In addition to those listed in the AUTHORS file, the following people are among those who offered financial support, design insights and ideas, encouragement, feedback, bug reports and much more during Ardour's pre-release development. They generally suffered from days of frustration, and withstood hundreds of CVS revisions without complaint. No thanks or praise is sufficient for their contributions to Ardour. (in no particular order) Joe Hartley Marek Peteraj Ryan Gallagher Rob Holland Jan Depner Bryan Koschmann Patrick Shirkey Rob Fell Ant Chris Ross Joshua Pritikin Rohan Drape Johan De Groote Bob Ham Petter Sundlöf I would particularly like to recognize: Frank Carmickle - first financial supporter of Ardour, instigator of ardour/ksi. Ron Parker (Minneapolis, MN) - first user of Ardour in a commercial studio, financial contributor, major initiator of MTC and MMC functionality. DuWayne Holsbeck - an early financial and infrastructure sponsor Havoc Pennington & Owen Taylor - provided much assistance in understanding, diagnosing and cajoling GTK+. Tom Pincince (Shasta, CA) - provided continuous, excellent design insights and rationalizations, as well as info on the operation of some existing DAW's. I would also like to thank Jim Hamilton of Rittenhouse Recording, Philadelphia, for the partnership, friendship and foresight he showed in allowing me to use the studio as the development basis for Ardour. I met Jim playing a jazz drumkit at a fundraiser to celebrate the 30th anniversary of our children's nursery school. Since then, he has continued to open my eyes to both music itself, the process of making music, and the life of a working musician. Jim's the best and most inventive percussionist I have ever seen, and one of the best I've ever heard. He has always believed in the social and philosphical implications of Ardour, and his support and interest have been vital in Ardour's development. Although as of this writing, Rittenhouse Recording is not running Ardour, its only a matter of time!