FXpansion: version 1

Saved 2026-09-25 03:16 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added FXpansion Guru (2005 software drum machine on DVD-ROM) for wanted UPC 000888879699. Barcode identity from Go-UPC (the only record naming this barcode); product facts from FXpansion legacy page, . This is the current version.

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# FXpansion <!--company-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: FXpansion
summary: London music software developer (BFD, Guru, Geist), founded in 1999 and acquired by ROLI in 2016; its UK company was dissolved in 2026.
legal_name: FXpansion Audio UK Limited
country: GB
website: https://www.fxpansion.com/
register_ids: GB-CH:04455834
founded: 1999
dissolved: 2026-05-25
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name                        | type  | locale | from       | until      |
| --------------------------- | ----- | ------ | ---------- | ---------- |
| FXpansion Audio UK Limited  | legal | en     | 2002-08-19 |            |
| FX Pansion Audio UK Limited | legal | en     | 2002-06-06 | 2002-08-19 |
| Fxpansion Audio UK Ltd      | name  | en     |            |            |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref       | url                                                                         | title                               | accessed   | publisher       | kind         | published | record_id | locator | licence      | attribution | upstream |
| --------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------- | ---------- | --------------- | ------------ | --------- | --------- | ------- | ------------ | ----------- | -------- |
| legacy    | https://fxpansion.com/legacyproducts/                                       | FXpansion - Legacy Products         | 2026-09-25 | FXpansion       | manufacturer |           |           | Guru    |              |             |          |
| companies | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04455834 | FXPANSION AUDIO UK LIMITED overview | 2026-09-25 | Companies House | registry     |           | 04455834  |         |              |             |          |
| wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FXpansion                                     | FXpansion                           | 2026-09-25 | Wikipedia       | publication  |           |           |         | CC BY-SA 4.0 |             |          |
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## About <!--about-->
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.[^wikipedia][^legacy] 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.[^companies]

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.[^wikipedia] ROLI acquired FXpansion on 1 September 2016 and sold the BFD instrument to inMusic Brands in April 2020.[^wikipedia]
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