BugBand 1.2 and AxisPad Preview

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MINIMUSIC CELEBRATES HALLOWEEN WITH SPOOKY SOUNDS AND CREEPY CRAWLERS.
Free preview of AxisPad and new upgrade for BugBand.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., October 31st, 2006 - miniMusic BugBand helps you learn to read music with all sorts of bugs and worms and other critters. The new AxisPad turns the touch sensitive screen of your Palm phone or handheld computer into a musical instrument much like a Theremin, the instrument used to create eerie music for many famous films.

BugBand is a musical game that helps you have fun while practicing your music reading. You can now use an on-screen piano, guitar (right or left handed), violin, trumpet, tuba or trombone. A practice level is included for the complete beginner with ten levels of difficulty to suit any experience level. The new version includes the Krikit software synthesizer for rich audio and offers a new "boring mode" that displays standard music notation instead of the colorful bugs.

AxisPad produces sounds reminiscent of a Theremin as heard in such films as The Day The Earth Stood Still, The Thing (From Another World), Ed Wood, Mars Attacks!, and Forbidden Planet. But AxisPad can do so much more. The full application will let you save multiple configurations, set custom colored guides, and on some handheld models AxisPad will send control changes to MIDI hardware like samplers, synthesizers and tone modules.

BugBand and AxisPad are just two of the applications currently available from miniMusic.
-NotePad is a notation sequencer that lets you write music and play it back.
-BeatPad is a powerful pattern sequencer.
-SoundPad lets you create and edit sounds.
-EarTrain teaches recognition of musical intervals.

Pricing, Availability, and Distribution
The BugBand 1.2 upgrade will be free for all BugBand owners. BugBand can be purchased for $14.95 from the miniMusic website, or as part of the Handheld Music Suite 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. The free AxisPad preview can also be found at the miniMusic website and the full version will be available in November for $19.95.

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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