miniMusic Synchronization Now for Windows

Today miniMusic makes available a utility to export music written with their popular NotePad software onto Windows OS® desktop computers. Last year miniMusic unveiled NotePad, the first truly portable music notation software for Palm handheld computers. With the new NotePad Conduit, whenever the Palm handheld is synchronized with the desktop computer (using Palm's HotSync® technology) any songs written on the Palm are automatically updated on the desktop machine. The exported files use the industry standard MIDI file format to assure compatibility with almost all other music software.

Using NotePad, music can be written into the handheld computer on musical staff, tapped into an on-screen piano, written in with Palm, Inc.'s Graffiti® power writing software, or drawn in graphically. A full suite of editing capabilities are also available including cut, copy, paste, invert, transpose, and scale. By exporting songs to a desktop computer with the new conduit users can now continue to develop their music using any existing desktop music software, providing features that are not yet available in NotePad, like printing. Music created with NotePad can also now be integrated into pre-existing songs, scores, soundtracks, or symphonies.

"This is the piece of the puzzle that has been missing," says Chad Mealey, president of miniMusic. "By making it virtually effortless to move music between the Palm handheld and the desktop computer, our software can now add true portability to anyone's work flow. Composers, musicians and music students now have the freedom to work anywhere, but still interface with the tools they've been using all along."

The conduit has been available for Macintosh compatible computers for several months, but now can be used by all owners of Windows based computers. Future upgrades of the NotePad Conduit will also allow users to import songs from the desktop computer so that they can be played or edited anywhere. Conduits are also planned for other miniMusic applications like the powerful BeatPad sequencer. Both NotePad and the new conduit can be used with any Palm Powered handheld, including the Handspring Visor and Sony Clie.

Pricing, Availability, and Distribution

The NotePad Conduit is freely available for all current owners of miniMusic's NotePad application from the miniMusic web-site, and it will be bundled in the upcoming version 1.1 of NotePad. The miniMusic NotePad 1.0 application is available now for $29.95 on the Internet, or as part of the new miniMusic Mobile Software Pack available for $49.95 from select retail outlets. Free demos of all miniMusic software titles are currently available for download from the miniMusic web-site at www.minimusic.com and from other Palm OS software distributors such as PalmGear H.Q., Handango, and Smaller.com.