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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FreeHand
Systems announces release of its 4.0 software, the company’s
most significant software advancement since the release of the MusicPad
Pro® Plus.
New
software release expands tools for performers and music educators,
making the MusicPad Pro Plus the must have device for 21st century
musicians.
LOS
ALTOS, Calif. – January 20, 2005 – FreeHand Systems,
Inc., the world leader in digital sheet music publishing and the
developer, manufacturer and marketer of the world’s first
digital music tablet, the MusicPad Pro® Plus, announced today
the release of its 4.0 software—the most significant software
update since the product was released to musicians in 2003.
The
new 4.0 software, being demoed in a beta version at NAMM in Anaheim
this week represents a dramatic leap forward in the software and
features of the MusicPad Pro Plus. It will be released to existing
customers as an upgrade and included with new MusicPad Pros starting
in the spring of 2005.
“FreeHand
Systems is on a mission to deliver digital sheet music of every
genre to music educators and performing musicians around the world,”
said Kim Lorz, CEO of FreeHand Systems. “The release of this
new feature-rich, performance-driven, software update for our flagship
product, the MusicPad Pro Plus, moves us forward exponentially in
our quest to marry digital sheet music with our digital music tablet,
providing musicians an ever improving tool for 21st century music
education and performance.”.
The
new features of FreeHand’s Music Manager 4.0 software include:
- Metronome
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Pitch Pipe
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Audio player for MIDI and MP3
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Wireless networking
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Compatibility with Solero files from sunhawk.com allowing transposition
and 'bouncing ball' MIDI playback
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New finger friendly user interface with increased pen colors and
notation
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Text annotation
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File browser and quick search
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Expanded play list capability
- Two-page
display in landscape mode
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Improved tool palette and icons
FreeHand
Systems, a privately held Silicon Valley company with the goal of
reinventing music for musicians worldwide, has created the MusicPad
Pro Plus, a revolutionary electronic device that changes the way
musicians compose, arrange and perform their art.
The
MusicPad Pro Plus fits neatly on a music stand, solving the age-old
problem of turning music pages by letting musicians simply touch
the screen. It also creates a paperless environment by providing
storage capacity for an entire music library of more than 5,000
pages of sheet music. Plus, with FreeHand’s digital music
store, www.sunhawk.com,
musicians everywhere can download over 35,000 scores already formatted
for easy transfer to their MusicPad Pro.
The
MusicPad Pro Plus digital sheet music tablet is housed in a charcoal
grey ABS polymer enclosure not much larger than a sheet of paper.
Weighing just over four pounds, it is lightweight, easy to carry
and comes with a built-in rechargeable battery. It has an easy-to-read,
low glare, backlit 12.1-inch TFT LCD display. Key features include
zoom in and zoom out capabilities and on-screen color highlighters
and pens to add or erase rehearsal marks and notations. Digital
music files in PDF, jpg and other popular graphics formats can be
directly imported into the MusicPad Pro using the Music Manager
software provided with the device. Printed music can be scanned
into a computer and then imported.
Pricing
& Availability
The MusicPad Pro Plus is available for purchase on FreeHand System’s
website (www.freehandsystems.com) and through FreeHand Authorized
Resellers around the world for a suggested retail price of $1,199.
About
FreeHand Systems
FreeHand Systems, Inc. is a privately held company headquartered
in Los Altos, Calif., reinventing music for musicians worldwide.
The company is a world leader in the development, manufacture, and
marketing of its digital sheet music tablet and accessories, as
well as the leading Internet-based provider of sheet music and digital
files through its acquisition of Sunhawk Digital Music LLC.
Its
flagship product, the MusicPad Pro Plus, provides innovative technology
and productivity benefits to arrangers, composers, conductors and
performers within the orchestral, choral, studio musician markets,
as well as music educators and amateur musicians.
Media
Contact:
Clyde Beswick
FreeHand Systems,Inc.
310.275.9269
cbeswick@freehandsystems.com
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