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MetaSynth is a sound design and music production tool developed by U&I Software for Classic Mac OS that allows the creation of sound from images.^[1] It was most notably used on The Matrix for bullet-speed special effects. It has also appeared on the electronic artist Aphex Twin's single "Windowlicker" in the title track and the B-side track "ΔM_i⁻¹ = −αΣ_n=1^ND_i[n][Σ_j∈C[i]F_ji[n − 1] + Fext_i[n⁻¹]]".^[2]

Awards

Electronic Musician 2006 Editor's Choice Award for Best Sound-design Application^[3]
Electronic Musician 1999 Editor's Choice Award
Keyboard Magazine Key Buy Award (April '98 and July '00)
MacWorld Eddy Nomination, TEC award nomination
Musician Magazine Editor's Pick (1999)

References

↑ Schedel, Margaret (2018). "Colour Is the Keyboard: Case Studies in Transcoding Visual to Sonic". In Alex McLean; Roger T. Dean (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of Algorithmic Music. Oxford University Press. p. 387–422. ISBN 9780190227005 – via Google Books.
↑ Kahney, Leander (May 10, 2002). "Hey, Who's That Face in My Song?". Wired. Condé Nast. Archived from the original on March 21, 2009.
↑ Gutierrez, Glenn "G" (August 14, 2009). "MetaSynth 5 Has Arrived". macOS Audio. Retrieved August 20, 2021.

External links

Electronic Musician review

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[1] Schedel, Margaret (2018). "Colour Is the Keyboard: Case Studies in Transcoding Visual to Sonic". In Alex McLean; Roger T. Dean (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of Algorithmic Music. Oxford University Press. p. 387–422. ISBN 9780190227005 – via Google Books.

[2] Kahney, Leander (May 10, 2002). "Hey, Who's That Face in My Song?". Wired. Condé Nast. Archived from the original on March 21, 2009.

[3] Gutierrez, Glenn "G" (August 14, 2009). "MetaSynth 5 Has Arrived". macOS Audio. Retrieved August 20, 2021.

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