Rigid Audio has announced that they will go out of business at the end of the year (2024) and a final $25 sale on the Everything Bundle with 39 products.
There is always a coming and going in the music tech world. New companies are constantly coming and going, and just as many are disappearing.
Now a well-known name will disappear from the Kontakt library sphere. Rigid Audio has surprisingly announced that they are going out of business at the end of the year.
Rigid Audio Out Of Business
The last operating day of the company will be January 1, 2025. Then the company will be closed after 10 years. Dennis Lenz, founder and sound designer says:
I want to thank all of your for your help, your commitment and of course most importantly – your time. It really was an exciting journey!
The news is sad. I liked the Kontakt releases of Rigid Audio because they focused more on synthesizer and electronic sounds instead of orchestral ones like many other releases. They also offered a lot of features for very affordable prices.
RA will end the last two months with a final $25/28,39€ sale on its Everything Bundle, which features 39 products, including the Kontakt GUI maker, a Kontakt development tool for macOS and Windows.
Everything Bundle
The bundle includes the Kontakt GUI Maker software, five plugins and 33 virtual instruments for Kontakt 5 or 6 (full version), depending on the library
- Acoustic Isolation (acoustic grooves) (Kontakt)
- Angus wavetable Synthesizer (Kontakt)
- Aquiver granular instrument (Kontakt)
- Asphericon plugin (24 multi-sampled guitar, tube and bell instruments)
- Atomicron dark pop synth instrument (Kontakt)
- Electro House synth instrument (Kontakt )
- Felocity wavetable Synthesizer (Kontakt)
- Frustum plugin: wavetable and sample-based textures
- Ghost, a texture instrument (Kontakt)
- Grainstates, a granular morphing soundscape instrument (Kontakt)
- Groundshaker, a randomizable groovebox (Kontakt)
- Hibernate plugins , 128 multi-sampled ethereal soundscapes
- Ion Storm: cinematic transition designer (Kontakt)
- Kontakt GUI Maker software for macOS and WindowsS
- ….
If you are not sure about the quality, there are some libraries available for free download, including Interference, Stompbox, and others.
Some Rigid Audio product sound demos I did in the last years on the Synth Anatomy youtube channel.
This is sad news. I wish Dennis Lenz and Rigid Audio all the best for the future.
Rigid Audio Everything Bundle is available now for $25/28,39€. The libraries require the full version of Kontakt 5 or Kontakt 6, depending of the library. They don’t work properly in Kontakt Player. The plugins runs as a VST, VST3, and AU plugin on macOS (native Apple Silicon + Intel) and Windows.
More information here: Rigid Audio
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