FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


Contact: Andrew Springman
MicroTools Inc.
860-651-6170


MICROTOOLS INC INTRODUCES ITTYMIDI PLAYER AND ITTYMIDI SYSEX MANAGER BUNDLED WITH A PALM


SIMSBURY, CONNECTICUT – December 7, 2004 – MicroTools Inc announced today that they now sell their innovative ittyMIDI Player and ittyMIDI SysEx Manager software in a bundle with a Palm IIIxe, serial hotsync cable and ittyMIDI Serial to MIDI Out cable. The package is available for an introductory price of $99.99 through the end of 2004.

Andrew Springman, President of ittyMIDI.com, said, “ittyMIDI Player and SysEx Manager combined professional MIDI player features with the small size and stability of the Palm platform. The ittyMIDI Palm IIIxe Bundle adds simplicity and low cost to the equation.”


What is ittyMIDI Player?

ittyMIDI Player converts a Palm Powered® handheld into a full-featured MIDI player, capable of controlling any MIDI-enabled musical instrument. Connecting via the communications port, ittyMIDI Player combines the portability and reliability of a hardware MIDI player with the flexibility and ease of use of a software player. It has been designed to function as either a practice tool or an accompaniment tool, suitable for both professional and amateur musicians.

ittyMIDI Player provides complete control of MIDI files and instruments, including on-the-fly, non-destructive editing of volume, mute, tempo and pitch. Tempo can be altered from -99% to +127% of the original, and the pitch can be transposed +/- 24 semitones on any channel. The volume on each channel can be independently controlled or muted with a simple on-screen mixer. ittyMIDI Player’s Non-GM Mapping, Channel Mapping and Suppress GM Enable features support playing GM files on non-GM synths. Instrument mapping can also be done on a per song basis. All changes are stored in playlists, making multiple variations of the same song possible.

Using the Windows® SongLoader application, ittyMIDI Player users can manage a library of hundreds of MIDI files on their desktop, on their handheld and on memory cards. These files can be assembled into an unlimited number of automatic or custom playlists that can even be beamed to other users with the tap of a button.

ittyMIDI Player also features MIDI THRU, Count In Measures, Disabling of Palm Alarms, Tuning, Practice Loops, and different play modes, including ittyMIDI’s convenient Play One mode which plays the current song and queues the next song with a single tap. It even allows you to change the next song in the queue while the current song is playing.


What is ittyMIDI SysEx Manager?

ittyMIDI SysEx Manager is a universal SysEx dump utility for the Palm OS. It can send SysEx data from SYX or Standard MIDI files to a MIDI-enabled device. It features the ability insert a delay between each message to give slower devices time to process incoming messages. SysEx Manager can also send the SysEx data from any MIDI file.

The free ittyMIDI Songloader utility can be used to load SYX and MIDI files into the Palm or memory card. The files are available in either ittyMIDI SysEx Manager or by ittyMIDI Player.
You can then incorporate SysEx files right into ittyMIDI Player’s playlists. Now you can reconfigure your synth in the middle of a performance!

With an ittyMIDI Converter Box (not part of the bundle), SysEx Manager can also record bulk SysEx data into the MIDI books used by both Player and SysEx Manager. ittyMIDI SysEx Manager can insert time delays into the SysEx recording, enabling playback in ittyMIDI Player.


MicroTools Inc is a software development company located in Simsbury, Connecticut, specializing in high-performance embedded computing applications. The engineers at MicroTools are also dedicated musicians and studio producers, and in 2002 launched ittyMIDI.com to support the growing role of handhelds computers in the practice and performance market. Go to http://www.ittymidi.com to learn more about the company and the ittyMIDI product line.

# # #