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June 22, 1992
To: Media Vision ISV Developers,
The Pro AudioSpectrum 16 sound card has proven to be a phenomenal success. In
the first month of shipment alone, we bypassed our projected sales for the
entire quarter. We can't seem to keep up with the demand - a good problem to
have. The Pro AudioSpectrum 16 has also won some prestigious awards such as
The Best of 1991 from PC Magazine. Media Vision is launching a proactive
effort to open both the hardware and software sound standard to provide sound
to the PC market. We are also offering our designs and chips to anyone in the
industry who wishes to develop Pro AudioSpectrum or Thunder Board compatible
hardware. Enclosed you will find a copy of the press release titled "Media
Vision Opens Its Sound Standard."
Media Vision is proud to announce our First Annual Developers Conference. The
conference will be held at the Hilton in Newark, California on July 31, 1992.
If you would like more information please contact the ISV Department at (510)
226-2529 or (510) 770-8600.
We are significantly expanding our developer program to provide a stronger
communication channel between you, the software developer and Media Vision.
We are adding two field support engineers who will be available for on-site
support, including assisting with the development of sound drivers. We are
installing a toll free line in the ISV Developer Department, as well as a
specialized developer BBS. These steps are being taken because Media Vision
realizes the partnership created between us i s critical to the continuing
success of the sound market, as you are an integral part of our business.
There are great benefits of being a Media Vision developer.
* Special price on Media Vision products
* Developer tool kits at no charge
* Toll free phone number
* Special developer BBS
* On site programming support
We want you to support the full feature set of the Pro AudioSpectrum product.
If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to call the ISV
Developer Program at (510) 226-2529 or (510) 770-8600. We look forward to
hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Debbie Gronski
Product Marketing Manager
News for immediate release
Editor's contacts:
Claire Merriam
Media Vision (510) 770-8600
Abigail Johnson
Roeder Johnson (415) 579-0700
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MEDIA VISION OPENS ITS SOUND STANDARD
Pro AudioSpectrum Technology Now Available to any Developer of PC-Compatible
Sound Hardware or Software.
Fremont, California, June 11, 1992 Media Vision Inc, has announced that it
is offering to license, without charge, its proprietary sound technology to
any hardware or software developer interested in creating ProAudioSpectrum(Tm)
compatible products. Pro AudioSpectrum technology is the foundation of Media
Vision's line of 8 and 16-bit sound products and allows PC compatible
computers to create sounds such as music or voices when used with applications
software.
Media Vision is the first company to open both its hardware and software sound
architecture to the development community. With this announcement, Media
Vision has opened the door for manufacturers of IBM-compatible computers, VGA
boards, video boards, and audio boards to incorporate Media Visions audio
architecture in their products easily and without fear of violating any Media
Vision copyrights. This move is intended to lower the cost of sound products
for PC-compatible computers and make th e use of multimedia accessible to all
computer suppliers and users.
"Media Vision is dedicated to making multimedia affordable," said Paul Jain.
"With this step, we are giving software and hardware developers easy access to
our award-winning Pro AudioSpectrum sound technology and enabling high quality
sound product s to proliferate. We live in an era of open computer
architectures; companies with closed standards will not go far in making
multimedia solutions affordable. Ultimately, we want the end user to win."
Pro AudioSpectrum technology is a series of complex computer algorithms that
is built into personal computer hardware and used in applications software
development. Pro AudioSpectrum technology was developed by a Media Vision
team of hardware, softw are and chip engineers over a two year period. It
offers "true 16-bit" or compact disk quality sound, which is the same level of
sound fidelity as has been adopted by such multimedia industry participants as
Sony and IBM.
The Pro AudioSpectrum technology is available to hardware and software
developers in several forms: Media Vision will provide design specifications
for hardware and software required to develop a Pro AudioSpectrum-compatible
sound product from scrat ch. Such a sound product can also be developed by
using off-the-shelf chips available from Media Vision. These same chips are
also available on a second-source basis from Crystal Semiconductor, a wholly
owned subsidiary of Cirrus Logic Inc. (Fremont, Calif)
Media Vision's mission is to popularize multimedia by offering multimedia
solutions at affordable prices. Media Vision's products range from systems
and add in boards to chips based on emerging multimedia standards for
mainstream personal computers. Media Vision Inc. is a venture capital funded
company based in Fremont, California. The company's founders successfully
formed two earlier ventures, Video Seven and Paradise Systems, which were
responsible for the early popularization of color gr aphics technologies in
personal computers. The company was founded in early 1990.