<s>
This	O
article	O
deals	O
with	O
music	B-Application
software	I-Application
created	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	O
line	O
of	O
computers	O
and	O
covers	O
the	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
operating	O
system	O
and	O
its	O
derivates	O
AROS	B-Application
and	O
MorphOS	B-Operating_System
and	O
is	O
a	O
split	O
of	O
main	O
article	O
Amiga	B-Device
software	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
See	O
also	O
related	O
articles	O
Amiga	B-Device
productivity	I-Device
software	I-Device
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
programming	I-Device
languages	I-Device
,	O
Amiga	O
Internet	O
and	O
communications	O
software	O
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
support	I-Device
and	I-Device
maintenance	I-Device
software	I-Device
for	O
other	O
information	O
regarding	O
software	O
that	O
run	O
on	O
Amiga	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Samplitude	B-Device
by	O
SEK	O
'D	O
(	O
Studio	O
fuer	O
Elektronische	O
Klangerzeugung	O
Dresden	O
)	O
,	O
Instant	B-Application
Music	I-Application
,	O
DMCS	B-Application
(	O
DeLuxe	O
Music	O
)	O
1	O
and	O
2	O
,	O
Music-X	O
,	O
TigerCub	O
,	O
Dr.	O
T	O
's	O
KCS	O
,	O
Dr.	O
T	O
's	O
Midi	O
Recording	O
Studio	O
,	O
Bars	O
and	O
Pipes	O
(	O
from	O
Blue	O
Ribbon	O
Soundworks	O
,	O
a	O
firm	O
which	O
was	O
bought	O
from	O
Microsoft	O
and	O
it	O
is	O
now	O
part	O
of	O
its	O
group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bars	O
and	O
Pipes	O
internal	O
structure	O
then	O
inspired	O
to	O
create	O
audio	O
streaming	O
data	O
passing	O
of	O
DirectX	B-Application
libraries	O
)	O
,	O
AEGIS	O
Audio	O
Master	O
,	O
Pro	O
Sound	O
Designer	O
,	O
AEGIS	O
Sonix	O
,	O
Audio	O
Sculpture	O
,	O
Audition	O
4	O
from	O
SunRize	O
Industries	O
,	O
SuperJAM	O
!,	O
HD-Rec	O
,	O
Audio	O
Evolution	O
,	O
RockBEAT	O
drum	O
machine	O
and	O
various	O
MIDI	O
sequencing	O
programs	O
by	O
Gajits	O
Music	B-Application
Software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Together	O
with	O
the	O
well	O
known	O
Dr.	O
T	O
's	O
Midi	O
Recording	O
Studio	O
,	O
Pro	O
Sound	O
Designer	O
,	O
Sonix	O
,	O
SoundFX	O
,	O
Audition	O
4	O
,	O
HD-Rec	O
,	O
and	O
Audio	O
Evolution	O
,	O
there	O
was	O
also	O
much	O
Amiga	B-Device
software	I-Device
to	O
pilot	O
digitizers	O
such	O
as	O
GVP	O
DSS8	O
Plus	O
8bit	O
audio	O
sampler/digitizer	O
for	O
Amiga	O
,	O
Sunrize	O
AD512	O
and	O
AD516	O
professional	O
12	O
and	O
16-bit	O
DSP	O
sound	O
cards	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	O
that	O
included	O
Studio-16	O
as	O
standard	O
software	O
,	O
Soundstage	O
professional	O
20-bit	O
DSP	O
expansion	O
sound	O
card	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	O
,	O
Aura	O
12-bit	O
sound	O
sampler	O
which	O
is	O
connected	O
to	O
the	O
PCMCIA	B-Architecture
port	O
of	O
Amiga	B-Device
600	I-Device
and	O
Amiga	B-Application
1200	I-Application
models	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Concierto	O
16-bit	O
sound	O
card	O
optional	O
module	O
to	O
be	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
Picasso	O
IV	O
graphic	O
card	O
,	O
etcetera	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
from	O
1987	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Soundtracker	B-Device
,	O
trackers	O
became	O
a	O
new	O
type	O
of	O
music	O
programs	O
which	O
spawned	O
the	O
mod	O
(	O
module	O
)	O
audio	O
file	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Soundtracker	B-Device
many	O
clones	O
(	O
which	O
often	O
were	O
reverse	O
engineered	O
and	O
improved	O
)	O
appeared	O
,	O
including	O
Noisetracker	B-Device
,	O
Startrekker	O
,	O
Protracker	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soundtracker	B-Device
Module	O
files	O
were	O
used	O
on	O
PC	O
computers	O
and	O
were	O
considered	O
the	O
only	O
serious	O
8-bit	O
audio	O
standard	O
for	O
creating	O
music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Various	O
Amiga	O
and	O
PC	O
games	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
Worms	B-Application
)	O
supported	O
Mod	O
as	O
their	O
internal	O
standard	O
for	O
generating	O
music	O
and	O
audio	O
effects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
Amiga	O
was	O
launched	O
with	O
speech	B-Application
synthesis	I-Application
software	O
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Softvoice	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
(	O
see	O
:	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
could	O
be	O
broken	O
into	O
three	O
main	O
components	O
:	O
narrator.device	O
,	O
which	O
could	O
enunciate	O
phonemes	B-Language
expressed	O
as	O
ARPABET	O
,	O
translator.library	O
which	O
could	O
translate	O
English	O
text	O
to	O
American	O
English	O
phonemes	B-Language
,	O
and	O
the	O
SPEAK	O
:	O
handler	O
,	O
which	O
any	O
application	O
including	O
the	O
command-line	O
could	O
redirect	O
output	O
to	O
,	O
to	O
have	O
it	O
spoken	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reading	O
SPEAK	O
:	O
as	O
it	O
is	O
producing	O
speech	O
will	O
return	O
two	O
numbers	O
which	O
are	O
the	O
size	O
ratio	O
of	O
the	O
width	O
and	O
height	O
of	O
a	O
mouth	O
producing	O
the	O
phoneme	B-Language
being	O
spoken	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
original	O
1.x	O
releases	O
,	O
a	O
Say	O
program	O
demo	O
was	O
included	O
with	O
AmigaBASIC	B-Language
programming	O
examples	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
fact	O
,	O
the	O
word	O
processor	O
ProWrite	O
since	O
its	O
version	O
3.2	O
was	O
able	O
to	O
read	O
an	O
entire	O
document	O
using	O
the	O
speech	B-Application
synthesizer	I-Application
for	O
the	O
benefit	O
of	O
blind	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
