| BugBand 1.1 |
MINIMUSIC ADDS SUPPORT FOR TREO PHONES, NEW FEATURES, AND IMPROVED PERFORMANCE.
A long list of long awaited improvements for NotePad.
| BugBand 1.1 |
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., June 15th, 2006 - miniMusic has today released version 1.4 of its popular NotePad music notation software for the Palm Platform. A long list of improvements includes scrolling playback, mid-song tempo and instrument changes, expanded support for keyboard commands and the directional pad on the Treo smart phones, a new scroll bar for song navigation and a new "page view" that displays 20 measures of music on the screen at once.
Many of the new 1.4 features improve on capabilities that NotePad already had available. You could previously assign a different instrument to each voice, so a song could use four different timbres. Now you can insert instrument changes to use as many as you like in a song. You could previously watch one voice/track scroll while it played, now you can watch all of your tracks scroll by as they play together.
"The new page screen really revolutionizes the way you navigate," says Chad Mealey, chief developer at miniMusic. "Now you just zoom out to see a whole page of music, and then zoom in on the part you want to work on. With the new Treo keyboard support we are very close to complete one-handed navigation."
Also improved: notes change color when they are selected, exporting MIDI files to an SD card or memory stick is over 10 times faster, NotePad can now be run entirely from a memory card if you don't want to use up RAM, and many other bug fixes and performance enhancements.
NotePad is just one of the applications currently available from miniMusic.
-BeatPad is a powerful pattern sequencer.
-SoundPad lets you create and edit sounds.
-EarTrain teaches recognition of musical intervals.
-BugBand drills the basics of reading musical notation and teaches sight reading for both piano, guitar, trumpet and tuba.
Pricing, Availability, and Distribution
The NotePad 1.4 Upgrade will be free for anyone who bought the 1.3 version or the 1.3 upgrade. A small $5 upgrade fee is charged to owners of earlier versions. NotePad can be purchased for $29.95 from the miniMusic website, or as part of the Handheld Music Suite or Pro Music Suite, each available for $69.95 on-line and from select retail outlets. Free demos of all miniMusic software titles are currently available for download from the miniMusic web-site at www.miniMusic.com and from other Palm OS software distributors such as Handango.com or PalmGear.com.
About miniMusic
Based in San Francisco since 1999, miniMusic creates handheld computer software for music composition, education, performance, and entertainment so that musical ideas can be explored anywhere and anytime, giving individuals the freedom of musical expression on their own terms. Shipping applications include NotePad, BeatPad, SoundPad, EarTrain and BugBand. Upcoming products will tackle MIDI sequencing, multi-track editing and innovative new musical interfaces.
All prices listed are in US Dollars. For more information please visit the miniMusic website at http://www.minimusic.com
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