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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1988; 37 years ago (1988) in the United States |
| Founder |
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| Defunct | 1995 (1995) |
| Fate | Acquired by Microsoft |
The Blue Ribbon SoundWorks was asoftware company in theUnited States. The company produced severaldigital audio products for theAmiga, including Bars & Pipes, asequencer described bySound 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 hardwareMIDI interface and synthesizer based on theE-mu Proteus.[3] Other early products included Who! What! When! Where!, apersonal 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 byMicrosoft in 1995, and Microsoft subsequently merged Blue Ribbon's technology withDirectSound.[5] After the acquisition, Microsoft made Blue Ribbon's Amiga products available for free download onCompuServe while discontinuing official support.[6]
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