Company:The Blue Ribbon SoundWorks
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| Type | Private |
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| Fate | Acquired by Microsoft |
| Founded | 1988 in the United States |
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| Defunct | 1995 |
The Blue Ribbon SoundWorks was a software company in the United States . The company produced several digital audio products for the Amiga, including Bars & Pipes, a sequencer described by Sound on Sound as "the ultimate in Amiga sequencing",[1] and SuperJAM!, a music composition tool.[2] Blue Ribbon also produced the One Stop Music Shop, a hardware MIDI interface and synthesizer based on the E-mu Proteus.[3] Other early products included Who! What! When! Where!, a personal information manager.[4] It was founded by Melissa Jordan Grey and Todor Fay, who went on to found NewBlue, a video technology company.
Blue Ribbon was acquired by Microsoft in 1995, and Microsoft subsequently merged Blue Ribbon's technology with DirectSound.[5] After the acquisition, Microsoft made Blue Ribbon's Amiga products available for free download on CompuServe while discontinuing official support.[6]
References
- ↑ Austin, Paul (July 1994). "Bars&Pipes Professional 2.5". Sound on Sound. http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1994_articles/jul94/amiganotes.html. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
- ↑ Sears, David (September 1992). "SuperJAM!". Compute!. http://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue144/A20_SuperJAM.php. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
- ↑ "One Stop Music Shop". http://amiga.resource.cx/exp/onestopmusicshop.
- ↑ "Who! What! When! Where! v1.2". http://www.pcmuseum.ca/details.asp?id=38900&type=software.
- ↑ "Microsoft Investor Relations - Acquisitions". Microsoft. http://www.microsoft.com/investor/Stock/AcquisitonHistory/All/default.aspx.
- ↑ Trenn, Dhomas (February 1998). "[Sound Lab Shareware Round-Up"]. CU Amiga. http://www.youngmonkey.ca/nose/articles/CU-Amiga_9802/SoundLab.html.
External links
- Official website of NewBlue
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