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Nahimic doesn't seem to be "owned" by MSI, so it is possible that they licensed the software package to Alienware under the condition of a skin change.

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I happened to notice that the audio software MSI uses is AWFULLY similar to the one Alienware uses.  Is it me or is one a skin of the other? Left one is MSI software, right one is Alienware.

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It could be by the same company, i.e. Realtek, but they ask for the UI to include their logos.

 

My answer would be "neither".

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1 minute ago, ARikozuM said:

It could be by the same company, i.e. Realtek, but they ask for the UI to include their logos.

I don't think Realtek made it, as Nahimi is not owned by MSI.  Think Nahimic licensed it to AW?

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1 minute ago, lilbman said:

I don't think Realtek made it, as Nahimi is not owned by MSI.  Think Nahimic licensed it to AW?

I don't know who made it. I said Realtek as an example. You can find their chips and software are almost any consumer board.

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7 minutes ago, lilbman said:

I happened to notice that the audio software MSI uses is AWFULLY similar to the one Alienware uses.  Is it me or is one a skin of the other? Left one is MSI software, right one is Alienware.

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It's likely Alienware uses Nahimic and Dell got permission to skin over their stuff.

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Nahimic doesn't seem to be "owned" by MSI, so it is possible that they licensed the software package to Alienware under the condition of a skin change.

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29 minutes ago, lilbman said:

I happened to notice that the audio software MSI uses is AWFULLY similar to the one Alienware uses.  Is it me or is one a skin of the other? Left one is MSI software, right one is Alienware.

 

No one copied anyone here - they license the software from Nahemic directly, allowing them to have their own logos and UI modifications baked into their specific version of the software-based audio "improvements" that Nahemic provides.

 

Nahemic Audio is a completely independent company that was formed out of A-Volute, a company specializing in 3D sound for the French Military. You can read more about them on their own website, and because no one bothered to research anything, I've also attached a screenshot of their WHOIS information for their domain name.

http://www.nahimic.com/a-volute

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16 minutes ago, kirashi said:

No one copied anyone here - they license the software from Nahemic directly, allowing them to have their own logos and UI modifications baked into their specific version of the software-based audio "improvements" that Nahemic provides.

 

Nahemic Audio is a completely independent company that was formed out of A-Volute, a company specializing in 3D sound for the French Military. You can read more about them on their own website, and because no one bothered to research anything, I've also attached a screenshot of their WHOIS information for their domain name.

http://www.nahimic.com/a-volute

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I was just asking because why not, but very informative.

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