...DX-7
DX-7 is a trademark of Yamaha Corporation of America
...Smalltalk-80
Smalltalk-80 is a trademark of ParcPlace Systems
...II
Macintosh II is a trademark of Apple Computer
....
Some recurrence relations can be parallelized by the parallel prefix algorithm. That technique was not employed here because it would make Kiwi highly dependent on particular synthesis techniques and put an extra burden on users who wish to extend the Sound class hierarchy.
...UNIX
UNIX is a trademark of AT&T Bell Laboratories
...grains
Kiwi grains should not be confused with the technique known as granular synthesis.
...semaphore.
The particular numbers were chosen arbitrarily. Fine tuning was not possible due to the incompatibility of the threads library with profiling tools.

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