G-VOX Annouces Interactive Music Suite for
PC Software Makes PCs Understand Musical Instruments
and the Human Singing Voice by Taking Advantage of the Capabilities of the Pentium
III Processor
February 17, 1999
G-VOX Interactive Music has announced a new software technology that will enable
PCs with Intel ® ’s Pentium ® III processor to understand and interact
with virtually any musical instrument as well as the human singing voice.
"You play the instrument or sing into a microphone," said Nathaniel
Weiss, CEO of G-VOX and inventor of the core technology. "The PC understands
what notes you have played, displays them in full musical notation as sheet music,
and can tell you whether you are playing the note correctly or not."
The new product, G-VOX Interactive Music Suite™ brings the experience
of playing music right to your PC and the Internet. It allows you to easily connect
any musical instrument directly to your computer and enjoy interactive music lessons,
songs, games, and composition.
Said Tom Galvin, Director of Entertainment/Education Market Development, Intel
Corporation, "G-VOX’s Interactive Music Suite TM is an example of Internet
applications that take advantage of the capabilities of the Pentium III processor.
Musicians and vocalists of all levels will be able to share their talents with
others across the 'net."
Using G-VOX Interactive Music's software in conjunction with the new instruction
set of the Pentium III processor offers users several performance improvements,
including direct connection to a PC’s soundcard, speed and accuracy increases
in interactive scoring/composition, and multi-instrument compatibility. The Pentium
III processor also offers the onboard music processing and compression necessary
for compelling Internet-based applications.
G-VOX developed the new software in order to expand PC use to address the more
than 50 million Americans who know how to play a musical instrument and spend
more than $10 billion a year - a market that rivals videogames in size - on instruments,
music education and sheet music. G-VOX will also offer the new music education
tools, such as Interactive Recorder, to the over 49 million students in the K-12
market.
G-VOX will feature the new technology at the Pentium III Processor Preview
Day on February 17 th in San Jose and expects licensed computer manufacturers
to begin offering G- VOX "music compatibility" on PCs employing Intel's
upcoming Pentium III processor next year.
The new technology - which takes the form of a simple "software driver"
- enables musicians to interact with a PC and use it to develop their music. By
plugging any electric or electronic instrument into the standard microphone port,
or playing any acoustic, wind or percussion instrument or the human singing voice
into the PC microphone itself, the user can write music, insert new tones and
make changes on-line.
To support the technology, G-VOX has developed a series of software applications
that make it fast, easy and fun for professional or amateur musicians to learn
how to play an instrument or piece of music; compose, arrange and record music;
and publish sheet music.
G-VOX product extensions include a series of Internet applications that will
enable musicians to take online lessons and collaborate over the Web in "netjamming"
sessions. Users will be able to connect to an online community of musicians, educators
and artists. Also in the works is a tool that will enable educators to turn music
lessons into G-VOX compatible Interactive Sheet Music.
The new technology is based on G-VOX Guitar (TM), which employs a special sensor
and processor to connect electric or acoustic guitars to PCs. G-VOX Guitar is
now available at more than 5,000 leading music stores and computer retail outlets,
such as CompUSA (NYSE: CPU). "In the 1970s, I used to plug my electric guitar
into my amplifier and drive my mother crazy," said Weiss. "In the future,
my kids will plug their guitars into their PCs and drive their friends' mothers
crazy -anywhere in the world - via the Internet!"
Visit G-VOX on the web at www.gvox.com.
| 
