Numark In 1992, future inMusic founder and CEO Jack O’Donnell was working as Vice President of Sales at
Stanton Magnetics when he learned the assets of Numark Electronics were available for purchase. Founded in
Edison, New Jersey by Harry and Robert Kotovsky in 1971, Numark was among the earliest DJ equipment manufacturers, and responsible for innovations like the first
DJ mixer with a built-in
sampler (the DM1775) and the first dual-well CD player (the CD-5020). O’Donnell proposed to Stanton management that they should acquire Numark's assets, but they chose not to, and O’Donnell decided to resign from his position at Stanton and purchase Numark himself.
Alesis and more acquisitions MIDIVerb Under O’Donnell's management, Numark recovered and grew, and he found himself looking for new opportunities. In 2001 O’Donnell acquired
Alesis, a company that had established itself in the recording market with affordable
effects and later the revolutionary ADAT digital tape recorder, as well as
drum machines and
synthesizers. The following year he introduced the
ION Audio brand, focused on entry-level and
consumer electronics products. In 2005, O’Donnell purchased the
Akai Professional Musical Instrument division (previously spun off from
Akai Electronics). Musical instrument designer
Roger Linn has accused that immediately following the acquisition, Akai ceased all royalty payments owed to him, and that O'Donnell sent legal threats warning him away from attempting to collect further royalties. His company additionally acquired DJ software brand Mixmeister in 2007 and Alto Professional in 2010. Despite continuing to sell the product through Numark, development of MixMeister was subsequently abandoned with the last update being v7.7.1 in 2015.
M-Audio Solo In February 2012 O’Donnell acquired
software synthesizer company Sonivox, and in July of the same year, he acquired
M-Audio and the AIR Software Group from
Avid Technology, Inc. for $17 million.
Further growth In April 2014, inMusic acquired Denon DJ, Denon Professional and Marantz Professional from
D&M Holdings, who retained the non-professional consumer divisions of those brands. In August 2015, the company launched a new brand of
lighting products, MARQ. In July 2016, inMusic acquired
Rane Corporation. In 2017, leveraging the legacy of the Akai pedal of the same name, inMusic launched a new line of guitar
effects processing products branded HeadRush. In May 2018, the inMusic company Denon DJ acquired SoundSwitch. In May of the same year, inMusic acquired Stanton from Gibson Brands. In June 2023, inMusic acquired
Moog. ==Brands==