PRODUCT DESCRIPTION Introducing SuperJAM!, music software for the tone-deaf and talented alike. SuperJAM!'s ability to write music in an unlimited number of styles will open your ears to fresh ideas, exciting rhythms and mesmerizing feats of all kinds. Never before has writing music been so easy! Using SuperJAM!'s expert features, you can create your own chords, rhythms, and melodies, whether you read music or not. You can invent drum tracks, design sections and combine musical styles at the touch of a button. In fact, you can compose an entire song without ever touching a musical instrument. SuperJAM! comes complete with everything you need to write music, including an interactive on-screen keyboard and the new Eas-O-Matic MusicMaker for instant melodies and chord progressions. Consider the Keyboard window your musical sketch pad. Here you can listen to each Style in action, while changing the tempo, adjusting the key and assigning each member of your SuperJAM! band. Plus, you can perform complex chords with a single finger! The Eas-O-Matic MusicMaker helps you make musical decisions effortlessly. Just put your hands on the bottom row of your computer keyboard and you're ready to compose. The Eas-O-Matic MusicMaker can even write a melody for you, if you like. Once you're ready to start "putting your ideas on paper," you can click on the Keyboard's Section window button to create a new musical segment. Enter your new section's name and length and you're ready to go. SuperJAM! provides several ways to record your ideas: Draw them, play them or use the Eas-O-Matic MusicMaker, to name a few. The Section window features tremendous editing Tools, including a pattern-style grid, snapshot recorder, and icon-based note control. Plus, SuperJAM! doesn't limit the number of musical sections you can create! SuperJAM! lets you assign a different band to each section of your music and change your mind as many times as you like. After all, you're the producer with the SuperJAM! band. You can interactively assign your choice of instrument to the drum, bass, strings, guitar, piano and solo players and use SuperJAM!'s graphical mixing grid to adjust each band member's volume and panning. SuperJAM! 's Song window brings it all together. Here you can arrange and rearrange your music. You can record a melody line by using the Eas-O-Matic MusicMaker or playing your own from your computer or MIDI keyboard. The Song window also saves your music to MIDI file format to use with MPC-compatible software. SuperJAM! includes over two dozen top-quality musical Styles. Custom-designed by professional composers, each contains complex musical instructions that help SuperJAM! make your music lifelike and original. Mozart to Motown. Hip-hop to bebop. Rock 'n roll to rap and soul. It's all included with SuperJAM! And because of SuperJAM!'s expandable architecture, you can add more Styles at any time. We offer 60 additional Styles to enhance your musical repertoire, including the Dance Mix, Classical, Pop/Rock, Cutting Edge, World Music and Movie Soundtrack collections. Of course, you can also create your own Styles and custom chords. SuperJAM!'s features exhaustive supply of composition Tools, including drum mapping, note editing, progression assignment, velocity control, real-time recording, and more. Build your own Intros, Fills, Breaks and Ends interactively. Design your own Grooves and Patterns in any key. SuperJAM! dynamically creates music based on your ideas and instructions, no matter how simple or sophisticated. SuperJAM! works with any Windows 3.1-compatible soundcard or MIDI instrument. So go ahead! Select the band, pick the style, press a key and listen! You'll be amazed at how quickly you'll sound like a pro with SuperJAM! FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS - On-screen piano keyboard controlled by mouse or keyboard - One-touch chord playing - Interactive melody and chord creation - 30 infinitely-changeable musical styles, including rock, pop, dance, classical, samba and jazz - Automatic Intro, Fill, Break and End trigger - Ready-made musical arrangements and chord progressions - Unlimited amount of chord types including major, minor, sus, and any sophisticated two-octave chord configurations - Custom chord design and editing - Change styles, patterns, rhythms, tempos, keys and chords "on the fly"- Multiple time signatures, instrument types, tempos and styles available within every song - Extensive Style design tools - Graphical song construction and arrangement - Pattern-style editing and recording - Graphical section creation and editing - Solo and lead-line recording - Snapshot editing and recording - MIDI compatible - Windows 3.1-compatible soundcard ready - Writes to MIDI file format (MPC-compatible) Also available, the SuperJAM! Power Series: a collection of 6 new style collections designed to make SuperJAM! even more versatile and enjoyable: 1) Movie Soundtrack Collection: Horrific- Chase- Sir Real- Americana- Adventure- HiJinks- Nobility- Otherworld- Suspense- Love Theme 2) Pop/Rock Collection: Gospel Waltz- Southern Rock- Rockapeggio-Fusak- FunkMellow- PopMellow- Go Go- R&B- Rock IV- Shuffleasy 3) Classical Collection: Bach- Beethoven- Liszt- Debussy-Minimalist- Stravinsky- Mendelssohn- 20th C Chorale- Rameau-Rachmaninoff 4) Cutting Edge Collection: Funky 7/4- New Age II- Brazilian Pop-Fusion- Funkjungle- Fusionist- Reggaerock- Latin Five-Punkarama- Pedalpoint 5) World Music Collection: Argentina- India- Appalachia- China-South Africa- Carribean- Gypsy- Eastern Europe- Italy- Mexico 6) Dance Mix Collection: Disco- Powerdance- Strut- Clubmix- Chill-Groovitis- Hiphep- Fever- Funkeasy- Shufflemix ORDERING INFORMATION You can order SuperJAM! for $129 plus shipping and handling. Order by phone by calling 1-800-226-0212 or send a check, money order or VISA/MasterCard details to: The Blue Ribbon SoundWorks, Ltd. Attn: Sales Orders Post Office Box 8689 Atlanta, Georgia 30306-8689 or fax to: (404) 315-0213 CONTACT INFORMATION The Blue Ribbon SoundWorks, Ltd. Venture Center 1605 Chantilly Drive NE Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30324 (404) 315-0212 (404) 315-0213 fax (404) 315-0211 bbs The Blue Ribbon SoundWorks, SuperJAM!, Dance Mix Collection, World Music Collection, Classical Collection, Pop/Rock Collection, Movie Soundtrack Collection, Cutting Edge Collection, Eas-O-Matic MusicMaker are trademarks and/or servicemarks of The Blue Ribbon SoundWorks, Ltd. All other brands or product names are trademark and/or servicemarks of their respective holders. All specifications subject to change without notice.