CRESCENDO NEWS - October 1998 Well, we're back from Internet World, and have a lot of exciting things to let you know about! The foliage in Massachusetts is finally turning color, the air is crisp, and it's almost time to start thinking about tuning up the snowboard. Here are some of the items covered in this newsletter: * Paula Cole's "I Don't Want To Wait" streams with Crescendo Forte * Crescendo Forte featured at Fall Internet World * Behind the scenes - how to create Crescendo Forte music * EP Release by Crescendo Forte artist "Gigi" * What is a "SYSX"? * Powerful authoring tools available in our online store * Subscribing / Unsubscribing ---------------------------------- PAULA COLE STREAMS WITH CRESCENDO FORTE Have you visited the Crescendo Forte Showcase lately? The latest addition to our growing showcase is the Crescendo Forte version of Paula Cole's hit single "I Don't Want To Wait". This is a historic event - Paula has become the first major artist *ever* to have her content featured using Crescendo Forte. As the winner of the 1998 Grammy for "Best New Artist", Cole's latest album "This Fire" has fostered three major singles including "I Don't Want To Wait," which has been pegged as the theme to the new hit TV series, Dawson's Creek. KizoMusic produced this incredible demo using Crescendo Forte to add high-quality drums, piano, and bass guitar to a RealAudio-encoded version of the original cut from the CD. You don't need anything more than a 28.8 modem and a Pentium-class PC to enjoy both the video and audio versions of this song. See and hear it for yourself at the Crescendo Forte Showcase, http://www.liveupdate.com/cforte/showcase.html. ---------------------------------- CRESCENDO FORTE FEATURED AT FALL INTERNET WORLD At the Fall Internet World conference earlier this month in New York City, standing-room-only crowds watched on and listened as RealNetworks presented the latest technology for music broadcast on the Internet. Featured in their presentation was Crescendo Forte, playing a video clip from Paula Cole. If you weren't able to make it to Internet World, you can still see and hear the Paula Cole clip by visiting the Crescendo Forte Showcase at http://www.liveupdate.com/cforte/showcase.html. ---------------------------------- BEHIND THE SCENES - HOW TO CREATE CRESCENDO FORTE MUSIC So your band has a CD to promote and you want to make the highest quality presentation over the Internet? RealSystem G2 and Crescendo Forte together deliver a rich listening experience requiring very low bandwidth. Learn how to take your existing music and publish it using Crescendo Forte with our new step-by-step production guide, available on-line at http://www.liveupdate.com/cforte/authoring.html. When you're done, send us your files for review and we may feature your music on the Crescendo Forte Showcase area! ---------------------------------- CD RELEASE BY CRESCENDO FORTE ARTIST "GIGI" If you liked what you heard from Gigi in the Crescendo Forte Showcase, you'll love her new 6-song CD! Part of Crescendo Forte's appeal is that it allows less-well-known acts such as Gigi to get broad exposure. To thank all of you for listening to her music, she has agreed to distribute her new CD, "Tinted Window", which contains full studio productions of her songs that are highlighted on the showcase, for just $6.95 including shipping & handling. Order on-line today at https://secure.liveupdate.com, and you'll receive the CD by mail, so that you can enjoy her music both on and off-line. ---------------------------------- WHAT IS A "SYSX"? You have probably seen an option in the Crescendo pull-down menu titled "Enable SYSEX Messages", and might have wondered what the option means. Crescendo PLUS supports playback of System Exclusive (SYSX) messages. Ever wonder how that General MIDI song you downloaded automatically configures delay, reverb, distortion, and patch edits while it plays? MIDI files use embedded SYSX messages to control synthesizer settings. Crescendo PLUS will detect and send these hidden SYSX messages to your synthesizer or sound card. Many commercially manufactured MIDI files contain SYSX messages, so you may not hear what the MIDI musician intended until you get Crescendo PLUS. Crescendo PLUS is available for $19.95 at our on-line store, https://secure.liveupdate.com. Get it now, and hear what you've been missing! ---------------------------------- POWERFUL AUTHORING TOOLS AVAILABLE IN CRESCENDO ONLINE STORE With the right tools, you can be a Crescendo composer. The Crescendo PLUS Roland Edition for Windows 95/98 has everything you need to create and play great music on the Internet. Here's what you get: *Cakewalk Express - record, edit, mix, and publish your own MIDI files *Do Re Mix - drag and drop ready-made musical parts to create instant songs *Crescendo PLUS for Internet Explorer and Netscape - play streaming music over the Internet *Virtual Sound Canvas software synthesizer - Orlando's wavetable instrument sounds for your PC *Plus over 100 ready-made MIDI song files to use in your productions The Crescendo PLUS Roland Edition, with all of the above, is available for $65, including shipping and handling! Visit http://www.liveupdate.com/soundcanvas.html for more details, or to order now. ---------------------------------- SUBSCRIBING / UNSUBSCRIBING You're receiving this email because you downloaded Crescendo in the past, and we want to keep you up to date with some of the exciting things that are happening at LiveUpdate. We hope you are enjoying Crescendo! Note: Messages from LiveUpdate to this list will not be sent any more frequently than once a month, and your information has not, and will not, be given to others or sold. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, or if this message has been forwarded to you by a friend and you would like to subscribe to our newsletter, please send a message to newsletter@liveupdate.com. ******************************************* Spread the Music!