Opcode Systems, the Glossary
Opcode Systems, Inc. was founded in 1985 by Dave Oppenheim and based in and around Palo Alto, California, USA.[1]
Table of Contents
24 relations: Classic Mac OS, Cycling '74, Digital audio, Gibson Brands, Herbie Hancock, IRCAM, Laurie Spiegel, Max (software), Microsoft Windows, MIDI, Miller Puckette, MPU-401, Music sequencer, NAMM Oral History Program, National Association of Music Merchants, Open Music System, Overture (software), Palo Alto, California, Stanford University, Thomas Dolby, United States, USB, Wendy Carlos, Yamaha DX7.
- Orphaned technology
Classic Mac OS
Mac OS (originally System Software; retronym: Classic Mac OS) is the series of operating systems developed for the Macintosh family of personal computers by Apple Computer, Inc. from 1984 to 2001, starting with System 1 and ending with Mac OS 9.
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Cycling '74
Cycling '74 (also known as "C74" and stylized as '74) is an American software development company founded in 1997 by David Zicarelli, headquartered in San Francisco, California and owned by Ableton.
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Digital audio
Digital audio is a representation of sound recorded in, or converted into, digital form.
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Gibson Brands
Gibson, Inc. (formerly Gibson Guitar Corporation and Gibson Brands Inc.) is an American manufacturer of guitars, other musical instruments, and professional audio equipment from Kalamazoo, Michigan, and now based in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Herbie Hancock
Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer.
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IRCAM
IRCAM (French: Ircam,, English: Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics/Music) is a French institute dedicated to the research of music and sound, especially in the fields of avant garde and electro-acoustical art music.
Laurie Spiegel
Laurie Spiegel (born September 20, 1945) is an American composer.
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Max (software)
Max, also known as Max/MSP/Jitter, is a visual programming language for music and multimedia developed and maintained by San Francisco-based software company Cycling '74.
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Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a product line of proprietary graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Microsoft.
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MIDI
MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a technical standard that describes a communication protocol, digital interface, and electrical connectors that connect a wide variety of electronic musical instruments, computers, and related audio devices for playing, editing, and recording music.
Miller Puckette
Miller Smith Puckette (born 1959) is the associate director of the Center for Research in Computing and the Arts as well as a professor of music at the University of California, San Diego, where he has been since 1994.
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MPU-401
The MPU-401, where MPU stands for MIDI Processing Unit, is an important but now obsolete interface for connecting MIDI-equipped electronic music hardware to personal computers. Opcode Systems and MPU-401 are MIDI.
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Music sequencer
A music sequencer (or audio sequencer or simply sequencer) is a device or application software that can record, edit, or play back music, by handling note and performance information in several forms, typically CV/Gate, MIDI, or Open Sound Control, and possibly audio and automation data for digital audio workstations (DAWs) and plug-ins. Opcode Systems and music sequencer are MIDI.
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NAMM Oral History Program
The NAMM Oral History Program is an oral history project and archive of recordings of interviews with people from all aspects of the music products industry, including music instrument retailers, musical instrument and product creators, suppliers and sales representatives, music educators and advocates, publishers, live sound and recording pioneers, innovators, founders, and musicians.
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National Association of Music Merchants
The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) is a not-for-profit global trade association dedicated to the music products industry.
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Open Music System
Open Music System (OMS) was a virtual studio management application by Opcode for the Classic Mac OS. Opcode Systems and Open Music System are MIDI.
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Overture (software)
Overture is a music notation (scorewriter) program for Windows and Macintosh platforms, published and developed by Sonic Scores.
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Palo Alto, California
Palo Alto (Spanish for) is a charter city in the northwestern corner of Santa Clara County, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area, named after a coastal redwood tree known as El Palo Alto.
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Stanford University
Stanford University (officially Leland Stanford Junior University) is a private research university in Stanford, California.
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Thomas Dolby
Thomas Morgan Robertson (born 14 October 1958), known by the stage name Thomas Dolby, is an English musician, producer, composer, entrepreneur and teacher.
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
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USB
Universal Serial Bus (USB) is an industry standard that allows data exchange and delivery of power between many types of electronics.
Wendy Carlos
Wendy Carlos (born Walter Carlos, November 14, 1939) is an American musician and composer best known for her electronic music and film scores.
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Yamaha DX7
The Yamaha DX7 is a synthesizer manufactured by Yamaha Corporation from 1983 to 1989.
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See also
Orphaned technology
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opcode_Systems
Also known as Music Quest, Opcode Inc, Opcode Inc., Opcode Systems Inc., Opcode Systems, Inc..