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Crescendo

Quite simply, Crescendo is a Web music player. It's web-downloadable software for Netscape and Microsoft browsers that lets you listen to MIDI music as you browse a web site. Over one thousand sites already have it...and hundreds more are being added each month.

Features of Crescendo 2.02 (now shipping for the Netscape browser)...

• a control panel and counter (see above)

Features of Crescendo 2.2 (now shipping for the Microsoft browser)...

• Try-before-you-buy demonstration of streaming
• Streaming functionality is activated at streaming-enabled web sites
• Volume control - controls the volume of all MIDI devices
• "Save As" option, for saving your MIDI files you download on the Internet
• MIDI device selection from the a right-click pop-up menu
• Users can disable looping
• Webmasters can disable saving of the file
• An enhanced MIDI reset option
• Delays can now be less than 1 second

Crescendo is free for personal use - technical support can be found through the Crescendo Newsgroup. (Download it now!) We also offer personal and corporate/intranet subscriptions for $9.95 and discounts for multiple site licenses (see below). Crescendo is available for the Macintosh, Windows 3.x, WIndows 95, and Windows NT

What's a Subscription?

If you purchase a Crescendo subscription, you will also get...

• automatic upgrades for 1 year
• technical support via email

Crescendo PLUS is an enhanced version of the Crescendo MIDI plug-in.

Features of Crescendo PLUS 2.1 and 2.2...

• STREAMING! - listen to the music before it completely downloaded, at all web sites
• "Save as" option from the right mouse button menu
• A volume slider on the control panel
• Users can disable looping
• Webmasters can disable saving of the file
• Option to select MIDI output device
• An enhanced MIDI reset option
• Option to send SYSEX messages - allows Crescendo PLUS to support advanced MIDI formats
• Delays can now be less than 1 second
• Improved musical quality while multi-tasking (Windows 95)

We offer personal and corporate/intranet subscriptions for $19.95 and discounts for multiple site licenses (see below). Crescendo PLUS is available for Windows 95, Windows 3.1, Windows NT,and Macintosh.

What's a Subscription?

If you purchase a Crescendo PLUS subscription, you will also get...

• automatic upgrades for 1 year
• technical support via email

There are thousands of pre-made MIDI music files available on the Internet. Many of these are freely available for download at such sites as MIDI File Central, The MIDI Farm, My Mega Midi Archive, The Ultimate TV & Movie MIDI Page, and The Classical Midi Archives. Many personal web sites use these free files. However, to provide them on web sites raises difficult questions regarding the copyrights to the music and the compenstaion due to the composers and performers.

The best way to avoid copyright issues is purchase a license to the music. To meet this need, we are working with musicians to provide licensed MIDI music for web sites. The collection by Peter Vantine below is one effort in this direction. See also our page of Crescendo Music Suppliers.

Peter Vantine's MIDI Collection - Volume I

This is a collection of MIDI files created for use on your Web site (the license is for one site). This package contains 6 sets of MIDI files of various "themes" - including a Ballad Set (pop), Big Band Set (jazz), Cool Jazz Set (jazz/pop), Driving Rock Set (rock), Industrial Set (pop), Jammin' Set (pop/jazz). For each theme, a complete tune, 2 loop versions, and 2 "stinger" excerpt versions are supplied. In addition, this package contains 6 bonus loops of various themes. Here are some samples...

a pop ballad demo
a big band demo
a driving rock demo

Purchase any this collection from our secure online site, and get immediate delivery by email or ftp.

Prices are the same for all operating systems (Windows 95, 3.1, NT, Mac) and browsers (Netscape, Microsoft).

Download the free version of Crescendo

Purchase any of these products from our secure online site, and get immediate delivery by email or ftp.

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