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The Blue Ribbon SoundWorks
Company type	Private
Founded	1988; 36 years ago in the United States
Founder	Melissa Jordan Grey; Todor Fay;
Defunct	1995
Fate	Acquired by Microsoft

The Blue Ribbon SoundWorks was a software company in the United States. The company produced several digital audio products for the Amiga, including Bars & Pipes, a sequencer described by Sound 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 hardware MIDI interface and synthesizer based on the E-mu Proteus.^[3] Other early products included Who! What! When! Where!, a personal 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 by Microsoft in 1995, and Microsoft subsequently merged Blue Ribbon's technology with DirectSound.^[5] After the acquisition, Microsoft made Blue Ribbon's Amiga products available for free download on CompuServe while discontinuing official support.^[6]

References

^ Austin, Paul (July 1994). "Bars&Pipes Professional 2.5". Sound on Sound. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
^ Sears, David (September 1992). "SuperJAM!". Compute!. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
^ "One Stop Music Shop". Amiga Hardware Database. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
^ "Who! What! When! Where! v1.2". Personal Computer Museum. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
^ "Microsoft Investor Relations - Acquisitions". Microsoft. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
^ Trenn, Dhomas (February 1998). "[Sound Lab Shareware Round-Up]". CU Amiga.