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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Opcode Systems, Inc.&#039;&#039;&#039; was founded in 1985 by Dave Oppenheim and based in and around [[Palo Alto, California]], USA. &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt; &lt;/del&gt;Opcode produced [[MIDI]] sequencing software for the [[classic Mac OS]] and [[Microsoft Windows]], which would later include [[digital audio]] capabilities, as well as audio and MIDI hardware interfaces.  Opcode&#039;s MIDIMAC [[music sequencer|sequencer]], launched in 1986, was one of the first commercially available MIDI sequencers for the Macintosh.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Opcode Systems, Inc.&#039;&#039;&#039; was &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;an American music [[software]] company &lt;/ins&gt;founded in 1985 by Dave Oppenheim and based in and around [[Palo Alto, California]], USA. Opcode produced [[MIDI]] &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Music sequencer|&lt;/ins&gt;sequencing&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/ins&gt;software for the [[classic Mac OS]] and [[Microsoft Windows]], which would later include [[digital audio &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;workstation&lt;/ins&gt;]] capabilities, as well as &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Audio interface|&lt;/ins&gt;audio&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/ins&gt;and MIDI &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Music &lt;/ins&gt;hardware&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|hardware]] &lt;/ins&gt;interfaces.  Opcode&#039;s MIDIMAC [[music sequencer|sequencer]], launched in 1986, was one of the first commercially available MIDI sequencers for the Macintosh&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;. In 1998, the company was acquired by [[Gibson Guitar Corporation]], who ceased further development of Opcode products the following year&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== History ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== History ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;In 1985, [[Stanford University]] graduate Dave Oppenheim founded Opcode. Oppenheim, the majority partner, focused on Research &amp;amp; Development, with Gary Briber, the minority partner, focusing on Sales &amp;amp; Marketing. Paul J. de Benedictis, after meeting Ray Spears in San Francisco while he was printing the beta manual for MIDIMAC Sequencer v1.0, joined the company to write product manuals, test products and demo the products. The company introduced its products at the 1985 Summer [[NAMM Show]] in New Orleans (June 22–25) (after which [[Apple, Inc.]] objected to the MIDIMAC name).&amp;lt;ref name=kvr-halaby&amp;gt;{{cite web|last1=Halaby|first1=Chris|title=The Early Days of Software Sequencers|url=http://www.kvraudio.com/focus/the_early_days_of_software_sequencers_15670|website=kvraudio|accessdate=3 July 2014}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; According to composer [[Laurie Spiegel]], the products were publicly available in July.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|last1=Spiegel|first1=Laurie|title=A short history of intelligent instruments|url=http://retiary.org/ls/writings/cmj_intelligt_instr_hist.html|accessdate=3 July 2014}} (&quot;Letter to the Editor, &#039;&#039;&#039;Computer Music Journal&#039;&#039;&#039;, Vol. 11, #3, Fall, 1987.&quot;)&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;1985&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Stanford University]] graduate Dave Oppenheim founded Opcode&lt;/del&gt;. &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt; Dave &lt;/del&gt;was the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;majority partner&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;focusing on Research &amp;amp; Development&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;with Gary Briber the minority partner focusing on Sales &amp;amp; Marketing&lt;/del&gt;. &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Paul J. de Benedictis joined the company to write product manuals, test products and demo the products after meeting Ray Spears in San Francisco while he &lt;/del&gt;was &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;printing &lt;/del&gt;the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;beta manual &lt;/del&gt;for &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;MIDIMAC Sequencer v1.0. The products were announced at &lt;/del&gt;the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;New Orleans Summer &lt;/del&gt;[[&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;National Association of Music Merchants&lt;/del&gt;|&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;NAMM&lt;/del&gt;]] &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;(June 22–25) (after which Apple objected &lt;/del&gt;to the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;name)&amp;lt;ref name=kvr-hallaby&amp;gt;{{cite web|last1=Hallaby|first1=Chris|title=The Early Days of Software Sequencers|url=http://www.kvraudio.com/focus/the_early_days_of_software_sequencers_15670|website=kvraudio|accessdate=3 July 2014}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;/del&gt;and, &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;according to composer &lt;/del&gt;[[&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Laurie Spiegel&lt;/del&gt;]], &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;publicly available in July&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;1985.