I've noticed some music tech companies getting bought over recently, with a case in point being Harrison Consoles. The way the Harrison take over was spun we would think it was SSL that bought Harrison. Actually it is a bigger company Audiotonix that owns most of the mixing desk manufacturers. Although there are many music tech brands (think branding cattle), there are relatively few companies involved.
Music Tribe
- Behringer
- TC Electronic
- TC-Helicon
- Klark Teknik
- Midas
- Aston Microphones
- Bugera
- Coolaudio
- Lake
- Lab.gruppen
- Tannoy
- Turbosound
Audiotonix
- Harrison
- SSL
- Allen & Heath
- DiGiCo
- DiGiGrid
- Calrec
- Slate Digital
- Sound Devices
- KLANG:technologies
- Group One Ltd
Focusrite
- Adam
- Novation
- Ampify
- Sequential
- Oberheim
- Sonnox
- Martin Audio
- Optimal Audio
- Linea Research
inMusic
- Air
- Akai
- Alesis
- Alto
- BFD
- Denon
- HeadRush
- ION
- M-Audio
- Marantz
- MixMeister
- Moog
- Numark
- Rane
Yamaha
- Steinberg
- Line 6
- Ampeg
- Córdoba
- Bösendorfer
- Nexo
Harman
- Harman Kardon
- AKG
- JBL
- Crown
- Lexicon
- Mark Levinson
- BSS
- dbx
- Soundcraft
Is this good for Linux music? Probably not, as Linux may seem appealing to the engineers dealing with the nuts and bolts, but as Linux is kicked up the chain to a psychopathic CEO dealing with billions of dollars, it may seem less appealing. Despite this, I'm still optimistic about Linux music.