4. Acknowledgements
I
feel indebted to Prof. Jim Kippen (University of Toronto) for initiating a
fascinating musical and scientific venture when he prompted me to design a
"word-processor" for rhythmic material in 1981. The years during which we
developed BP1 and related tools have undoubtedly determined our present careers.
My
wife Andréine, a dancer and choreographer who studied under Kathak
maestro Pt. Birju Maharaj for about 18 years, deserves special thanks for her
patience in seeing me spend days and nights on the computer.
Our
teen-ager son Tansen, a wizzard in 3D animation, keeps on looking down at BP2's
interface and questions its (my) ability to deal with interactive graphics,
QuickTime objects, virtual reality and the like. He was nevertheless impressed
by scripts, new debugging techniques, and he even started liking some of the
sound examples! He made no comment when he saw QuickTime Music running under
OMS.
