miniMusic Updates NotePad Notation Software For Palm OS To Version 1.4

June 16, 2006

miniMusic has today released version 1.4 of its popular NotePad music notation software for the Palm Platform. A long list of improvements includes scrolling playback, mid-song tempo and instrument changes, expanded support for keyboard commands and the directional pad on the Treo smart phones, a new scroll bar for song navigation and a new "page view" that displays 20 measures of music on the screen at once.

Many of the new 1.4 features improve on capabilities that NotePad already had available. You could previously assign a different instrument to each voice, so a song could use four different timbres. Now you can insert instrument changes to use as many as you like in a song. You could previously watch one voice/track scroll while it played, now you can watch all of your tracks scroll by as they play together.

"The new page screen really revolutionizes the way you navigate," says Chad Mealey, chief developer at miniMusic. "Now you just zoom out to see a whole page of music, and then zoom in on the part you want to work on. With the new Treo keyboard support we are very close to complete one-handed navigation."

Also improved: notes change color when they are selected, exporting MIDI files to an SD card or memory stick is over 10 times faster, NotePad can now be run entirely from a memory card if you don't want to use up RAM, and many other bug fixes and performance enhancements.

Pricing, Availability, and Distribution
The NotePad 1.4 Upgrade will be free for anyone who bought the 1.3 version or the 1.3 upgrade. A small $5 upgrade fee is charged to owners of earlier versions. NotePad can be purchased for $29.95 from the miniMusic website, or as part of the Handheld Music Suite or Pro Music Suite, each available for $69.95 on-line and from select retail outlets. Free demos of all miniMusic software titles are currently available for download from the miniMusic website and from other Palm OS software distributors such as Handango.com or PalmGear.com.

For more information, visit their web site at http://www.minimusic.com/.

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