<s>
Nyquist	B-Application
is	O
a	O
programming	O
language	O
for	O
sound	O
synthesis	O
and	O
analysis	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Lisp	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
an	O
extension	O
of	O
the	O
XLISP	B-Language
dialect	O
of	O
Lisp	B-Language
,	O
and	O
is	O
named	O
after	O
Harry	O
Nyquist	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
Nyquist	B-Application
,	O
the	O
programmer	O
designs	O
musical	O
instruments	O
by	O
combining	O
functions	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
call	O
upon	O
these	O
instruments	O
and	O
generate	O
a	O
sound	O
just	O
by	O
typing	O
a	O
simple	O
expression	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nyquist	B-Application
interpreter	O
can	O
read	O
and	O
write	O
sound	O
files	O
,	O
MIDI	O
files	O
,	O
and	O
Adagio	O
text-based	O
music	O
score	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nyquist	B-Application
programming	I-Application
language	I-Application
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
write	O
plug-in	O
effects	O
for	O
the	O
Audacity	B-Language
digital	O
audio	O
editor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
notable	O
difference	O
between	O
Nyquist	B-Application
and	O
more	O
traditional	O
MUSIC-N	B-Application
languages	O
is	O
that	O
Nyquist	B-Application
does	O
not	O
segregate	O
synthesis	O
functions	O
(	O
see	O
unit	B-Application
generator	I-Application
)	O
from	O
"	O
scoring	O
"	O
functions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
Csound	B-Application
is	O
actually	O
two	O
languages	O
,	O
one	O
for	O
creating	O
"	O
orchestras	O
"	O
the	O
other	O
for	O
writing	O
"	O
scores	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
Nyquist	B-Application
these	O
two	O
domains	O
are	O
combined	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nyquist	B-Application
runs	O
under	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
other	O
Unix	B-Application
environments	O
,	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nyquist	B-Application
programming	I-Application
language	I-Application
and	O
interpreter	O
were	O
written	O
by	O
Roger	O
Dannenberg	O
at	O
Carnegie	O
Mellon	O
University	O
,	O
with	O
support	O
from	O
Yamaha	O
Corporation	O
and	O
IBM	O
.	O
</s>
