Company

FXpansion

London music software developer (BFD, Guru, Geist), founded in 1999 and acquired by ROLI in 2016; its UK company was dissolved in 2026.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Founded
1999
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About FXpansion

FXpansion is a music software developer founded in 1999 in London, known for the BFD acoustic drum software, the Guru drum machine and the Geist sampler.[1][2] Its UK company, FXpansion Audio UK Limited (Companies House 04455834), was incorporated on 6 June 2002 as FX Pansion Audio UK Limited, took its current name in August 2002 and was dissolved on 25 May 2026.[3]

FXpansion was based in Shoreditch from 2005 to 2009, opened a US subsidiary, FXpansion USA Inc, in 2008 to handle North American sales and distribution, and moved its headquarters to London's South Bank in 2009.[1] ROLI acquired FXpansion on 1 September 2016 and sold the BFD instrument to inMusic Brands in April 2020.[1]

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The pack names FXpansion as the company the product is made for or marketed by.

References

  1. ↑ FXpansion Wikipedia. publication. Accessed 2026-09-25. CC BY-SA 4.0.
  2. ↑ FXpansion - Legacy Products FXpansion. manufacturer. Accessed 2026-09-25. Guru.
  3. ↑ FXPANSION AUDIO UK LIMITED overview Companies House. registry. Accessed 2026-09-25. Record: 04455834.
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