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|last1=Spiegel|first1=Laurie|title=A short history of intelligent instruments|url=http://retiary.org/ls/writings/cmj_intelligt_instr_hist.html|accessdate=3 July 2014}} (&quot;Letter to the Editor, &#039;&#039;&#039;Computer Music Journal&#039;&#039;&#039;, Vol. 11, #3, Fall, 1987&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&quot;)&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;1986&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;two major products were released&lt;/ins&gt;. &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;One &lt;/ins&gt;was the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;MIDIMAC Sequencer&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;which later became the Opcode Sequencer and&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;eventually, Vision&lt;/ins&gt;. &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;The other &lt;/ins&gt;was the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;MIDIMAC interface &lt;/ins&gt;for the [[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Compact Macintosh&lt;/ins&gt;|&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Macintosh&lt;/ins&gt;]] &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;computer. These products allowed musicians &lt;/ins&gt;to &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;use &lt;/ins&gt;the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Macintosh platform for music sequencing &lt;/ins&gt;and &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;were utilized by electronic music pioneers such as [[Herbie Hancock]]&lt;/ins&gt;, [[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Wendy Carlos&lt;/ins&gt;]], &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Thomas Dolby]]&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;and others&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In 1986, &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;two major products were released.  One was the MIDIMAC Sequencer, which later became the Opcode Sequencer and, eventually, Vision.  The other was the MIDIMAC interface for the Macintosh computer.  These products allowed musicians to use the Macintosh platform for &lt;/del&gt;music &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;sequencing and were utilized by electronic music pioneers such as &lt;/del&gt;[[&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Herbie Hancock&lt;/del&gt;]]&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;, [[Wendy Carlos]], &lt;/del&gt;[[&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Thomas Dolby]], &lt;/del&gt;and &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;others.&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In 1986, music &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;software programmer &lt;/ins&gt;[[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;David Zicarelli&lt;/ins&gt;]] &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;licensed his &lt;/ins&gt;[[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;MIDI#Editors &lt;/ins&gt;and &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;librarians|&lt;/ins&gt;Editor/Librarian&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/ins&gt;for the [[Yamaha DX-7]] to Opcode, which published this product. At its peak, Opcode would market over ten separate Editor/Librarians, software programs designed to facilitate the editing of &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Synthesizer patch|&lt;/ins&gt;sound patches&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/ins&gt;for synthesizers and the storage and organization of those patches on a personal computer.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;In 1986, music software programmer David Zicarelli licensed his &lt;/del&gt;Editor/Librarian for the [[Yamaha DX-7]] to Opcode, which published this product. &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt; &lt;/del&gt;At its peak, Opcode would market over ten separate Editor/Librarians, software programs designed to facilitate the editing of sound patches for &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;digital &lt;/del&gt;synthesizers and the storage and organization of those patches on a personal computer.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In 1987, Gary Briber sold his portion of the company to Chris Halaby, with &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Chris &lt;/del&gt;assuming the position of Chief Executive Officer and Marketing &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;and Sales &lt;/del&gt;responsibilities falling upon &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Paul J. &lt;/del&gt;de Benedictis &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;and Keith Borman&lt;/del&gt;, respectively. &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Paul de &lt;/del&gt;Benedictis was also the product manager for many of the products including the new version of Opcode&#039;s sequencer, Vision.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In 1987, Gary Briber sold his portion of the company to Chris Halaby, with &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Halaby &lt;/ins&gt;assuming the position of Chief Executive Officer&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;, &lt;/ins&gt;and &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Sales &amp;amp; &lt;/ins&gt;Marketing responsibilities falling upon &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Keith Borman and &lt;/ins&gt;de Benedictis, respectively. &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;De &lt;/ins&gt;Benedictis was also the product manager for many of the products&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;, &lt;/ins&gt;including the new version of Opcode&#039;s sequencer, Vision.