Apple's reported acquisition of Camel Audio can be traced back in January when the audio software developing company announced a permanent shutdown and the discontinued selling of its software.
Reasons for the shutdown are still unknown. However, the company has now updated some information of its corporate setup in the UK's Companies House website. This included details of its address and directors.
According to the site, Camel Audio's new address is at 100 New Bridge Street in London. It was learned that Apple's UK office has the same address.
Regarding the company's board of directors, the site shows that all the directors have been removed. They are also replaced with a single person identified as Heather Joy Morrison. Morrison belongs to the legal team of Apple.
Fans of Camel Audio speculated that the company was shutting down because of a potential takeover.
"We would like to thank you for the support we've received over the years in our efforts to create instruments and effects plug-ins and sound libraries. Camel Audio's plug-ins, Alchemy Mobile IAPs and sound libraries are no longer available for purchase," the company posted on its webpage.
The company also advised users to download all their purchases and create a backup in order to ensure a non-disrupted use. Likewise, it added some instructions on how fans can download and back up their products.
One thing that has been noted by observers regarding the timing of the shutdown is that it was decided at a time when an unexplained long dry spell in the release of plugin software updates.
Camel Audio is popular for its wide range of effects, synthesizers, plug-ins and sound libraries, which are all made accessible through their own Alchemy software. For the price of $249, users are given access to over 1,000 sounds through Alchemy. It also includes samples that are worth 5.5GB, a virtual analog synthesizer, spectral resynthesis and a powerful additive resynthesis engine.
The team at Camel Audio will most likely be joining Apple as it works on the company's music apps, such as the Logic Pro X and the GarageBand for OS X and iOS. Camel will continue to support its own products at least until the first week of July.
