Is AMX an acronym?

Jack · June 2006

I'll probably be shot down for asking this, but what exactly does AMX stand for? A client asked me the other day, and although I have been using AMX products for nearly 15 years, I had to admit that I didn't have a clue!

Joe Hebert · June 2006

I don?t ?think? it?s an acronym for anything. This is what AMX returns at acronymfinder.com:

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Analog Multiplexing (theatrical lighting)
American Motors Experimental
Amberjacks (FAO fish species code)
Alabama Motor eXpress
Air Mobility Express
Aeromexico Aerovias de Mexico (ICAO code)

I?d be interested in the origin myself. Where is Scott Miller when you need him?

DHawthorne · June 2006

Whatever it is, it has to make more sense than Panja ...

Thomas Hayes · June 2006

When taking my training course some years back, our trainer said it meant 'Another Million tries'

Kaptain Kaos · June 2006

Is AMX an Acronym?

AMX once stood for American Multiplex. Today, it has no acronym.

Regards,

Rex

B_Clements · June 2006

That is correct sir.

Kaptain Kaos wrote:

AMX once stood for American Multiplex. Today, it has no acronym.

Regards,

Rex

I'll second that.

Of course it could have been Another Miller eXperiment.

mpullin · June 2006

Automation Made eXtreme.

gdemik · June 2006

I once read

in the back of an older price guide it said it was a measurment of control. huh?

Thomas Hayes · June 2006

B_Clements wrote:

Of course it could have been Another Miller eXperiment.

I like this one

Avophile · June 2006

I thought it was a goegraphical reference:

"All my exes live in Texas."

mush · September 2006

I once heard Scott Miller say it stood for 'American Motor Controllers'
as that was the first product he built in his garage??

vining · September 2006

They gave the answer in the last newsletter but I don't recall what it said.

vining · September 2006

from the newletter:

"Is AMX an acronym? A client asked me the other day, and although I have been using AMX products for nearly 15 years, I had to admit that I didn't have a clue!"

Rex Smith, veteran AMXer of AMX Southeast Sales was the first to reply with the correct answer:

"AMX once stood for American Multiplex. Today, it has no acronym."

Thanks for clarifying Rex. You never know what you'll learn on AMX Forums.

Information like this plus tons of other tips, advice and discussions regarding everything AMX are going on right now over at the Forums. If you've never been, check them out!

HARMAN_guy.minervini · September 2006

Long ago, Ros Miller told me it stood for American MultipleX.
But "Another Miller eXperiment" is a popular humorous explanation of the acronym that I've heard more than a few times.

dthorson · September 2006

According to...

According to http://www.rane.com/pronames.html

AMX Modified initials for the company's original name: Advanced Microcomputer Systems, but due to conflicts with the other "AMS" (above), they made it "AMX" -- changed to Panja in 1999, then back to AMX in 2001.

Is AMX an acronym?

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