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iZotope / Exponential discontinue many products

Posted: Oct 26, 2022 2:39 am
by Guy Rowland
Effective immediately, iZotope have discontinued the following:

Iris 2
Breaktweaker
Trash 2

And from Exponential

R2
R4
R2 Surround,
PhoenixVerb Surround,
NIMBUS,
Excalibur

Here's further details from iZotope Support:
Stratus and Symphony reverbs are still for sale and have recently been updated with M1 support. The good news is that Stratus and Symphony can open presets from the other reverbs (except Excalibur). PhoenixVerb, PhoenixVerb Surround and Nimbus presets can be opened in Stratus. R2, R2 Surround and R4 presets will work with Symphony. Find all info on preset migration [here].

FAQ

If I own one of these products, can I still use it?

Yes. Your product will not be deactivated or change from its current state.

Will I still get maintenance updates?

If you have purchased these products through iZotope.com within the last 12 months, we will continue to provide you with technical support and updates to address critical issues that arise for up to 12 months from your purchase date. The support period for these products will end on October 27, 2023 for all users. We will not actively test compatibility of these products on new operating system or host application versions after October 27, 2022, and the current system specifications for these products operating system will not change. For a list of the product system requirements go here.

Why are you discontinuing these products?

iZotope is continually developing new products, services, and solutions to enable and innovate around audio production journeys. We occasionally need to retire older products in order to focus our resources and development efforts on building new, innovative products and features.

Will I still be able to download the product from your website?

Yes. You can still download, install, and authorize these products. Installers can be downloaded using Product Portal or our Legacy Downloads page. Your purchased serial numbers will continue to authorize these products. You can find your serial numbers in the Purchase History section of your Account page, or use Product Portal to install and authorize them when you are logged into your account.

We sincerely appreciate your support and regret any inconvenience this action may cause you. If you have additional questions, please feel free to reach out to our Customer Care team.
More details including OS support available here:

iZotope - https://support.izotope.com/hc/en-us/ar ... nd-Trash-2
Exponential - https://support.izotope.com/hc/en-us/ar ... -Excalibur

Re: iZotope / Exponential discontinue many products

Posted: Oct 26, 2022 7:12 am
by wst3
The loss of those Exponential products is gonna hurt. I am happy for Mr. Carnes, but I do wish he hadn't sold to iZotope.

Oh well, not the first tool that has "aged out" - I'm still holding out hope (a little anyway) for Wizzo as well.

Re: iZotope / Exponential discontinue many products

Posted: Oct 28, 2022 10:25 pm
by srkrishnan
How to buy a company and destroy it. Thanks iZotope!

Re: iZotope / Exponential discontinue many products

Posted: Oct 29, 2022 10:59 am
by Hannes_F
wst3 wrote: Oct 26, 2022 7:12 am The loss of those Exponential products is gonna hurt. I am happy for Mr. Carnes, but I do wish he hadn't sold to iZotope.
This.
srkrishnan wrote: Oct 28, 2022 10:25 pm How to buy a company a destroy it. Thanks iZotope!
And this.