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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 <http://www.opensource.com>,
by email <info@opensource.com>, 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.