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Peter Vogel (computer designer)

Peter Vogel (computer designer) is a computer science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Peter Vogel (computer designer) rather than just read about it. In short: Peter Vogel (born 30 August 1954) is an Australian inventor and technologist known for developing the Fairlight CMI. Career Vogel has worked in the electronics industry since graduating from Cranbrook School, Sydney in 1972.

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Reference excerpt

Peter Vogel (born 30 August 1954) is an Australian inventor and technologist known for developing the Fairlight CMI.

Career Vogel has worked in the electronics industry since graduating from Cranbrook School, Sydney in 1972. His first major achievement was the development of the world's first commercial sound sampling electronic musical instrument, the Fairlight CMI. Along with his school friend Kim Ryrie, Vogel was co-founder of Fairlight, the company that made the CMI from 1975 to 1999. Along with Tony Furse of Creative Strategies, the two were awarded the CSIRO Medal in 1987. In 1982, he designed a medical emergency response device called Vitalcall. As of 2014, he returned to this field as chief technology officer of Vitalcare, an Australian medical alarm service for the aged. In 1988 Vogel started Right Hemisphere Pty Ltd. This took him from the field of sound and vision processing to the wider realm of computers and communications. Around the time of starting Right Hemisphere, Vogel filed a number of patents for inventions in the television field, including an on-screen program guide. His inventions included a device for removing commercials from TV recordings, which decades later brought him into conflict with certain television broadcasters. In 2003, Vogel closed down Right Hemisphere to concentrate on developing IceTV. IceTV provided Australia's first subscription-based electronic program guide for television, offering a TiVo-like service including the ability to remotely instruct digital video recorders, to record content using mobile phones and web browsers. In 2006, IceTV was sued by the Nine Network who alleged that IceTV's electronic program guide (EPG) breached their copyright. The financial damage caused by the lawsuit resulted in Vogel losing his job as Chief Technical Officer of IceTV. He left IceTV in October 2006, and with three other professionals with expertise in technology, media and commerce, started a new consultancy, Vogel Ross Pty Limited. The Nine Network vs IceTV case was heard before the High Court of Australia, which in 2009 ruled in IceTV's favour. The decision was described in some legal circles as a significant landmark in Australian copyright law. After re-establishing Fairlight Instruments in August 2009 and releasing the CMI-30A, the 30th anniversary model of the Fairlight CMI, and Fairlight iOS apps for the Apple iPhone and iPad, Vogel renamed Fairlight Instruments to Peter Vogel Instruments in July 2012. When announcing the name change, the company indicated a new range of synthesisers was being developed. As of 2017, however, visitors to the Vogel website are greeted with an advisory that the new CMI is currently not for sale due to litigation from the former owners of the Fairlight trademark, Fairlight.au Pty Ltd. Peter Vogel Instruments had contracted Fairlight.au to develop the software for the CMI-30A and licensed the Fairlight trademark. In 2012, Fairlight.au sued Peter Vogel Instruments in the Federal Court of Australia, claiming that PVI had infringed Fairlight.au's trademark because the licence only allowed the trademark to be used for the CMI-30A hardware, not for the iOS app. Peter Vogel Instruments cross-claimed against Fairlight.au for breach of contract and copyright infringement. The dispute was finalised on appeal to the Federal Court of Australia in 2016. Fairlight.au was subsequently ordered to pay PVI damages and as at September 2019 this award is subject to appeal.

References

External links Peter Vogel's personal homepage Anerd Short Peter Vogel Interview (Full interview) NAMM Oral History Library (2017)

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Peter Vogel (computer designer)

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Peter Vogel (computer designer) ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Peter Vogel (computer designer)

In research: Peter Vogel (computer designer) appears in computer science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Peter Vogel (computer designer) in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Peter Vogel (computer designer) is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1954 births, 20th-century Australian inventors, Anti-smoking activists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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What is Peter Vogel (computer designer) in simple terms?

Peter Vogel (born 30 August 1954) is an Australian inventor and technologist known for developing the Fairlight CMI. Career Vogel has worked in the electronics industry since graduating from Cranbrook School, Sydney in 1972.

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