@ossian1961 The type of market I saw for HISE was something like your Nebulae but without requirement of 399 euro player. Since you already have the samples and the knowledge of the effects I guess you could create something in HISE rather quickly that duplicates the sound and functionality of Nebulae, Biosynth etc.

@d-healey That samplism site seems rather confusing to me. A lot of the products are patches for other products, and there are a few loop libraries on offer. One product was a set of patches for Roland Juno.
Honestly not what I was looking for at all.

If I want samples I go to Loopmaster, if I want synth stuff I go to plugin boutique.
The Sampleism seems a heap of things thrown together.

For example:
https://www.sampleism.com/price/upto-10

I saw items on the screen for £74.00 (Bloody Nightmare). Not sure if that was a promoted item, but there were loads of others for more than £10.

I won't be bookmarking that site.

Yes there is a chance of instant collapse with a centrally run site, but if HISE run the site then it is in HISE interest to make sure it is professionally run.

I am replying from viewpoint of end user rather than developer, with my limited understanding of the sampler/vsti market.

What about HISE having a marketplace that allows developers to sell their products and takes a commission? Something like Kontakthub?

I saw a quote of 2 million DAW owners vs 50,000 full kontakt owners. So there must be a lot of casual DAW users who do not want to pay the large price of Kontakt. I am one of those users that have decided Kontakt is too expensive, even though the sight of all those interesting and low cost libraries is tempting.

So for me, and perhaps for many others, if there were an alternative marketplace that sold Kontakt like sample based instruments for not too much then I would buy them. I mean up to $50 or maybe $100.

I see that Kontakthub has instruments starting from a few dollars. How do developers make money I wonder at those prices?

Personally I don't think there is much difference for end user between $3 and $10 or maybe $20. But for developer and HISE, the difference of 1000 copies sold at $3 or 1000 at $10 is a lot.

All those libraries for Kontakt on sale at low prices are tempting, but the need for full player is an obstacle. Perhaps users would more easily part with a slightly higher price for a sound library that does not need a 399 euro investment to use.

Another advantage of a marketplace is that it is a central place where all activity and buzz about HISE would be concentrated. It seems to me that for something like HISE to succeed it needs to gather developers and consumers and thereby create the kind of buzz that a market or mall has. Otherwise you get skilled artisans tucked away in backstreets that only a few know about. Yes there is web search but sites get buried unless they are significant.

The marketplace would benefit HISE because it would get commission on the sales. Technically this would need some kind of licensing so that only items bought and registered through the marketplace function. Or perhaps some developers prefer to pay a one off cost and retain the right to sell direct, the option could be available. Although I believe a centralised marketplace would benefit everyone.