into an independent company, Staccato Systems, Inc., with funding from Yamaha and Stanford University. Staccato Systems, Inc. was acquired by Analog Devices in 2000.) The Music Kit was described in numerous articles in NeXTWorld and other periodicals, and in books such as The Complete Guide to the Nextstep user environment More recent ports of the Music Kit were done by Leigh Smith and Stephen Brandon. References External links NeXT