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MusiCHI Suite: The New Music Software Manager And Player Dedicated To Classical, Jazz Or Other More Demanding Genre Of Music Is Now Available

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MusiCHI Suite is the first integrated computer software application to manage your music files, completely dedicated to classical, jazz or other more demanding genre of music. It is the only digital music suite where the user can actually play and organize his music in an intelligent way, allowing him to change the order and number of columns on the screen and find his tracks in the most flexible manner. MusiCHI Suite includes 4 applications (Player, Ripper, Tagger, Library Manager), each optimized for their task, where newly introduced fields, such as Instruments, Composition, Period, Performers, Style, relevant to music classification can be utilized. Unlike other programs, in theMusiCHI Suite any field, any data, you see on screen is written inside the audio files , therefore, reducing the importance of the library, which becomes just the temporarily catalog of the files’ metadata, used only for fast and flexible searches. Bringing back the focus to the music files themselves and freeing you from any proprietary software library database.

Furthermore, we use a database engine that allows virtually unlimited size of libraries. MusiCHI Suite is a multi – library system , allowing for one more level of grouping, for example Classical, Jazz, World Music, etc. According to the library, the user interface, audio tracks data and tagging pick lists can change, since different styles of music have different logic and personalities: with classical music Composer/Composition is more valuable information than Artist/Album, for example.

The Suite is equipped with a complete reference database (MusiCHI Clean ©®) for classical music, where more than 5000 entries (composers, performers, orchestras, etc.) have been properly corrected and normalized with full respect of their local spelling (umlaut, accents etc.), i.e. the program is fully Unicode compliant. Furthermore, it has a composition engine search covering for the moment the integrated music collection of Bach, Beethoven, Mozart and Vivaldi. The composition engine search will soon be completed with the compositions of other famous composers.

MusiCHI Suite Version 2.1 comes with step by step tutorials and help files leading the user to learn the program and its powerful features quickly and easily. In Version 2.1, new capabilities have been added such as the possibility to play music files without them being part of a music library, the possibility to see the album/compositions covers in a graphical carousel view, the possibility to change the fonts sizes so that the user can play with the software remotely from his couch, the possibility to extract the content of the music library for printing via a spreadsheet. Furthermore, the player can read directly the CD booklet (in pdf format) with a single click, can browse any relevant internet pages linked to a track (Wikipedia etc.), potentially transforming the application to be a front-end to a music knowledge based system. Via the Windows clipboard, the Ripper can use, for its metadata, pretty much any source coming from the WEB or other documents. The playlists are now compatible with the m3u and m3u8 formats. In order to explore the numerous capabilities of the software, you can download from http://www.musichi.eu/index.php/en/downloaddemo, the free trial version (the full featured program with a limited activation time). We have also, included a demo librarywith prepared musical clips (courtesy of Hyperion Records), that can show how classical music can be tagged, “the MusiCHI way”. With these files you can experiment with the other tools of the Suite, especially our tag editor that is considered undoubtedly one of the best (if not the best) of its kind.

MusiCHI Suite Version 2.1 can play FLAC files up to 24 bits/ 385.2 KHZ, and offers additional support for MP3, MP4, APE, WMA and M4A. As we do not offer volume adjustment within the player, we do not add any digital distortion. MusiCHI Suite is ASIO Drivers compatible, including ASIO4ALL, allowing to by-pass the video sound mixer of Windows and achieving bit perfect digital output (we have passed bit transparency tests with a Weiss DAC202). MusiCHI Suite is designed to run on Microsoft Windows (XP, Vista or 7).

MusiCHI Suite is available in 3 versions: MusiCHI Studio (launching price 39 euros, approx. 54 US$) which includes the 4 applications (Player, Ripper, Tagger, Library Manager), MusiCHI Portable (launching price 19 euros, approx. 26 US$) a unique application that allows the user to transport and play all his digital music library on any other PC without any further configuration than plug a USB drive and MusiCHI Ultimo(launching price 49 euros, approx. 68 US$) which apart from the 4 applications, includes also the Portable Edition.

MusiCHI Suite is available through the website address: www.musichi.eu.

Contact details:
Myrto Skotida, T. +306974417252, m.skotida@musichi.eu

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Telecom

New Service Brings Voice to Social Networking Using the Simplicity of a Phone Call

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Voike Inc. is excited to announce a new social network platform that gives users the ability to voice their emotions by telephone.

Miami, FL, Thursday – September 15, 2011 — Voike Inc. is excited to announce a new social network platform that gives users the ability to voice their emotions by telephone. The unique technology merges a proprietary telephone engine and social platform to enable users-known as “Voikers”-to create and post voice messages and music on their social networking spaces.

