<s>
Koan	B-Application
is	O
a	O
generative	B-Application
music	I-Application
engine	O
created	O
by	O
SSEYO	O
,	O
a	O
company	O
founded	O
by	O
Pete	O
Cole	O
and	O
Tim	O
Cole	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Koan	B-Application
technology	O
is	O
now	O
owned	O
by	O
Intermorphic	O
Limited	O
,	O
co-founded	O
by	O
the	O
Cole	O
brothers	O
in	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SSEYO	O
Koan	B-Application
Interactive	O
Audio	O
Platform	O
(	O
SKIAP	O
)	O
consisted	O
of	O
the	O
core	O
Koan	B-Application
generative	B-Application
music	I-Application
engine	O
(	O
the	O
SSEYO	O
Koan	B-Application
Generative	B-Application
Music	I-Application
Engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
or	O
SKME	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
authoring	O
tools	O
(	O
SSEYO	O
Koan	B-Application
Pro	O
and	O
SSEYO	O
Koan	B-Application
X	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
stand-alone	O
Koan	B-Application
Music	O
players	O
(	O
SSEYO	O
Koan	B-Application
Plus	O
,	O
SSEYO	O
Koan	B-Application
File	O
Player	O
and	O
SSEYO	O
Koan	B-Application
Album	O
Player	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
plug-in	O
for	O
internet	O
browsers	O
such	O
as	O
Internet	O
Explorer	O
and	O
Netscape	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
the	O
Koan	B-Application
engine	O
started	O
in	O
1990	O
,	O
when	O
SSEYO	O
was	O
founded	O
,	O
and	O
by	O
1992	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
entered	O
beta	O
testing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Distributed	O
by	O
Koch	O
Media	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
edition	O
of	O
Koan	B-Application
was	O
publicly	O
released	O
in	O
1994	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
the	O
Koan	B-Application
Pro	O
authoring	O
tool	O
in	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
that	O
year	O
,	O
SSEYO	O
brought	O
Koan	B-Application
to	O
the	O
attention	O
of	O
Brian	O
Eno	O
,	O
who	O
quickly	O
showed	O
great	O
interest	O
in	O
the	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
began	O
creating	O
pieces	O
with	O
Koan	B-Application
Pro	O
,	O
collecting	O
and	O
publishing	O
them	O
in	O
his	O
1996	O
work	O
"	O
Generative	B-Application
Music	I-Application
1	O
with	O
SSEYO	O
Koan	B-Application
Software	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
release	O
featured	O
a	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
containing	O
the	O
SSEYO	O
Koan	B-Application
Plus	O
player	O
and	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
12	O
Koan	B-Application
generative-music	O
pieces	O
that	O
he	O
authored	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eno	O
's	O
early	O
relationship	O
with	O
Koan	B-Application
was	O
captured	O
in	O
his	O
1996	O
diary	O
A	O
Year	O
with	O
Swollen	O
Appendices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Koan	B-Application
Pro	O
software	O
was	O
available	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
(	O
16	O
-	O
and	O
32-bit	O
versions	O
)	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
8	I-Operating_System
and	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
9	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Integration	O
with	O
existing	O
digital	B-General_Concept
audio	I-General_Concept
workstations	I-General_Concept
could	O
be	O
difficult	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
software	O
did	O
not	O
include	O
an	O
audio	B-Application
plug-in	I-Application
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SSEYO	O
Koan	B-Application
Plugin	O
for	O
web	O
browsers	O
was	O
programmable	O
in	O
real-time	O
through	O
JavaScript	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
several	O
interesting	O
interactive	O
applications	O
for	O
web	O
browsers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2001	O
,	O
Koan	B-Application
included	O
a	O
modular	O
synthesizer	O
;	O
its	O
engine	O
also	O
featured	O
a	O
file	O
format	O
named	O
Vector	O
Audio	O
,	O
which	O
allowed	O
very	O
complicated	O
generative	O
pieces	O
,	O
complete	O
with	O
full	O
synthesizer	O
sound	O
descriptions	O
,	O
to	O
be	O
delivered	O
in	O
only	O
a	O
few	O
thousand	O
bytes	O
of	O
plain	O
text	O
within	O
a	O
Web	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
Koan	B-Application
and	O
the	O
Koan	B-Application
Pro	O
authoring	O
tool	O
are	O
no	O
longer	O
commercially	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
,	O
the	O
original	O
creators	O
of	O
Koan	B-Application
(	O
Pete	O
Cole	O
and	O
Tim	O
Cole	O
)	O
founded	O
a	O
company	O
called	O
Intermorphic	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
new	O
generative	O
system	O
called	O
Noatikl	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
acquired	O
the	O
Koan	B-Application
technology	O
and	O
thence	O
described	O
Noatikl	O
as	O
"	O
the	O
evolution	O
of	O
Koan	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Noatikl	O
supports	O
importing	O
data	O
from	O
earlier	O
Koan	B-Application
systems	O
,	O
and	O
offers	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
audio	B-Application
plug-in	I-Application
implementations	O
for	O
easy	O
integration	O
with	O
modern	O
digital	B-General_Concept
audio	I-General_Concept
workstations	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Noatikl	O
3	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
2015	O
,	O
added	O
a	O
native	O
iOS	B-Application
app	I-Application
together	O
with	O
extensive	O
improvements	O
to	O
the	O
Partikl	O
software	O
synthesizer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2003	O
,	O
Ars	O
Electronica	O
held	O
a	O
96-hour	O
musical	O
event	O
entitled	O
"	O
Dark	O
Symphony	O
"	O
,	O
playing	O
live	O
Koan	B-Application
music	O
from	O
various	O
artists	O
over	O
a	O
160,000	O
-watt	O
PA	O
in	O
Linz	O
's	O
Klangpark	O
on	O
the	O
banks	O
of	O
the	O
Danube	O
.	O
</s>
