Open Labs Kicks The Can

RiotNrrd · Post by **RiotNrrd** » Sun Aug 01, 2010 3:17 pm

This Foreclosure sale announcement is listed at the Austin Statesman’s Legal Notice section:

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OPEN LABS, INC. MUSIC PRODUCTION EQUIP.

Notice is hereby given that substantially all of the assets of Open Labs, Inc. will be sold at a public foreclosure sale to be held at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 4, 2010, at the offices of Open Labs, Inc., located at 3701 Drosset Drive, Suite 150, Austin, Texas 78744.

The assets of Open Labs, Inc. consist primarily of the patents, trademarks, copyrights, and other IP associated with the following Open Labs products: NeKo XXL 61-Key Music Production Stations, NeKo QX6 61-Key Music Production Stations, MiKo LXD 37-key Music Production Stations, MiKo QC6 37- key Music Production Stations, DBeat Mobile Music Production Stations, SoundSlate Rack Units, SoundSlate FW Rack Units, Open RiFF 2.0 Software, MimiK Software, and other Open Labs products.

The assets to be sold also include furniture and equipment, office supplies, artwork, and musical collectibles. For more info, contact Greg Young, Okin Adams & Kilmer LLP, 7004 Bee Cave, Bldg 1,Ste 110, Austin, TX, 78746, 512-681-3732.

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Synthoid · Post by **Synthoid** » Sun Aug 01, 2010 4:53 pm

Not good news for owners of their products...

Post by **Sharp** » Sun Aug 01, 2010 8:00 pm

Bye bye Open Labs..... I won't miss you.

I posted a few video's of my Lionstracs Open Keyboard over on YouTube and because I used the words Open Labs in the meta tags for the search engine, Open Labs threatened me with legal action if I did not remove the tags. I though that was very underhanded as all I was doing was just sharing info on open keyboards to the YouTube community, but their goal was to suppress any video that showed an alternative to their products.

Regards
Sharp.

jerrythek · Post by **jerrythek** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 12:06 pm

Wow, very interesting considering they listed our company's names and product names in their meta-tags for their whole site, and even pictured some of our products in the past...

cello · Post by **cello** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 3:34 pm

Taken from their current site's meta-tags:

Open, Labs, open+labs, NeKo, Niko, OMX, Miko, Meko, LUX, TSE, LXD, LX5, XXL, EX5, EC5, recording+studio, gen2, gen3, gen4, gen5, musical, music, instruments, keyboard, workstation, production station, sequencer, multi track recorder, MIDI, electronic, electronica, digital, recording, mastering, modular analog, Timbaland, Mysto & Pizzi, Polow Da Don, Lil Jon, Jonathan Davis, Jesse Carmichael, Steinberg, Cubase, Karma, Reaper, Riff, Pro Tools, Digidesign, Pro Tools 8, Ableton, synthesizer, synth, piano, organ, guitar, bass, drums, DAT, DAW, VST, DJ, digital, audio, computer, virtual, instrument, production, station, how to make music on a pc, make a beat, touring studio, 4-track, 8-track, Beats N Treats, Victor Wong

A good few copyright infringements there...

Post by **Sharp** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 6:43 pm

Yep... Cheeky buggers.

Synthoid · Post by **Synthoid** » Sat Aug 07, 2010 5:46 pm

This is now posted on their website:

Thank you for being a customer of Open Labs products. As you probably heard, there are new owners of Open Labs. The primary reason we acquired the assets was the outstanding relationship that the artists and producers had with the old company.

We want to assure you that we are committed to you and the products that allow you to create, produce and perform. We will honor the warranties, orders, and upgrades that were taken by the old company and look forward to servicing your needs in the future.

While the IP is impressive, the products are outstanding, and the customer service is world class, we know that the company is dependent upon you for success. Therefore, we would like to present you an opportunity to upgrade to RiFF 2.0 at a reduced cost. We are offering a 25% discount to all current customers that would like to upgrade the products to RiFF 2.0 in the next 45 days.

