Dec 19, 2002 10:02 pm

I don't care either, I'll never buy Cubase as long as Live keeps improving. Maybe I'll get DP if the X version kicks butt. I just want my TC works reverb to show up in my VST folder!

astromass · Post by **astromass** » Thu Dec 19, 2002 10:37 pm

motu will never see ONE RED PENNY of mine...ever.
i hope MOTU gets bought out byfriggin burger king.

stubby · Post by **stubby** » Thu Dec 19, 2002 10:42 pm

what do yall think about Sonar?

FORMAT · Post by **FORMAT** » Thu Dec 19, 2002 11:59 pm

astromass,

why do you despise motu so much?

stubby,

sonar.... NEVER!

regards,
fromage

astromass · Post by **astromass** » Fri Dec 20, 2002 4:31 am

hi. motu has consistantly pissed me off due to lack of decent support and a SNOTTY attitude..
they even told me to "look elsewhere" for a platform to work with in osX.
when i founf LIVE i decided that 1.5 and reason 2.0 is all i need.

i'd still like to get a desktop wintel box to run audiomulch...heheehe.
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FORMAT · Post by **FORMAT** » Fri Dec 20, 2002 1:02 pm

but isn't Motu THe one flawlessly working audio card solution, e.g. for TiBooks??? I was told so.... Plug it in and it works (the 828)

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astromass · Post by **astromass** » Fri Dec 20, 2002 1:24 pm

the 828 just had it's drivers released this past monday..dunno if it works...guess i'll never find out! ha!
the 828 looks tempting, but my edirol is kicking butt now.

os · Post by os » Fri Dec 20, 2002 5:11 pm

FORMAT wrote:but isn't Motu THe one flawlessly working audio card solution, e.g. for TiBooks??? I was told so.... Plug it in and it works (the 828)

My Metric Halo Mobile I/O works fine with my TiBook...
I know someone who's had some crashes with his 828, though he seems to like it well enough.

ekuehnl · Post by **ekuehnl** » Sat Dec 21, 2002 12:13 am

Steinberg says that they will continue to support the Mac... Though my guess is: Only for the time being....

Actually, my company sells Pinnacle products. Our turnkey systems are almost exclusively on Apple computers. (Aside from Avid Symphony which has nothing to do with Pinnacle...) Pinnnacle is firmly established as a hardware front end for Final Cut Pro. I don't see them moving away from the Mac any time soon.

-eric

Pinnacle Acquires Steinberg

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