Music Wizard Group Unveils Guitar Gaming Prototype

Play Real Music on a Real Guitar with Guitar Wizard combined with the
SoundTech Ediface(TM) Digital Guitar Interface

LONGMONT, Colo., Jan. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Allegro Multimedia Inc., dba
Music Wizard Group(TM), a leading provider of music gaming software and
musical education tools, has recently unveiled the prototype of Guitar Wizard.
Forming a strategic partnership with US Music Corporation's SoundTech
Professional Audio Division, the two visionary companies have combined to
develop a gaming package that can teach aspiring rock stars how to play real
music on a real guitar. The product will include both the SoundTech
Ediface(TM) Digital Guitar Interface and the patented Guitar Wizard software,
allowing people to play and learn on their PC or Mac with their existing
acoustic or electric guitars. The SoundTech Ediface(TM) technology converts
the guitar sounds to digital for live interactive video game play. Virtually
any guitar can be used with the SoundTech Ediface and virtually any song will
be able to be used with the Pro software package, unlocking a universe of fun.
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The Guitar Wizard platform has already seen success for the product's
teaching method with a strong holiday for Mattel's product, "I Can Play
Guitar," which uses the Guitar Wizard platform. Guitar Wizard, unlike other
popular guitar video games, is a video game that uses a real guitar with real
music files, so kids and adults of all ages can play the music they love, and
even read music. Guitar Wizard is excellent for learning lead guitar, and
teaches everything from single note picking to complex chords while gaming.
The game's unique, patented, 5-step method combined with the SoundTech
Ediface(TM) allows anyone to learn how to play a real guitar and read music in
minutes, through a fun video game!
"Music has always been universal, but understanding how to read and
interpret musical notation has been unnecessarily difficult. The guitar is
another challenge to figure out as well, so learning how to play a guitar,
especially lead guitar, has always been incredibly challenging.
Now, for the first time, with the combination of SoundTech Ediface(TM)
technology and the Guitar Wizard game system, we can help millions of people
easily fulfill their musical dreams, with real instruments, and real music,"
said Chris Salter the CEO of Music Wizard Group.
Last week, SoundTech Professional Audio, announced the Ediface(TM) Digital
Guitar Interface. This interface is a new product that enables guitars to
communicate directly with computers. From gaming to composing, the SoundTech
Ediface(TM) opens up a new digital world to guitarists and is a key part to
the Guitar Wizard game.
The SoundTech Ediface(TM) Digital Guitar Interface comes with a pick-up
and converter that attaches directly to a steel string electric, acoustic
electric or acoustic guitar of any size or shape. The Ediface(TM) is fully
plug and play compatible with Windows XP or higher as well as Mac OSX -- no
driver install is necessary.
"We developed the Ediface(TM) to give guitarists and aspiring guitarists
an easy and fun way to interact with their computers through guitar play,"
said Larry English, president of US Music Consumer Division. "From composing
to gaming, the possibilities with the SoundTech Ediface(TM) are virtually
limitless."
Pricing and Availability
The Guitar Wizard package will include the SoundTech Ediface(TM) and the
Guitar Wizard software and will be available for both PC and Mac. The
SoundTech Ediface(TM) Digital Guitar Interface and Guitar Wizard Software will
be available nationwide in early 2008. For more information on retail
availability, please visit www.SoundTech.com and www.musicwizard.com .
About Allegro Multimedia Inc., dba Music Wizard Group(TM):
Music Wizard Group(TM) is the leader in music videogame software that
teaches anyone how to play real musical instruments. Music Wizard provides a
simple and non-violent, gaming solution that "cracks the musical code" of
reading notation and delivers on the promise of real musicianship for
everyone. Music Wizard Group seeks to improve the quality of life by
empowering more people with the gift of playing music and by promoting music
as something to be shared and enjoyed together.
Music Wizard welcomes everyone to experience the joy, self-expression and
liberation naturally gained through a relationship with playing music. Backed
by award-winning software, university produced Music Wizard Academy tutorials
for parents and teachers, a proven song-based curriculum and a never-ending
supply of musical content, the means is now available to unlock and ignite the
creative musical genius inherent in all.
Music Wizard Group believes that the language of music is a birthright,
something that anyone can learn and enjoy at any age, regardless of
experience. The company's core mission is to help bring about universal music
literacy.
About SoundTech Professional Audio
SoundTech is dedicated to providing a line of products that allow more
people to experience and enjoy digital recording and music creation.
SoundTech also provides the music industry's most affordable and professional
Pro-Audio Line of product solutions supporting both performance and recording
environments. It has built a world-class team of sales, service and support
professionals around what are arguably the best "Quality vs. Price" product
lines available anywhere in the world. For more information visit SoundTech
on the web at www.SoundTech.com .
About US Music Corporation
US Music Corporation is a uniquely positioned, fully integrated musical
instrument company that manufactures and markets instruments, accessories and
audio equipment for professionals, aspiring professionals, collectors,
hobbyists and beginner musicians. US Music Corp also owns Washburn Guitars
and accessories, Parker Guitars, Randall Amplifiers, Eden Amplifiers, Oscar
Schmidt, Little Lyon, Lyon musical instruments and accessories, Disney by
Washburn musical instruments and accessories and Vinci musical instrument
strings and accessories. For more information visit US Music Corporation on
the web at www.USMusicCorp.com .
Ediface is a trademark of U.S. Music Corp. All other registered or
unregistered trademarks are the sole property of their respective owners.
SOURCE Music Wizard Group

Jennifer Baybrook, Account Executive, of Max Borges Agency, +1-305-576-1171,
Ext 13, jenniferbaybrook@maxborgesagency.com, for Music Wizard Group