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In 1989, Opcode introduced Vision, its award-winning sequencing platform for the Macintosh (and, eventually, Windows &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;computers as well&lt;/del&gt;). A simplified version, EZ Vision, was soon released.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[R.L. Blevins, Computer Music Journal, Vol. 14, No. 1, New Performance Interfaces 1 (Spring, 1990), pp. 82-85]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; EZ Vision&#039;s successor, MusicShop, included a simple notation view - a first in a sequencing product in that price range (roughly $100 US).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In 1989, Opcode introduced Vision, its award-winning sequencing platform for the Macintosh (and, eventually, Windows). A simplified version, EZ Vision, was soon released.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[R.L. Blevins, Computer Music Journal, Vol. 14, No. 1, New Performance Interfaces 1 (Spring, 1990), pp. 82-85]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; EZ Vision&#039;s successor, MusicShop, included a simple notation view - a first in a sequencing product in that price range (roughly $100 US).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Also in 1989&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;it &lt;/del&gt;licensed the computer music authoring system [[Max (software)|Max]] from [[IRCAM]], where it had been developed academically by [[Miller Puckette]]. Opcode began selling a commercial version of the program in 1990, developed and extended by &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;David &lt;/del&gt;Zicarelli. Never a perfect fit for Opcode Systems, active development on the software ceased in the mid-90s&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;. The current commercial version of &lt;/del&gt;Max &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;has since been maintained and distributed by Zicarelli&lt;/del&gt;&#039;s &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;company, &lt;/del&gt;[[Cycling &#039;74]] &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;(founded &lt;/del&gt;in 1997&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;), since 1999&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;The same year&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Opcode &lt;/ins&gt;licensed the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/ins&gt;computer music&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/ins&gt;authoring system [[Max (software)|Max]] from [[IRCAM]], where it had been developed academically by [[Miller Puckette]]. Opcode began selling a commercial version of the program in 1990, developed and extended by Zicarelli. Never a perfect fit for Opcode Systems, active development on the software ceased in the mid-90s &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;before Zicarelli acquired &lt;/ins&gt;Max&#039;s &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;publishing rights and founded &lt;/ins&gt;[[Cycling &#039;74]] in 1997 &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;to continue the commercial development and distribution of Max&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In 1990, Opcode introduced Studio Vision (initially called &#039;Audio Vision&#039;), which added digital audio recording (using Digidesign&#039;s digital audio hardware) to Vision&#039;s &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;recording &lt;/del&gt;and editing platform. &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt; &lt;/del&gt;Studio Vision was the first-ever commercially available product integrating MIDI sequencing and digital audio editing and recording on a personal computer. Paul J. de Benedictis was the Studio Vision product manager and helped come up with the idea of audio and MIDI in the same product after speaking with Mark Jeffery, a Digidesign employee key to their software development.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Studio Vision&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|last=Petersen|first=George|title=Studio Vision|url=http://mixonline.com/TECnology-Hall-of-Fame/1990_opcode_sequencer/|publisher=mixonline.com|accessdate=24 September 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt; &lt;/del&gt;A version called VisionDSP was released just before the company folded. Caitlin Johnson (currently Caitlin Bini) was Opcode&#039;s &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt; &lt;/del&gt;Senior Tech Writer, and she wrote the Studio Vision, Vision, EZ Vision, and Galaxy user manuals.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In 1990, Opcode introduced Studio Vision (initially called &#039;Audio Vision&#039;), which added digital audio recording (using Digidesign&#039;s digital audio hardware) to Vision&#039;s &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;sequencing &lt;/ins&gt;and editing platform. Studio Vision was the first-ever commercially available product integrating MIDI sequencing and digital audio editing and recording on a personal computer. Paul J. de Benedictis was the Studio Vision product manager and helped come up with the idea of audio and MIDI in the same product after speaking with Mark Jeffery, a Digidesign employee key to their software development.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Studio Vision&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|last=Petersen|first=George|title=Studio Vision|url=http://mixonline.com/TECnology-Hall-of-Fame/1990_opcode_sequencer/|publisher=mixonline.com|accessdate=24 September 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; A version called VisionDSP was released just before the company folded. Caitlin Johnson (currently Caitlin Bini) was Opcode&#039;s Senior Tech Writer, and she wrote the Studio Vision, Vision, EZ Vision, and Galaxy user manuals.