DLD Technology REs disappeared from the Shop (Solved: They'll be back soon.)

[MrFigg]

Was browsing my REs and noticed the “no image available” beside DLD Technology. Sure enough a search showed they’re gone.

[Loque]

Sad...always hoped to see something new from them...

[MrFigg]

Sad...always hoped to see something new from them...

But just to disappear?! Never seen that happen before. Refills yes but never REs...with the exception of Aeon .

[Loque]

Its not listed anymore:
https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/brands/

Pages is still up, even without certificate:
http://www.dldtechnology.com/

[joeyluck]

Sad...always hoped to see something new from them...

But just to disappear?! Never seen that happen before. Refills yes but never REs...with the exception of Aeon .

Oh there have been a few, such as U-he and Cakewalk.

Megasaur is one of my favorites. Curious as to the reason why they were removed. Maybe they weren't selling well and/or just felt they couldn't provide adequate support.

[MrFigg]

But just to disappear?! Never seen that happen before. Refills yes but never REs...with the exception of Aeon .

Oh there have been a few, such as U-he and Cakewalk.

Megasaur is one of my favorites. Curious as to the reason why they were removed. Maybe they weren't selling well and/or just felt they couldn't provide adequate support.

Ah of course...Uhbik and RE-2A. I never think of them as having disappeared because I use them a lot.

[TritoneAddiction]

That sucks.
Always liked Snakebite and Megasaur. Snakebite especially will always have a special place in my heart. It was the first RE I ever bought.
I'll share a track I made about 3 years ago that I dedicated completely to this little snake synth. It'll work as a little reminder of this dirty, screechy, distorted and fun instrument now that it's gone.


Such a great little character synth. Glad I bought it.
Thanks DLD Technology for all your work. It's been much appreciated.

Kinda feel like doing a new Snakebite song now.

[moneykube]

That sucks.
Always liked Snakebite and Megasaur. Snakebite especially will always have a special place in my heart. It was the first RE I ever bought.
I'll share a track I made about 3 years ago that I dedicated completely to this little snake synth. It'll work as a little reminder of this dirty, screechy, distorted and fun instrument now that it's gone.


Such a great little character synth. Glad I bought it.
Thanks DLD Technology for all your work. It's been much appreciated.

Kinda feel like doing a new Snakebite synth now.

been thinking of both of these but never did them yet... sigh... snooze and lose... sad

[tumar]

I purchased Revolution. What if I upgrade or reinstall Reason? Should I worry?

[MrFigg]

Wrote and asked Rich and here’s what he replied.

“Hi - Navi Retlav Studio is now looking after the DLD extensions - they are doing some company admin stuff and the extensions will be hopefully back in the shop sometime next month.”

So all good

[EdGrip]

That sucks.
Always liked Snakebite and Megasaur. Snakebite especially will always have a special place in my heart. It was the first RE I ever bought.
I'll share a track I made about 3 years ago that I dedicated completely to this little snake synth. It'll work as a little reminder of this dirty, screechy, distorted and fun instrument now that it's gone.


Such a great little character synth. Glad I bought it.
Thanks DLD Technology for all your work. It's been much appreciated.

Kinda feel like doing a new Snakebite song now.

This is ace! All your tracks are so good!

They gave away their analogue sequencer RE as a lockdown freebie earlier this year. I have Magasaur, which is single-minded excellence, and their surround speaker RE which I bought for sound design lols. I'm sad to see them not in the shop.

[joeyluck]

Wrote and asked Rich and here’s what he replied.

“Hi - Navi Retlav Studio is now looking after the DLD extensions - they are doing some company admin stuff and the extensions will be hopefully back in the shop sometime next month.”

So all good

Oh cool news

Navi is very active in the Reason community, so it certainly sounds more promising than when Audreio took over Sononics or BandLab took over Cakewalk...

[moneykube]

Wrote and asked Rich and here’s what he replied.

“Hi - Navi Retlav Studio is now looking after the DLD extensions - they are doing some company admin stuff and the extensions will be hopefully back in the shop sometime next month.”

So all good

Oh cool news

Navi is very active in the Reason community, so it certainly sounds more promising than when Audreio took over Sononics or BandLab took over Cakewalk...

awesome news

[moneykube]

I purchased Revolution. What if I upgrade or reinstall Reason? Should I worry?

once bought... always available in account even if company folds... so no worry... perhaps no updates... but will remain for you to use

[challism]

RIP DLD Technology! Thanks for Snakebite and the freebie CV-8. That is a handy, little unit. And Snakebite is an angry synth. I still love it after all these years. Distinctive, to say the least. They gave us a handful of other freebies, too, but I could never make much use of them, so they aren't in my rack right now. I know a number of users were really excited to get that old school sequencer for free. I appreciate the way DLD essentially gave away a lot of licenses prior to closing up shop. I'm sure glad I have Snakebite. Having something that is unavailable makes it that much better, for some reason.

Other REs in my rack that share this same "no image available" picture are the A-list Drummers, Cakewalk RE2A, Radical Pianos, MC-1 (More Cowbell).

U-he and Softphonics stuff should have this icon, too.

What was the name of the company whose owner/developer died and his heirs had the devices removed from the shop? I always regretted not buying that one CV utility RE he had. I want to say Black & Orange was the name of the company. Anyone remember? I always wished his heirs would have decided to just gift the REs to the community, like HAMU (RIP) did. If I were a dev, I think I would just give it all away upon my passing.

