MADWAVES RELEASES FIRST MADPLAYER FIRMWARE UPGRADE: Includes New Music Styles, New Sampling Capability, New MadSong Recording Capability, and MIDI mplementation Documentation

The MadPlayer from MadWaves began selling commercially in the US in September, and already the Company has released the first firmware upgrade for the device. The new upgrade includes 4 new music styles, and new functionalities that make the MadPlayer even more fun for Mac and PC users.

NEW YORK, NY, January, 7, 2003: Today, MadWaves Corporation (PRWEB) January 10, 2003 -winning product, the MadPlayer. The firmware upgrade, downloadable free of charge from the MadWaves web site, www.madwaves.com, will provide MadPlayer owners with the first new MadPlayer music styles, soundbank expansion, new ways to use and access samples, and new MIDI implementation documentation, among other items. MadPlayer is a mass-market consumer electronic product that empowers anyone to create and interact with their own beats, music, and songs. Operated by the Companys proprietary Generactive Music Technology, the MadPlayer generates unique, unlimited copyright-free music of exceptional sound quality users can play with, change, listen to and share with others.

Keeping Music Fresh, As Promised.

Releasing new music styles and features on a regular basis is one of the services we have planned since MadWaves inception," said Voit Damevski, MadWaves President. We understood from the start that in order for us to retain the interest and attention of our customers, MadWaves would need to constantly upgrade MadPlayers features and provide fresh music styles that reflect current and future trends. The December 31 release is just the first of many, many more to come," said Damevski, who pointed out that the new release comes just weeks after MadPlayers commercial introduction in the US.

Adding UK Garage, Hard House, Dirty DrumnBass & Hard Rap: New Music Algorithms That Expand Soundbanks, and More.

The free, downloadable upgrade package includes four brand new music styles, as well as new programming to expand MadPlayers music soundbanks, recording and MIDI capability.

In addition, the upgrade delivers the ability to save samples that users play live along with the music. This allows users to create a sample set, insert it into a MadSong in real time, and save them exactly where the user played them, so they can play the song, with their samples, over and over again," explained Alain Georges, the French inventor of the technology. Before, samples had to be inserted each time the song was played, so this is a big advance for us." The same upgrade also will let users save all their changes to each song, live and in real time, including: lane volumes and reverbs; portions of each song where the user has muted lanes and/or instruments; changes to pitch and tempo; and more.

For MadUsers already into converting their MadSongs to MIDI files, the new MadFirmware lets them edit their MIDI-converted MadSongs with their favorite MIDI editor/sequencer program, and allows them to specify exactly where the audio samples along with the MIDI stream should play in any given song.

Other Items Available for Free Download Online.

There are many other items MadUsers can download from the www.madwaves.com web site, Damevski noted. These include: 1,000 copyright-free samples for insertion into MadSongs; and, new demos by UK DJ Tjam.

Stay tuned," said Damevski. This is only the beginning. Weve already begun development of new music styles and samples by famous hip hop artists and producers that will give youth the ability to make their own music that sounds like and is associated with their favorite artists and producers. MadWaves reason for being is to empower people through music. Just wait to see what happens next."

About MadWaves.

Madwaves designs, develops, markets and licenses software and hardware solutions that bring interactivity to digital music. The Company delivers generative and interactive music solutions and interactive products and software, for application to the web, personal computers, consumer/business products and wireless devices. The Company sells and licenses its products to companies that want to add interactivity and generative music features to their consumer digital audio-related products. MadWaves LTD., UK is headquartered in London with its R&D facility in Sophia Antipolis, France; MadWaves USA, Inc. is headquartered in Boston, with offices in New York and San Mateo, CA.

For Further Information.

Visit MadWaves USA, Inc. in Booth 3934 at MacWorld Expo in The Moscone Center, San Francisco, California, January 7 -- 10, 2003. Or, contact Laurie A. Rich, MadWaves Director, MAdComm, in New York at 845.876.6330 or lrich@madwaves.com. Or visit MadWaves web site, www.madwaves.com.

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