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In July 1995,&amp;lt;ref name=helmsetter&amp;gt;{{cite book | last=Helmstetter | first=Anthony | date=1996 | url=https://archive.org/details/webdevelopersgui0000helm/page/146/ | title=Web Developer&amp;#039;s Guide to Sound &amp;amp; Music | publisher=Coriolis Group Books | page=147 | isbn=1883577950 | via=the Internet Archive}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Opcode acquired Music Quest, Inc., makers of [[MPU-401]]-compatible expansion cards and peripheral boxes, such as the PC MIDI Card, the MQX-16s, the MQX-32m, and the MIDIEngine.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book | last=Heywood | first=Brian | date=1996 | url=https://archive.org/details/pcmusichandbook0000heyw/page/40/ | title=PC Music Handbook | publisher=PC Publishing | pages=40–41, 46–47, 90–92, 95, 201 | isbn=1870775422 | via=the Internet Archive}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite journal | last=Rubenking | first=Janet | date=March 12, 1991 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GF_6VuE4h2MC&amp;amp;pg=PT366 | title=Add a Musical Dimension to Your PC with MIDI | work=PC Magazine | publisher=Ziff-Davis | volume=10 | issue=5 | page=355–366 | via=Google Books}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rp|355}} Opcode continued to sell Music Quest&amp;#039;s hardware following the acquisition.&amp;lt;ref name=helmsetter /&amp;gt; Opcode&amp;#039;s hardware products also included a line of serial MIDI interfaces which included the Studio 3, Studio 4, Studio 5, Studio 64X&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/apr98/articles/studio64xtc.html|title=Opcode Studio 64XTC|work=Sound On Sound|date=April 1998|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915005347/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/apr98/articles/studio64xtc.html|archivedate=15 September 2014}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and 128X,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/sep98/articles/opcode.html|title=Opcode Studio128X|work=Sound On Sound|date=September 1998|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150607013256/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/sep98/articles/opcode.html|archivedate=7 June 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; as well as [[USB]] interfaces including the DATport, SONICport, MIDIport and STUDIOport lines.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://web.archive.org/web/20070814140014/http://www.harmony-central.com/Newp/WNAMM99/Opcode/New-USB-Products.html Harmony Central]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In July 1995,&amp;lt;ref name=helmsetter&amp;gt;{{cite book | last=Helmstetter | first=Anthony | date=1996 | url=https://archive.org/details/webdevelopersgui0000helm/page/146/ | title=Web Developer&amp;#039;s Guide to Sound &amp;amp; Music | publisher=Coriolis Group Books | page=147 | isbn=1883577950 | via=the Internet Archive}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Opcode acquired Music Quest, Inc., makers of [[MPU-401]]-compatible expansion cards and peripheral boxes, such as the PC MIDI Card, the MQX-16s, the MQX-32m, and the MIDIEngine.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book | last=Heywood | first=Brian | date=1996 | url=https://archive.org/details/pcmusichandbook0000heyw/page/40/ | title=PC Music Handbook | publisher=PC Publishing | pages=40–41, 46–47, 90–92, 95, 201 | isbn=1870775422 | via=the Internet Archive}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite journal | last=Rubenking | first=Janet | date=March 12, 1991 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GF_6VuE4h2MC&amp;amp;pg=PT366 | title=Add a Musical Dimension to Your PC with MIDI | work=PC Magazine | publisher=Ziff-Davis | volume=10 | issue=5 | page=355–366 | via=Google Books}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rp|355}} Opcode continued to sell Music Quest&amp;#039;s hardware following the acquisition.&amp;lt;ref name=helmsetter /&amp;gt; Opcode&amp;#039;s hardware products also included a line of serial MIDI interfaces which included the Studio 3, Studio 4, Studio 5, Studio 64X&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/apr98/articles/studio64xtc.html|title=Opcode Studio 64XTC|work=Sound On Sound|date=April 1998|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915005347/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/apr98/articles/studio64xtc.html|archivedate=15 September 2014}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and 128X,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/sep98/articles/opcode.html|title=Opcode Studio128X|work=Sound On Sound|date=September 1998|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150607013256/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/sep98/articles/opcode.html|archivedate=7 June 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; as well as [[USB]] interfaces including the DATport, SONICport, MIDIport and STUDIOport lines.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://web.archive.org/web/20070814140014/http://www.harmony-central.com/Newp/WNAMM99/Opcode/New-USB-Products.html Harmony Central]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Short description|American music software company}}&lt;br /&gt;
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| name = Opcode Systems, Inc.&lt;br /&gt;
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| industry = Software Development&lt;br /&gt;