I'm going to go play with Snakebite now!

[guitfnky]

certainly sounds more promising than when Audreio took over Sononics or BandLab took over Cakewalk...

what do you mean? what‘s the Bandlab/Cakewalk connection?

[EdGrip]

A unique and distinctive-sounding soft synth that cannot be obtained at all unless you already own it. That's quite an interesting concept. Like collectible hardware with only a few thousand units sold. Digital art.

[joeyluck]

certainly sounds more promising than when Audreio took over Sononics or BandLab took over Cakewalk...

what do you mean? what‘s the Bandlab/Cakewalk connection?

Audreio had acquired Sononics four years ago. They made a VST of Revival, but nothing else happened.
http://blog.audre.io/audreio-acquires-sononics-audio/
https://audre.io/revival/

Bandlab acquired Cakewalk a couple years ago. We still don't have RE-2A back in the shop.
https://reverb.com/news/bandlab-acquire ... rom-gibson

[guitfnky]

what do you mean? what‘s the Bandlab/Cakewalk connection?

Audreio had acquired Sononics four years ago. They made a VST of Revival, but nothing else happened.
http://blog.audre.io/audreio-acquires-sononics-audio/
https://audre.io/revival/

Bandlab acquired Cakewalk a couple years ago. We still don't have RE-2A back in the shop.
https://reverb.com/news/bandlab-acquire ... rom-gibson

ah, gotcha. I wasn’t making the connection between the RE and the company—thought it was a comment about how Bandlab has been handling Cakewalk. thanks for the clarification.

[EnochLight]

What was the name of the company whose owner/developer died and his heirs had the devices removed from the shop? I always regretted not buying that one CV utility RE he had. I want to say Black & Orange was the name of the company. Anyone remember? I always wished his heirs would have decided to just gift the REs to the community, like HAMU (RIP) did. If I were a dev, I think I would just give it all away upon my passing.

Yes, it was Black and Orange. Dude died because he did wingsuit stuff recreationally and ended up, well - it wasn't pretty. I've got his AutoArp device. The GUI/UX was ahead of its time, IMHO (for a Rack Extension). He designed it with SDK 1.0, but it really was meant to be designed in SDK 3.0 or later, as it needed changeable panels, etc. Still looks awesome today:

[Zac]

What was the name of the company whose owner/developer died and his heirs had the devices removed from the shop? I always regretted not buying that one CV utility RE he had. I want to say Black & Orange was the name of the company. Anyone remember? I always wished his heirs would have decided to just gift the REs to the community, like HAMU (RIP) did. If I were a dev, I think I would just give it all away upon my passing.

Yes, it was Black and Orange. Dude died because he did wingsuit stuff recreationally and ended up, well - it wasn't pretty. I've got his AutoArp device. The GUI/UX was ahead of its time, IMHO (for a Rack Extension). He designed it with SDK 1.0, but it really was meant to be designed in SDK 3.0 or later, as it needed changeable panels, etc. Still looks awesome today:

Big love for auto arp here. I remember Brian trying to tease us the title and all of us missing the mark

I really like snakebite too. Whenever something needs to cut through the mix.

[dvdrtldg]

What was the name of the company whose owner/developer died and his heirs had the devices removed from the shop? I always regretted not buying that one CV utility RE he had. I want to say Black & Orange was the name of the company. Anyone remember? I always wished his heirs would have decided to just gift the REs to the community, like HAMU (RIP) did. If I were a dev, I think I would just give it all away upon my passing.

Black and Orange - maker of ReVolt, which is a real gem



iirc the dev died in some sort of accident didn't he? Unlike Hamu, who knew he was going and had time to think about giving stuff away

[challism]

Yeah, I forgot about AutoArp. Another one I wish I had picked up before it disappeared forever. And ReVolt is the one I regretted not buying as soon as it was gone. I forgot what was so unique about it... seems like it did something no other CV units could do. Not sure what that was, now.

So the title of the thread changed, saying the issue is solved and DLD will be back? What happened? Who solved the mystery? We have a new mystery on our hands without an explanation.

And can anybody help solve the issue of the missing Black and Orange REs? I'd sure like to see those back in the shop, too.

[Zac]

Yeah, I forgot about AutoArp. Another one I wish I had picked up before it disappeared forever. And ReVolt is the one I regretted not buying as soon as it was gone. I forgot what was so unique about it... seems like it did something no other CV units could do. Not sure what that was, now.

So the title of the thread changed, saying the issue is solved and DLD will be back? What happened? Who solved the mystery? We have a new mystery on our hands without an explanation.

And can anybody help solve the issue of the missing Black and Orange REs? I'd sure like to see those back in the shop, too.

You won't see the Black and Orange REs again. I believe Brian's estate dissolved his RE business.

[challism]

Yeah, I forgot about AutoArp. Another one I wish I had picked up before it disappeared forever. And ReVolt is the one I regretted not buying as soon as it was gone. I forgot what was so unique about it... seems like it did something no other CV units could do. Not sure what that was, now.

So the title of the thread changed, saying the issue is solved and DLD will be back? What happened? Who solved the mystery? We have a new mystery on our hands without an explanation.

And can anybody help solve the issue of the missing Black and Orange REs? I'd sure like to see those back in the shop, too.

You won't see the Black and Orange REs again. I believe Brian's estate dissolved his RE business.

I was joking. That's why I put a wink after the comment. Very dry and dumb humor, I know.