The company that owns Moog, Akai Pro, and Numark is buying Native Instruments

Native Instruments' suite of music production software and gear, including Traktor and Kontakt, will soon live under the in Music umbrella alongside other music tech brands like Akai Professional and Moog Music. As Music Radar reports, Native Instruments CEO Nick Williams said the company was looking for a buyer in March, following news it had entered bankruptcy proceedings in Germany. In a blog post announcing the deal, Williams called the acquisition a "fresh start," meaning that for the company's brands, "Native Instruments, iZotope, Plugin Alliance, Brainworx - all of it continues." The two companies have collaborated in the past, as in … Read the full story at The Verge.