SoundJam MP
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| Original author(s) | Jeff Robbin, Bill Kincaid, and Dave Heller |
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| Developer(s) | Casady & Greene |
| Initial release | 07/13/1998 |
| Stable release | 2.5.3 / 04/11/2001 |
| Operating system | Mac OS |
| Platform | Macintosh |
| Type | audio player |
| Website | http://www.casadyg.com/ (no longer active) |
SoundJam MP was a Mac OS audio player published by the now-defunct Casady & Greene. The program was written by Jeff Robbin, Bill Kincaid, and Dave Heller.
Early in 2000, Apple Computer's Charles Wiltgen approached Panic Inc., developers of SoundJam competitor Audion, attempting to set up a June meeting "to talk Audion future directions." Because Panic was caught up in negotiations with AOL, the meeting never took place.[1] Turning to Casady & Greene, Apple purchased the rights to the SoundJam software in a deal covered by a two year secrecy clause. [2] All three developers continued developing the software for Apple.
On January 9, 2001, iTunes 1.0 was released. Macintosh users immediately began poking through iTunes's resource fork, where they discovered numerous strings and other resources that indicated iTunes was a re-engineered SoundJam MP. Casady & Greene ceased distribution of SoundJam MP on June 1, 2001 at the request of the developers.[3]
