FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: OpenSource, Inc. 303-861-4411 Opus 1 Music, Inc. 449 E. 37th Ave. Vancouver, B.C. Canada Opus 1 Music, Inc. and OpenSource, Inc. Announce the Release of NoteAbility DENVER, COLORADO- March 1, 1996 Dr. Keith Hamel, President of Opus 1 Music, and Matthew Moran, President of OpenSource, today announced the release of the much-anticipated NoteAbility music notation application for NEXTSTEP. "In the year-and-a-half that I've been at OpenSource, I can't remember a title that so many people have requested," claimed Dan Gamble, OpenSource's Senior Account Executive. "With the demise of our original distributor [CIUSA], the completion of NoteAbility was delayed. Now the product is complete and available through OpenSource," explained Dr. Hamel. NoteAbility NoteAbility is a professional music notation package for NeXTStep computers. Developed by Dr. Keith Hamel at the University of British Columbia, it is easily the most sophisticated music notation software available on any platform. NoteAbility combines both musical intelligence and graphical flexibility in a direct and intuitive graphical user interface. Notate anything from simple melodies to complex avant garde orchestral music, play the score on your MIDI synthesizer or through your DSP board and print a publishable copy of your score on your PostScript laser printer. If you have been frustrated by the awkwardness and inflexibility of other notation programs then you definitely should have a look at NoteAbility. A few of the features of NoteAbility are: - complete set of standard and extended music images (including graphical versions of most images that can be placed anywhere on the page) - a wide variety of entry methods including mouse, on-screen keyboard, MIDI step time, MIDI real time and QuickScrawl (gesture recognition) - no limits on score size, image size, number of staves, rhythmic complexity, chord complexity, beaming, tuplet groupings, etc. - on-screen inspector for modifying the attributes of images and altering the layout of your score. - selection options include shift-selection and selection across multiple pages for efficient editing of your score. - drag and drop TIFF and EPS graphics from a library of custom images - extensive import and export options - automatic part extraction - playback through MIDI and/or DSP - complete on-line help NoteAbility requires NeXTStep version 3.3 or higher on NeXT or Intel-based computers (486 or Pentium). The cost of NoteAbility is $495.00 USD with an education price of $395.00 USD. NoteAbility requires the Sonata music font from Adobe Systems Inc. for screen display and printing. Those who do not already own this font can purchase it from OpenSource for an additional $50. OpenSource is the designated international distributor for this outstanding new application. Opus 1 Music, Inc. As a Vancouver-based company specializing in music applications for the NEXTSTEP and Macintosh operating systems, Opus 1 Music, Inc. is the developer and publisher of the acclaimed NoteAbility music notation application for NEXTSTEP and NoteWriter for Macintosh. OpenSource, Inc. OpenSource is the world's leading distributor of NEXTSTEP/OpenStep object-oriented solutions, offering over 150 third-party software titles. OpenSource is a distributor of NeXT's entire line of products and is the exclusive distributor for co-Xist, SoftPC, SchemaE, Tailor for the Mac, and other important software titles. Additional information can be obtained on our web site , by email , or by phone at 1.800.TRY.OPEN. OpenSource is headquartered in Denver, Colorado. # # # # NEXTSTEP, and OpenStep are trademarks or registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners.