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- First Popular Music CD title with CD ROM Interactive Notes
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- Contact:
- Peter Higgs or Michael Fronzek
- Pacific Advanced Media Studio Pty Ltd
- 29 Albany St, Crows Nest
- NSW 2065 Australia
- Phone 61-2-439 8700
- Fax 61-2-439 5395
- Applelink Higgs.Peter
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- First Popular Music CD title with CD ROM Interactive Notes
- SYDNEY, Australia, 6 October 1993
- Pacific Advanced Media Studio in conjunction with Labyrinth Music has announced
- the release and immediate availability of the first Australian Audio CD
- incorporating CD ROM Interactive Notes. The album is by Australian musician and
- composer Guy Delandro.
- Hailing it as potentially as big a breakthrough in the communication between an
- artist and his audience as the video clip, Pacific Advanced Media Studio has
- released what is believed to be the worlds first Popular Music CD containing an
- Interactive Video program.
- The Pools of Reflection CD contains the normal audio or music section as well
- as a CD ROM section for use on personal computers equipped with a CD Drive.
- The Interactive Notes section uses Apple's Quicktime video technology to give
- the listener more details about the album, the performers and the individual
- tracks. Still photos, which enhance the atmosphere of the tracks, are played in
- synchronisation with samples of the music. As well Guy Delandro is shown in a
- number of video clips providing explanation of the music on the CD. Sheet music
- for the 9 tracks on the CD is displayed and the MIDI files for the music are
- stored on the CD for enthusiasts to download to their MIDI equipped computers
- to learn from and appreciate.
- Pacific Advanced Media Studio's Director of Creative Services, Mike Fronzek
- says "The Pools of Reflection CD is at the front of a worldwide trend to
- explore the convergence of popular music with the interactivity of today's
- advanced personal computers. David Bowie, Peter Gabriel, Todd Rundgren and
- Billy Idol have all released CD's in the past month which also use computers to
- achieve varying degrees of interactivity.
- The Pools of Reflection CD is being sold for the same recommended retail price
- as other popular music albums so the additional material adds substantial value
- to those purchasers who have access to a Macintosh and a CD ROM drive. A
- combined Windows and Macintosh version of the CD will ship before Christmas
- 1993.
- The technology used to develop the Pools of Reflection title is designed to be
- used as a shell for other albums. This would allow the Pacific Advanced Media
- Studio to quickly and cost effectively produce Interactive Notes for other
- artists once supplied with stills, videos and audio tracks. A typical cost for
- this would be less than $20,000.
- Pacific Advanced Media Studio (PAMS) was founded in November 1992 as a
- integrated production house for digital media works. In founding the company,
- it was recognized that to successfully produce cost effective digital titles,
- it would be necessary to create a production facility which was built on an
- ethic of cross discipline collaboration. Its staff have extensive experience in
- marketing, media law, authoring, sound and video production as well as formal
- computer programming skills. The company has a wide network of technical
- associates which can be drawn on to fill the requirements of particular
- projects.
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- For more information Contact
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- Peter Higgs or Michael Fronzek
- Pacific Advanced Media Studio Pty Ltd
- 29 Albany St, Crows Nest
- NSW 2065 Australia
- Phone 61-2-439 8700
- Fax 61-2-439 5395
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- Kathie Delandro
- Labyrinth Music Pty Ltd
- P.O. Box 184
- Willoughby
- NSW 2086
- Ph (02)412 4289
- Fax (02)411 3779
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