ODM Services

At Music Computing, we understand what it means to design effective tools for the creative professional.  With decades of combined experience, our core design team has created some of the most significant products in history.

Music Computing specializes in computer-enhanced technologies that drive today’s innovation.  Often times we are able to transform traditional tools to modern-age solutions that provide more features, better performance and new uses. 

We look forward to sharing our knowledge and expertise with you to create new classes of musical instruments.

Services we provide include the following:

• Requirement management
• Selection of appropriate key components
• Development of hardware and software
• Design reviews
• Design to cost, testing and manufacturing
• Prototyping
• Test concept and design of test benches
• Reliability, approval and customer acceptance testing
• Quality planning and control through entire process and readiness for mass production

Benefits to working with Music Computing’s design team include the following:

• Project management offers all services and single point contact
• Short time-to-market with Music Computing’s R&D, granting access to latest technologies
• Secured business continuity by flexible production mix, incorporating own and contracted manufacturing
• Reduced R&D costs by outsourcing to Music Computing’s engineering team
• IP Protection
• Reduced investments in R&D and production assets

Case study – (available for OEM by other companies):

Music Computing wanted to address the needs of the modern day drummer and embarked upon the process of designing the world’s first computer-enhanced electronic drum trigger brain.  The primary targets to achieving this goal were as follows:

• Ability run any Microsoft Windows-based VST, VSTi, DAW or other music applications
• Ability to accept virtually any trigger pad, cymbal trigger or sensor from all manufacturers
• Small footprint and weight to allow for maximum portability
• Integrated audio to provide both stereo inputs and outputs as well as MIDI and other protocols
• Touchscreen interface that will allow control over software interfaces without mapping
• Ability to be used as a standalone or with any existing drum trigger brain
• Complete design encompassing hardware, software, firmware and user interfaces, ready for mass production

About our design team leader:

Victor Wong

With more than 20 years of industry expertise, Mr. Wong brings his computer music and electronics design and development prowess to Music Computing, Inc. His mission for the company is to invent new technologies and to integrate them with proven standards leading to the best possible instruments for musicians and other tech-savvy users.

The following is a short list of achievements by Mr. Wong in the last decade:

1997 - Founder and CEO, PowerTools: One of a handful of authorized Mac OS compatible computer makers. Highlights: Designed, produced and sold the fastest Mac OS computers ever built up till 1997. Reference: http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/xforce250.html

2000 - Founder and CEO, Ecommercesoft: Enterprise Internet-based business software solutions. Highlights: MetroShop, essentially an online ERP system with web-based frontend based on WebObject from Apple, was promoted by Apple as an enterprise software solution for its clients. It was also used to power parts of Lucent Technologies online commerce as well as the LBJ Presidential Library. Reference: http://www.macobserver.com/news/00/may/000512/metroshopasp.shtml

2003 - Co Founder and CEO (first 2.5 years), Open Labs: Maker of computer enhanced musical instruments. Highlights: Introduced the OMX, NeKo, MiKo, DBeat and SoundSlate to the world and was endorsed by pretty much everyone. Reference:  Mr. Wong came up with the product concepts for the OMX, original NeKo, Timbaland MiKo, DBeat, SoundSlate, Controller One and Controller II. He is listed as co-inventor on the original patent for the NeKo, which the MiKo, DBeat, and other products are derived from.

2010 - Founder and CEO, Music Computing: Maker of computer enhanced musical instruments. Highlights: Introduced new affordable, yet powerful keyboard production stations, large screen multi-touch controllers and MacBook Pro keyboard production station docks. Reference:  Mr. Wong came up with the product concept and/or designed all the products.