| fate = Acquired by [[Gibson Guitar Corporation]]&lt;br /&gt;
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| founded = {{Start date and age|1985}} in [[Palo Alto, California]], [[United States]]&lt;br /&gt;
| founder = Dave Oppenheim&lt;br /&gt;
| defunct = {{End date|1998}}&lt;br /&gt;
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* Vision (a MIDI-only sequencer)&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jan99/articles/opcode477.htm|title=Opcode Vision DSP v4.1|work=Sound On Sound|date=January 1999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150607012258/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jan99/articles/opcode477.htm|archivedate=7 June 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Studio Vision (a full sequencer, including digital audio)&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1996_articles/mar96/opcodesv3.html|title=Opcode Studio Vision Pro v3.0|work=Sound On Sound|date=March 1996|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150607010619/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1996_articles/mar96/opcodesv3.html|archivedate=7 June 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/oct98/articles/studiovision.html|title=Opcode Studio Vision Pro 4|work=Sound On Sound|date=October 1998|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150606111957/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/oct98/articles/studiovision.html|url-status=dead|archivedate=6 June 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Galaxy (a patch editor and librarian)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Open Music System|OMS]] (a MIDI-interface environment)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Max (software)|Max]] (a graphical development environment)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Overture (software)|Overture]] (music notation and hybrid DAW software, now published by Sonic Scores)&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Opcode Systems, Inc.&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was founded in 1985 by Dave Oppenheim and based in and around [[Palo Alto, California]], USA.  Opcode produced [[MIDI]] sequencing software for the [[classic Mac OS]] and [[Microsoft Windows]], which would later include [[digital audio]] capabilities, as well as audio and MIDI hardware interfaces.  Opcode&amp;#039;s MIDIMAC [[music sequencer|sequencer]], launched in 1986, was one of the first commercially available MIDI sequencers for the Macintosh.&lt;br /&gt;
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== History ==&lt;br /&gt;
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In 1985, [[Stanford University]] graduate Dave Oppenheim founded Opcode.  Dave was the majority partner, focusing on Research &amp;amp; Development, with Gary Briber the minority partner focusing on Sales &amp;amp; Marketing. Paul J. de Benedictis joined the company to write product manuals, test products and demo the products after meeting Ray Spears in San Francisco while he was printing the beta manual for MIDIMAC Sequencer v1.0. The products were announced at the New Orleans Summer [[National Association of Music Merchants|NAMM]] (June 22–25) (after which Apple objected to the name)&amp;lt;ref name=kvr-hallaby&amp;gt;{{cite web|last1=Hallaby|first1=Chris|title=The Early Days of Software Sequencers|url=http://www.kvraudio.com/focus/the_early_days_of_software_sequencers_15670|website=kvraudio|accessdate=3 July 2014}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and, according to composer [[Laurie Spiegel]], publicly available in July, 1985.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|last1=Spiegel|first1=Laurie|title=A short history of intelligent instruments|url=http://retiary.org/ls/writings/cmj_intelligt_instr_hist.html|accessdate=3 July 2014}} (&amp;quot;Letter to the Editor, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Computer Music Journal&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, Vol. 11, #3, Fall, 1987.&amp;quot;)&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In 1986, two major products were released.  One was the MIDIMAC Sequencer, which later became the Opcode Sequencer and, eventually, Vision.  The other was the MIDIMAC interface for the Macintosh computer.  These products allowed musicians to use the Macintosh platform for music sequencing and were utilized by electronic music pioneers such as [[Herbie Hancock]], [[Wendy Carlos]], [[Thomas Dolby]], and others.&lt;br /&gt;
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In 1986, music software programmer David Zicarelli licensed his Editor/Librarian for the [[Yamaha DX-7]] to Opcode, which published this product.  At its peak, Opcode would market over ten separate Editor/Librarians, software programs designed to facilitate the editing of sound patches for digital synthesizers and the storage and organization of those patches on a personal computer.&lt;br /&gt;
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In 1987, Gary Briber sold his portion of the company to Chris Halaby, with Chris assuming the position of Chief Executive Officer and Marketing and Sales responsibilities falling upon Paul J. de Benedictis and Keith Borman, respectively. Paul de Benedictis was also the product manager for many of the products including the new version of Opcode&amp;#039;s sequencer, Vision.&lt;br /&gt;
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In 1989, Opcode introduced Vision, its award-winning sequencing platform for the Macintosh (and, eventually, Windows computers as well). A simplified version, EZ Vision, was soon released.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[R.L. Blevins, Computer Music Journal, Vol. 14, No. 1, New Performance Interfaces 1 (Spring, 1990), pp. 82-85]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; EZ Vision&amp;#039;s successor, MusicShop, included a simple notation view - a first in a sequencing product in that price range (roughly $100 US).&lt;br /&gt;
