Microsoft Corporation acquired The Blue Ribbon SoundWorks, Ltd., a transaction announced in October 1995.
The Blue Ribbon SoundWorks, Ltd. operates in Multimedia / DirectX audio (later DirectMusic), is based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The Blue Ribbon SoundWorks, an Atlanta, Georgia company, made digital-audio and music software including the Bars&Pipes sequencer and the SuperJAM! interactive music-composition tool. Microsoft acquired it for its interactive-music technology, which was later merged with DirectSound to form DirectMusic.
Acquire interactive-music technology to build adaptive audio into Microsoft's multimedia and gaming platform.
Advisory firms were not disclosed for this transaction.