The only platform of its kind, Voike makes it possible for users to communicate more intensely, magnify their reach and create a more personal connection on their favorite social Websites. Essentially, Voike brings voice to social networking using the simplicity of a phone call. As another distinction, the new technology allows Voikers to post through a hands-off call feature while driving. This makes Voike a safe and practical alternative to texting behind the wheel, especially given that the average person can speak 150 words per minute compared to texting 35 words per minute.

Voike President Jaime Jaramillo says his user-friendly technology is the ultimate way to update family, friends, fans and followers. He said: “What is the value proposition of social media?” At the end of the day, isn’t it that it connects people on a deeply personal level across time and geography? Voike, being able to let users communicate with their voice, allows for a truer, more emotional, persuasive and personal communication.

What exactly is Voike? It’s telephone-to-Web voice file posting technology that allows Voikers to create and post voice messages into their personal social platform accounts. They can also email, forward, redistribute, replay, reply, comment and interact with all posted voice files. In addition, Voike users can:
* use the Voike dashboard as a blog and message center to distribute spoken-word messages, comments, and other content to blogs. Users can post voice blogs into different user-created categories
* to add spoken-word content such as short stories, product and book reviews, interviews, live performances, “jam” sessions from multiple locations, personal commentary, and proposals
* utilize the platform to reach everyone, a pre-selected group or specific contacts. Users can send public and private messages
* post and receive voice files from any smartphone or regular cell phone
* can call in from anywhere in the United States and Canada

Voike is extremely easy for users to operate. Voikers simply need to register, import their contacts and start using the service by calling the number provided. Registration is free, and no downloads are required. The service is initially being offered in beta mode, and users are encouraged to provide suggestions for improvement and other feedback.

The release of Voike comes at a time when social networking Websites have gained tremendous popularity in the marketplace. Sites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and MySpace have attracted millions of users, making social networking a mainstream form of communication. State-of-the-art technology such as Voike is making it easier for Internet users to add a personal touch to their social media messages. A privately-owned company, Voike Inc. is based in Miami, Fla.

For more information, please contact Jaime Jaramillo at (786) 275-5292 or visit http://www.voike.com.

Press & Media Contact:
Jaime Jaramillo, President
Voike Inc
Miami, FL
(786) 275-5292
djj@voike.net
http://www.voike.com

Entertainment

Blue Mustang Press Publishes Robin Stratton’s Novel “On Air”

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Boston writer Robin Stratton pens a story of questioning, living, dying, and even 9/11 in this look back on the life of someone who lived and breathed that most visual medium: radio.

Boston, MA, Friday – September 16, 2011 — Blue Mustang Press is pleased to announce Robin Stratton’s much anticipated new novel, “On Air” ($14.95 178 pp), is now widely available. During the 1980s protagonist Eric Storm was Boston’s hottest radio personality. But it’s 2001 and Eric is a full-grown beagle heavier, divorced, and out of work. Complicating matters is Eric’s mother. She’s getting older and a sudden turn of bad health frightens the unprepared and out of work DJ. Eric’s whole world is turned on end when Ma’s diary reveals a shocking truth about a life Eric thought he had all the answers for.

Stratton’s story deftly resonates with those approaching 50 years of age and who may suddenly find themselves re-examining their lives, their worth and the role friends and family play when faced when life throws them curveball after curveball. Woven into this poignant and touchingly humorous story is the city of Boston and how its community dealt with the questions and doubts raised by 9-11. Stratton skillfully challenges each of us to ask ourselves, “What really matters…and what are we doing about it?”

Robin Stratton is a writing coach in the Boston area, director of the The Newton Writers and Poets Center, editor of “Boston Literary Magazine”, and author of “Dealing With Men, Interference from an Unwitting Species & Other Poems”, and “The Revision Process – A Guide for Those Weeks, Months or Years Between Your First Draft and Your Last”. Her fiction has appeared in “Word Riot”, “Poor Richard’s Almanac(k)”, “Antithesis Common”, “Chick Flicks”, “63 Channels”, “Blink-Ink”, “Pig in a Poke”, “Shoots and Vines” and many others.

ISBN: 978-1-935199-11-3
178 Pages — $14.95 – Trade Paperback
Blue Mustang Press – http://www.bluemustangpress.com

Press & Media Contact:
Karen Savageau
Blue Mustang Press LLP
PO Box 582
Mansfield, MA 02048 – USA
info@BlueMustangPress.com
http://www.BlueMustangPress.com