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Also in 1989, it licensed the computer music authoring system [[Max (software)|Max]] from [[IRCAM]], where it had been developed academically by [[Miller Puckette]]. Opcode began selling a commercial version of the program in 1990, developed and extended by David Zicarelli. Never a perfect fit for Opcode Systems, active development on the software ceased in the mid-90s. The current commercial version of Max has since been maintained and distributed by Zicarelli&amp;#039;s company, [[Cycling &amp;#039;74]] (founded in 1997), since 1999.&lt;br /&gt;
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In 1990, Opcode introduced Studio Vision (initially called &amp;#039;Audio Vision&amp;#039;), which added digital audio recording (using Digidesign&amp;#039;s digital audio hardware) to Vision&amp;#039;s recording and editing platform.  Studio Vision was the first-ever commercially available product integrating MIDI sequencing and digital audio editing and recording on a personal computer. Paul J. de Benedictis was the Studio Vision product manager and helped come up with the idea of audio and MIDI in the same product after speaking with Mark Jeffery, a Digidesign employee key to their software development.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Studio Vision&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|last=Petersen|first=George|title=Studio Vision|url=http://mixonline.com/TECnology-Hall-of-Fame/1990_opcode_sequencer/|publisher=mixonline.com|accessdate=24 September 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  A version called VisionDSP was released just before the company folded. Caitlin Johnson (currently Caitlin Bini) was Opcode&amp;#039;s  Senior Tech Writer, and she wrote the Studio Vision, Vision, EZ Vision, and Galaxy user manuals.&lt;br /&gt;
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In July 1995,&amp;lt;ref name=helmsetter&amp;gt;{{cite book | last=Helmstetter | first=Anthony | date=1996 | url=https://archive.org/details/webdevelopersgui0000helm/page/146/ | title=Web Developer&amp;#039;s Guide to Sound &amp;amp; Music | publisher=Coriolis Group Books | page=147 | isbn=1883577950 | via=the Internet Archive}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Opcode acquired Music Quest, Inc., makers of [[MPU-401]]-compatible expansion cards and peripheral boxes, such as the PC MIDI Card, the MQX-16s, the MQX-32m, and the MIDIEngine.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book | last=Heywood | first=Brian | date=1996 | url=https://archive.org/details/pcmusichandbook0000heyw/page/40/ | title=PC Music Handbook | publisher=PC Publishing | pages=40–41, 46–47, 90–92, 95, 201 | isbn=1870775422 | via=the Internet Archive}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite journal | last=Rubenking | first=Janet | date=March 12, 1991 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GF_6VuE4h2MC&amp;amp;pg=PT366 | title=Add a Musical Dimension to Your PC with MIDI | work=PC Magazine | publisher=Ziff-Davis | volume=10 | issue=5 | page=355–366 | via=Google Books}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rp|355}} Opcode continued to sell Music Quest&amp;#039;s hardware following the acquisition.&amp;lt;ref name=helmsetter /&amp;gt; Opcode&amp;#039;s hardware products also included a line of serial MIDI interfaces which included the Studio 3, Studio 4, Studio 5, Studio 64X&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/apr98/articles/studio64xtc.html|title=Opcode Studio 64XTC|work=Sound On Sound|date=April 1998|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915005347/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/apr98/articles/studio64xtc.html|archivedate=15 September 2014}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and 128X,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/sep98/articles/opcode.html|title=Opcode Studio128X|work=Sound On Sound|date=September 1998|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150607013256/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/sep98/articles/opcode.html|archivedate=7 June 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; as well as [[USB]] interfaces including the DATport, SONICport, MIDIport and STUDIOport lines.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://web.archive.org/web/20070814140014/http://www.harmony-central.com/Newp/WNAMM99/Opcode/New-USB-Products.html Harmony Central]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In 1998, Opcode was bought by [[Gibson Guitar Corporation]]. Development on Opcode products ceased in 1999.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=http://news.harmony-central.com/News/1999/Opcode-Changes.html |title=Harmony Central News |access-date=2007-09-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071027094815/http://news.harmony-central.com/News/1999/Opcode-Changes.html |archive-date=2007-10-27 |url-status=dead }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
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==External links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/dave-oppenheim Dave Oppenheim Interview] at [[NAMM Oral History Program|NAMM Oral History Collection]] (2012)&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/paul-de-benedictis Paul de Benedictis Interview] at NAMM Oral History Collection (2009)&lt;br /&gt;
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