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LiveUpdate Announces Next Generation Crescendo Forte MIDI Streaming Technology

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LiveUpdate, a leading developer of streaming MIDI music players, has announced the release of Crescendo Forte 2.0, a major upgrade to its Crescendo plug-in. This new technology utilizes the features of RealPlayer 7 to provide high-quality, low-bandwidth musical soundtracks that can be fully synchronized with other multimedia streams. The Crescendo Forte player is available as a free download from RealNetworks' Auto-Update server.

Key Takeaways:

  • Crescendo Forte 2.0 is a major upgrade to LiveUpdate's Crescendo plug-in, utilizing the features of RealPlayer 7 to provide high-quality, low-bandwidth musical soundtracks.
  • Crescendo Forte includes LiveSynth, a high-quality software wavetable synthesizer that loads automatically to play MIDI content using any sound card.
  • The version 2.0 upgrade includes a more advanced synthesizer engine and improved timing performance.
  • Through a special arrangement with RealNetworks, the Crescendo Forte MIDI music player is available directly from RealNetworks' Auto-Update server.
  • LiveUpdate has released sample content from artists such as Smash Mouth, Paula Cole, and Barenaked Ladies, which can be heard at www.liveupdate.com/cforte/showcase.html.
  • RealNetworks continues to maintain a strong leadership share of the streaming media market, with more than 85 million unique users of RealPlayer and more than 85% of all streaming media Web pages using RealAudio, RealVideo, and other RealSystem G2 technologies.
  • LiveUpdate President William Moline stated that Crescendo Forte streams MIDI music at typically less than 2 kilobits per second, preserving valuable bandwidth for other multimedia components.
  • LiveUpdate has become the leading producer of streaming MIDI music players for the Internet, with more than 10 million installed users worldwide and 10,000 websites that are "Best Heard with Crescendo."

Statistics:

  • More than 85 million unique users of RealPlayer (Source: Hotbot)
  • More than 85% of all streaming media Web pages on the Internet use RealAudio, RealVideo, RealFlash, RealText, or RealPix (Source: Hotbot)
  • More than 350,000 hours of live RealAudio and RealVideo programming are available each week (Source: Hotbot)
  • Crescendo Forte streams MIDI music at typically less than 2 kilobits per second
  • More than 10 million installed users worldwide of LiveUpdate's streaming MIDI music players (Source: LiveUpdate)
  • 10,000 websites that are "Best Heard with Crescendo" (Source: LiveUpdate)

Sources:

  • PRNewswire, November 8
  • LiveUpdate
  • RealNetworks
  • Hotbot

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