Ableton and M-Audio

supster · Post by **supster** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 1:29 am

Question:

Rumor has it that M-Audio is the parent company for Ableton.

Is this true? What is the relationships b/t the two companies, beyond packaging promotions with M-Audio hardware?

deepdirtydub · Post by **deepdirtydub** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 1:47 am

I was told yesterday that M Audio (in some way) owns Ableton and that they are both under a company that owns Digidesign. Also that Yamaha now owns Steinberg and is in the works with Apple.

dCross · Post by **dCross** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 4:06 am

I thought they were simply their main distributor....

sweetjesus · Post by **sweetjesus** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 4:07 am

M Audio distributes Ableton

AVID owns Digidesign

Makie owns Traktor

Yamaha owns Steinberg

Apple owns Emagic

supster · Post by **supster** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 4:15 am

sweetjesus wrote:M Audio distributes Ableton

This is what I thought, but some are saying it goes further than that ...

.. that M-Audio are the parent company

?

ie: a distributor only would not have any creative control or input over the overall direction and marketing of the product. A parent company would

So there would be a big difference.

Confirmation on this? Ableton?

sweetjesus · Post by **sweetjesus** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 4:33 am

you wanna make a bet a distributor does not have any control?

If MAUDIO is responsible for a large percent of abletons sales, then they would most definately have a say in the product.

genshi · Post by **genshi** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 4:51 am

sweetjesus is right. M-Audio is just the distributor with some influence (Ableton and M-Audio have a good relationship from what I understand).

M-Audio is a business unit of Digidesign which is an audio division of Avid. Or, according to M-Audio's main page on their site "M-Audio, a part of Avid"

JAMM · Post by **JAMM** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 9:38 am

Digidesign is bought by Avid so Avid is the owner.

mosca · Post by **mosca** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 10:34 am

an m-audio rep posts here, maybe he can clarify the situation

you know who you are

mosca - ex soundcontrol

MarkH · Post by **MarkH** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 11:52 am

Avid owns M-Audio, M-Audio is the U.S. distributor for Ableton Live, ArKaos VJ, Wizoo, and iDrum.

BTW, Propellerhead is no longer distributed by M-Audio in the U.S.. The relationship was terminated on January 10th, 2005. Line 6 is now the new Propellerhad distributor in the U.S..

supster · Post by **supster** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 6:29 pm

cool, thanks

louZ · Post by **louZ** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 11:13 pm

if m-audio would've owned ableton, maybe they're products would actually work together

(firewire 410)

genshi · Post by **genshi** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 1:07 am

Works fine for me (Live & 410) and many other people. Did you try contacting M-Audio's tech support?

sweetjesus · Post by **sweetjesus** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 1:12 am

genshi wrote:Works fine for me (Live & 410) and many other people. Did you try contacting M-Audio's tech support?

yeah for M-Audio, dial 1800-A B L E T O N

joking of course

Moonburnt · Post by **Moonburnt** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 12:36 pm

Yeah i thought it was just a distribution arrangement - one clear indicator of this would be the Live bundles which include non-M-Audio controllers. I would eat my trousers if M-Audio were selling their competitors' products. Well maybe not eat them, but I'd still be surprised.