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Trademarks
The names and trademarks below are referenced on this website and within our software solely to identify the hardware, software or services that our products emulate, interoperate with, or extend. Their use does not imply any affiliation, endorsement, or sponsorship by the respective trademark holders.
| Mark | Holder | KoS product |
|---|---|---|
| VST, ASIO | Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH | VST: every plugin · ASIO: every plugin except Stabmatic |
| Yamaha, DX100, YM2164 | Yamaha Corporation | XCent |
| Ensoniq, Mirage | Creative Technology Ltd | Mample, DSKlusion |
| Simmons, SDS series | Guitar Center, Inc. / Dave Simmons | SDHex |
| Roland, Chord Memory, MC-909, Alpha Juno, MKS-50 | Roland Corporation | Stabmatic |
| Max, Max4Live | Cycling '74 / Ableton AG | HandsUp! |
| Focusrite, Scarlett, Clarett, Focusrite Control | Focusrite Audio Engineering Ltd | RedMatrix |
| MikroTik, RouterOS | Mikrotīkls SIA | SwitchYard |
| YouTube, Chrome, Chrome Web Store | Google LLC | LaterLens |
| Nomic | Peter Suber | NomAIc |
ASIO is a trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH, registered in Europe and other countries. VST is a trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH. Our plugins host ASIO drivers on Windows through JUCE; they do not include or redistribute the ASIO SDK.
Knives on Strings is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Yamaha Corporation, Creative Technology Ltd, Guitar Center, Inc., Dave Simmons, Roland Corporation, Cycling '74, Ableton AG, Focusrite Audio Engineering Ltd, Mikrotīkls SIA, Google LLC, Peter Suber, or any other trademark holder referenced on this site.
Simulation Disclaimer
Our products are independent recreations developed through original research, architectural analysis, and engineering. They are not licensed, approved, or otherwise sanctioned by the manufacturers of the original hardware.
The sonic characteristics of our emulations — including hardware-accurate imperfections such as aliasing, DAC noise floors, and filter behaviour — are the result of our own analysis and implementation work. Any resemblance to original hardware behaviour is intentional and achieved entirely independently.
Interoperability
Some of our software works with hardware or services we did not make: RedMatrix controls Focusrite Scarlett and Clarett interfaces, SwitchYard manages RouterOS devices, and LaterLens reads the YouTube page your browser has already loaded. These products are independent works, built by our own analysis of publicly observable behaviour. They are not supplied, approved or supported by those companies, and nothing here is an official client for any of their services.
Copyright
All software, documentation, website content, logos, and product names created by Knives on Strings are © 2026 Knives on Strings. All rights reserved.
Factory preset data included in XCent is derived from the original Yamaha DX100 ROM. We believe this constitutes fair use for the purpose of accurate emulation and historical preservation.
NomAIc plays Nomic, the self-amending game devised by Peter Suber in 1982, and includes his canonical 29-rule ruleset as one of its options. The game and that ruleset are his work, reproduced here to play the game it defines. NomAIc is an independent implementation, neither affiliated with nor endorsed by him.
Stabmatic's factory chord forms are transcribed from the Roland MC-909 Owner's Manual, as a set of note intervals. We believe a chord voicing is not itself a copyrightable work, and that transcribing it for compatibility is fair use.
The short version: We emulate hardware and work with other people's gear and services. We name what we emulate and what we talk to. The names belong to their respective owners, not to us.
Last updated: October 2026. See also: Terms of Service — Privacy Policy