The story behind the 1989 track that over 65 million phone sets have, and 100s of millions have heard. http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/516/stuck-in-the-middle?act=1#play This was not a proprietary mix made by Cisco. It was licensed to Cisco for non-exclusive use in their CallManager product. Tim composed this song and is who performed it for this recording. I helped him record it one day in his garage. This recording is actually from the late Eighties. I had the opportunity to submit the song to the guy compiling the music on hold CD and he included it in our upcoming product. The Synths used to record the song had very favorable acoustic qualities when transmitted over VoIP with a G.711 encoding. As a result Tim’s Opus No. 1 became the default hold music on Cisco’s product. The original version has a nice stereo effect on the clapping and a real breathiness and richness in the Synths. There have been a number of people over the years that have tracked me down due to this music. It is always exciting for us to find more people that like the music enough to track it down after an encounter with it while on Hold. Tim and I will discuss the options for making this available and post back here. - Darrek
Cisco – Converting music for CUCM MoH (Music on Hold) Here is a script for converting music for upload into Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CallManager). Of course this can be used for other call processing systems, though the ideal codec/bitrate may vary. Download Music on Hold (MoH) files from CUCM. If you want to download Music-on-Hold (MoH) files from Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM), you need to have CLI access to download the MoH files. Also you need to have SFTP Server setup where you can download the MoH Files. Below is the procedure to download.
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Comment by Null42
This song gave me flashbacks of something that never happen to me
Comment by Evyn Nored
I have to wonder who ripped this
Comment by Chernobyl Dragon
Can this be bought from itunes? I heard that the duo responsible for this released it as a single in 2016
Comment by Unknown Private
This could've been an awesome song on the R&B charts. Even The Weeknd could probably do something cool with it!
Comment by -rD
Can we download?
Comment by Dapoetress
I'm sooooo in love with this track it's so relaxing. I get mad when they pick up like can you put me back in hold for 5 mins lol.
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Comment by ALY3NTH0Σ
'Please hold for the next available representative.'
Comment by User 620551667
Shatatata
Comment by rsexton404
@deman-2: Obsessed with this song. Do you remember which DX7 presets were used by any chance?
Comment by ciarangdev881
Awesome
Comment by Toni Parga
Hold for IT @Kaiser.... I wish they never pick up. ; )
Comment by r a v e n
how is this not more than hold music?
Comment by r a v e n
wow
Comment by Rashid Koraden
@user-278948866: hai
Comment by Konrad Schumann
<3
Comment by Codee
@user-509728852: hahaha I know the guy working as CEO in Norway for Cisco - he had know idea how universal this track is
Comment by Yung Gekko
literally on hold with the school im attending and this is playing lol
Comment by snakehugz
best hold music ever
Comment by tgdtown
DOPE!!!
Comment by Nosara
this part tho
Comment by Nosara
that's that ish
Comment by The Campervan Dancers
Unfortunately I cannot click like... My associations with this song are of being made to wait inordinate amounts of time.
Comment by The Campervan Dancers
OH MY GOD. I FINALLY KNOW. I FINALLY KNOW. what a world.
Comment by Terry Dio
I'd Love to Get This on an Album With Others Similar to It. Thanks Much!!!
Comment by Darrick Deel
@jer-abe: Tidal has the FLAC available. http://tidal.com/us/store/album/61284164
Comment by Interested buyer
How can I buy this on MP3 for my business?
Comment by DJ Foxtrot
@schule04: thx
Comment by Schule04
@tomas-heideveld: http://virtuallyfun.superglobalmegacorp.com/2014/01/19/opus-number-1-in-stereo/
Comment by DJ Foxtrot
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Me want downloads
Comment by KeV
I'm starting my vacation playlist with this cuz I'm sick in the head.