Abaltat Muse is a cool product for video editors and producers. Abaltat Mus 2.0 composes and arranges a soundtrack. Traditionally, video editors in search of a soundtrack have had various options such as original composition, commercial music, music loops or library music. Abaltat Muse 2.0 is a video-driven soundtrack composer. This is not a search engine with a large database of library music or music loops.

Simply drop a QuickTime file into Abaltat Muse 2.0, the software will compose a soundtrack using your selected parameters such as tempo and style.

Albatat Muse is half price through the end of December 2008 at Toolfarm.

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Enhanced Composition Engine; Seamless Integration with Apple Final Cut and Avid Editing Applications

Galway, Ireland - August 26, 2008 - Abaltat, a developer of innovative audio workflow solutions for postproduction and broadcast markets, announced the release of Abaltat Muse 2.0. Abaltat Muse 2.0 enables anyone, regardless of musical ability; to compose royalty-free, multi-part soundtracks that are perfectly timed and aligned to the users' edited video. The new release of Abaltat's flagship audio solution delivers a brand new composition and analysis engine, streamlined user interface, expanded soundtrack creation capabilities and clever pre-set audio tracks.

"The new Muse composition engine is incredibly dynamic and powerful. Users can create a much wider range of soundtracks with greater control over creative elements. They can also pop in a pre-set track and fly through their project," said Mark Altekruse, Sales and Marketing Director, Abaltat. "We have made Muse 2.0 so much more flexible and simpler to use. Video editors with little to no experience with soundtrack creation will be able to bring Muse immediately into their video workflow and create, royalty free soundtracks without having to spend a serious amount of time learning the controls. For facilities and projects that house both video and audio post, the Muse integration with other professional soundtrack tools enhances the overall workflow. Video editors can get a jump start on the track while audio pros finesse the output Muse file in their DAW for finishing."

The company has also incorporated the version 2.0 enhancements into Abaltat Muse Free; a completely free soundtrack creation application based on the Muse composition engine. Abaltat Muse Free offers users the same elegant interface with a limited range of controls and band styles for royalty free soundtrack creation.

"I am blown away by Muse's simple interface, its responsiveness to user settings and its ability to interpret a scene's footage," Craig Abaya, Musician, Filmmaker, Director of Digital Media and Entertainment San Francisco State University Extended Learning. "Composers can break out of their normal creative habits, using Muse as a creative sketch pad to try out musical ideas very quickly."

Highlights of Muse 2.0

• Extensive Musical Range - Seven bands offering thousands of soundtrack style possibilities - from classical to hip-hop to dance to modern 21st century composition. Each band comes complete with Muse Presets that help users acheive immediate and professional results.
  
• User Friendly Audio Editing Capabilities - Muse advanced editing modes enables users to customize each Muse Preset to fit the mood of the video or build their own soundtrack from scratch. Users can arrange soundtracks using familiar video editing concepts and controls such as keyframes and key commands common to many NLE's.
  
• Seamless Integration with Popular Video Applications - Muse 2.0 works with the world's leading editing applications including:
  • Apple Final Cut Pro and Final Cut Express
    
  • Avid editing applications
  • Adobe Premiere Pro
  • Media 100
    
• Support for Professional Audio Workstations and formats - Exports general MIDI files that can be imported into;
  • Digidesign Pro Tools and Pro Tools LE
  • Apple Logic Studio, Logic Express and GarageBand
  • MOTU Digital Performer and more
  • Outputs audio in pro audio standards: .aiff, .wav or as MIDI
  
  
• Outputs combined or individual tracks
  
• Preset Sounds for Fast Soundtrack Creation - Ships with nearly 2GB of customized, broadcast quality musical instruments and sounds.
  
• Abaltat Muse Free Limited Version - Muse 2.0 composition engine and streamlined interface with a more limited set of functionality.

Muse 2.0 Pricing and Availability

Muse 2.0 is available today via the Abaltat web site (www.abaltat.com) and certified reseller channel for 495.00 USD. Existing Muse customers can upgrade to version 2.0 free of charge. A 30-day trial version of Muse 2.0 is available here.

Abaltat Muse Free 2.0 is also available today via www.abaltat.com free of charge.

About Abaltat

Abaltat was founded to create radical 21st century computer applications for the audiovisual industry. Using a combination of highly experienced television editors, first rate musicianship and the most imaginative programmers in Ireland, Abaltat has created a unique software product for video and film editors: the world's first video-driven soundtrack composer.

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Marlborough MA - March 18 - Boris FX and Media 100 (a subsidiary of Boris FX), today announced a distribution agreement with Abaltat, an Ireland-based audio company developing professional sound editing tools for video editors. The distribution agreement licenses the Boris FX and Media 100 companies to redistribute the Abaltat Muse, Abaltat Express, and Abaltat Beat products with the Boris FX and Media 100 product lines. The new partnership compliments Boris FX and Media 100 editing and effects workflows by enabling users to quickly create original, royalty-free, broadcast-quality soundtracks.

"Abaltat brings significant value to the Boris FX and Media 100 products. They are a one of kind audio technology offering very exciting and innovative products - a natural compliment to the visual effects and editing software of Boris FX and Media 100," comments Boris Yamnitsky, founder and president, Boris FX.

"We are delighted to have secured this distribution deal with Boris FX and Media 100" said Sín Ní Raghallaigh, Abaltat's CEO. "Leveraging Boris FX and Media 100's strong distribution channels enables us to offer our ground breaking audio products to our target users throughout North America".

About Abaltat Products
The flagship Abaltat Muse application allows editors to design the soundtrack to match the picture sequence. Highlights of Abaltat Muse;

• Ability to create broadcast quality music compositions faster than real-time
  
• Variety of Abaltat Bands gives a wide choice of musical genre - no music royalty payments
  
• Seamless integration with Media 100 editing solutions
  
• Full MIDI export functionality to import directly into Digidesign Pro Tools or Logic applications
  
• User-friendly interface and easy-to-use controls are designed for video editors

Abaltat Muse also provides first drafts of a composition so that an editor can have a guide track. The guide track can be updated or recomposed at any stage during the editing workflow.

Ideal for users of Apple GarageBand and Apple Logic, Abaltat Express enables editors to create professional soundtracks. With the same interface, workflow and powerful composition engine as Abaltat Muse, users can compose and arrange soundtracks utilizing the audio engine and sounds native in standard desktops systems. The professional results can be exported to any software that supports the standard MIDI file format.

About Boris FX
Founded in 1995 in Boston MA, Boris FX is the leading developer of integrated graphics and effects technology, delivering 3D compositing and vector graphic products for the broadcast, post production, film and multi-media industries. Since the company's inception, Boris products have grown to serve over 200,000 artists worldwide. A great part of its success lies in the ability to tightly integrate and leverage technologies through strong partnerships with industry-leading manufacturers including Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, Avid, Eyeon, Grass Valley, Matrox, Media 100, Sony Pictures Digital, and Ulead. For more information, visit www.borisfx.com.

About Abaltat
Abaltat was founded in 2003 in Galway, Ireland, with a daring vision: to create radical 21st-century computer applications. Using a combination of highly experienced television editors, first-rate musicianship, and the most imaginative programmers, the company has created unique software products for video and film editors. More information is available at www.abaltat.com.

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