Thank you for your support in the past. We look forward to a mutually beneficial relationship going forward.

- The Open Labs Team and Owners

Ultimate Dj · Post by **Ultimate Dj** » Sat Aug 07, 2010 6:11 pm

So it went bankrupt and now its under new ownership? Will it still keep running?

Aelfo

Post by **Sharp** » Sat Aug 07, 2010 7:05 pm

The debt still exists. It's just someone else problem now.

Open Labs ideally need to work towards dropping the price in order to really fix things. If you saw the inside of one you would know why. It ain't no KORG OASYS inside or a Lionstracs where it's got custom boards that make sure the sound is always clean and so on.

EDIT... Have a read of this.
http://spidouz.wordpress.com/2010/07/31 ... pen-labs//

Didn't know it was only a 32Bit OS either. That means no more than 3GB of RAM will ever be addressed regardless of what you have installed. Not to mention the fact that it's not making use of the 64Bit cores.

Regards
Sharp.

Ultimate Dj · Post by **Ultimate Dj** » Sat Aug 07, 2010 7:44 pm

Sharp wrote:The debt still exists. It's just someone else problem now.

Open Labs ideally need to work towards dropping the price in order to really fix things. If you saw the inside of one you would know why. It ain't no KORG OASYS inside or a Lionstracs where it's got custom boards that make sure the sound is always clean and so on.

EDIT... Have a read of this.
http://spidouz.wordpress.com/2010/07/31 ... pen-labs//

Didn't know it was only a 32Bit OS either. That means no more than 3GB of RAM will ever be addressed regardless of what you have installed. Not to mention the fact that it's not making use of the 64Bit cores.

Regards
Sharp.

Thanks Sharp!
That article Really broke it down and proved whats wrong with OL.
Its too bad Lionstrac doesn't have a 37 key or something a bit smaller than the 61. That would make a huge difference for me.

Aelfo

Synthoid · Post by **Synthoid** » Sat Aug 07, 2010 7:54 pm

Ultimate Dj wrote:Its too bad Lionstrac doesn't have a 37 key or something a bit smaller than the 61. That would make a huge difference for me.

Kinda hard for me to understand the practicality of a workstation with that much horsepower and less than 61 keys.

I have a couple synths with 49 keys and even that's limiting.

Ultimate Dj · Post by **Ultimate Dj** » Sat Aug 07, 2010 7:58 pm

Synthoid wrote:
Ultimate Dj wrote:Its too bad Lionstrac doesn't have a 37 key or something a bit smaller than the 61. That would make a huge difference for me.
Kinda hard for me to understand the practicality of a workstation with that much horsepower and less than 61 keys.

I have a couple synths with 49 keys and even that's limiting.

Its about space. I don't have space for a 61key. But I figure that if I could get a smaller one than when I needed to I'd just get a 61/76 Midi board.
Kinda like how they have the M3M. That'd be perfect in a Lionstrac!

Aelfo

Post by **Sharp** » Sat Aug 07, 2010 8:25 pm

Kinda like how they have the M3M. That'd be perfect in a Lionstrac!

Did you not see their X6-D ? Might be what your after.

Image

http://www.lionstracs.com/store/groove-x6-d-p-235.html

Regards
Sharp.

Synthoid · Post by **Synthoid** » Sat Aug 07, 2010 8:33 pm

I'd seriously consider the module if I could find one locally.

Ultimate Dj · Post by **Ultimate Dj** » Sat Aug 07, 2010 8:57 pm

Sharp wrote:
Kinda like how they have the M3M. That'd be perfect in a Lionstrac!
Did you not see their X6-D ? Might be what your after.

Image

http://www.lionstracs.com/store/groove-x6-d-p-235.html

Regards
Sharp.

No idea how I missed that. Thanks wow...yeah that could be perfect!

Cheers

Aelfo:verycool: