C. Those in attendance will experience "live" recreations of French
pianist Alfred Cortot (1877-1962) playing a Chopin Prelude from 1926
and Canadian pianist Glenn Gould (1932-1982) performing excerpts from
Bach's Goldberg Variations as recorded in 1955.

It's truly striking to hear the
difference between a source recording and our finished product. "They've created a process that is really going
to unlock a wealth of musical possibilities. is a Delaware C-Corp
established in 2004. Founded by Tod Machover, Professor
of Music and Media at MIT and celebrated composer/inventor, and his team at
the MIT Media Lab, the Company launched H-Lounge in late 2005. Rozino's
vocal and acoustic guitar work is supported on the 10-track album by a
strong cast of musicians, including Drop Trio's Ian Varley on keyboards,
veteran studio guitarist Hank Hamberg (who also produced the album), and
former bandmates Preston Rhone (bass) and Kevin Smith (drums) .

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Zenph's software analysis determines the precise keystrokes, pedal
movement and timing that went into a performance. The Disklavier Pro is a computer-driven grand piano that uses
stored high-definition MIDI data to activate the keys and pedals,
recreating live piano performances with an exceptional degree of
nuance and fidelity.
"I've worked extensively with John and with Disklavier Pro pianos ,
and the realism of this process is stunning," says Mei-Ting Sun, the
winner of the 2005 National Chopin Competition and the 2002
Piano-e-Competition.

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This dramatic breakthrough literally captures the
pianist's original performance intentions, placing the listener back
at the moment of creation and recreating a performance that may
previously have been obscured by the limitations of the original
recording.

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RALEIGH, N. Now, for
example, piano recordings made in mono can be recreated in
surround-sound or stereo. Generations of historical recordings can be
revitalized, changing them from mere artifacts to fresh, thrilling new
releases, as if the artists were performing live again.)

When: Submissions accepted online at
http://www .
-- Author of Hyperscore software and CTO of H-Lounge - An
accomplished composer, pianist , and award-winning harpsichordist.

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History-Making New Process Captures Piano Recordings For High-Quality 'Re-Performance'; Zenph Studios Process Converts Audio to a Precise Description of the Pe

Wouldn 't it be incredible to hear greats like Sergei Rachmaninoff or
Jelly Roll Morton play again as if they were in the room?"
This technological achievement offers the musical equivalent of
taking an old, faded and cracked photograph and recreating the
original scene so it can be photographed anew - even if, for example,
the original lighting had been poor.

PRESS RELEASE H-lounge.com Announces Hyperscore(R) Ringtone Competition Judged by U2's Edge and MIT Luminaries

Judges:

-- The Edge -- Guitarist, U2
-- Tod Machover -- MIT Professor and H-Lounge Chairman - Called
"America's most wired composer" by the Los Angeles Times; awarded some of
the world's most prestigious prizes for his music and inventions.

He was father and teacher of jazz artist and composer Nikolaj Bentzon.

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Because the Yamaha Disklavier Pro reproducing piano is the only
musical instrument in production that is capable of high-definition
MIDI playback, the piano has been the focus of Zenph 's efforts to
date.

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H-Lounge, the online social networking site
for making and sharing music , today announced its inaugural ringtone
competition.

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"Our process is a
leap beyond the recording to the original performance itself," says
Zenph president John Q.com/ringtones/events.

Danish 20th century composer and pianist Niels Viggo Bentzon (1919-1999) was also an accomplished poet, novelist , and visual artist.

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has made music history by developing a new process that, for the first
time , captures audio piano recordings - even old or poor-quality ones
- and converts them into precise , high-definition descriptions of the
original performances that can be exactingly replicated using modern
piano technology. What's more, the
filtering process could strip away subtle harmonies integral to the
performance. The Competition leverages the site's award-winning
Hyperscore software , which lets users not only listen to and share
music, but also create and collaborate with fellow H-Loungers of all ages
via web and mobile phone.h-lounge. The CD release celebration will kick off at the Hard Rock Caf in
Houston on May 20th, and continue through the summer with shows planned
throughout Texas and the Gulf Coast.

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The
site offers a new mode of self-expression, which provides young computer
surfers and casual musicians alike an invaluable opportunity to make and
share their own music using Hyperscore, the easiest do-it-yourself
groove-writing software on the planet .

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Unlike other social networking sites, h-lounge.

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However, re-mastering can only accomplish so much: problems
associated with clarity, acoustics, tuning, and the quality of the
original instrument and recording equipment remained. Walker. "The process even snares the
individual notes within dense harmonies, so each can be reproduced
with their individual shades of touch and dynamics."

(Editors' Note: See accompanying
1/11/06 press release about company debut and Hyperscore. Winners announced at Award Ceremony to be held at
MIT's Stata Center, Room 32-123, in Cambridge on January 27, 2006 at 4:30
p.
-- Marvin Minsky -- Professor Emeritus at MIT; Father of Artificial
Intelligence., a company devoted to bringing out
the musical creativity in everyone.

PRESS RELEASE Rozino Smith to Release Debut CD

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----Zenph Studios, Inc. Zenph has also used
this process to capture a recording made by Art Tatum two years before
his death in 1956.

What: Create and submit a ringtone using Hyperscore, a graphical
music composition tool, which allows people of all ages to compose music
without having any background in music.com
isn't simply a site developed for a passing profile and conversation. "The diversity of the musical
backgrounds of everyone involved in the project -- rock, folk, jazz, and
classical were all present -- provided a great opportunity to create
something new and refreshing, breaking the genre silos.

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"Ringtones are a legitimate branch of
Pop music and this is a great opportunity for up-and-coming songwriters to
create something designed specifically for the medium.

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C. Zenph can even convert a chance recording of a jazz
artist 's off-the-cuff improvisation into a precise description that
can be re-performed, re-recorded, or printed as sheet music.

"I'm excited to be taking part in H-Lounge's Ringtone Competition,"
commented Edge, guitarist with U2."

Hyperscore Ringtone Competition Details

Who: Universe of 20 ,000+ undergraduates, graduate students, faculty,
alumni, staff, family members and others around the world who are
affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Recording artist Rozino Smith is set to release
his debut album entitled "Blurry Summer" on independent label Magellan
Records.

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The achievement is a milestone in the production of music, with a
variety of important implications for the music industry.
This month, the company will demonstrate the remarkable results
with a concert at the BTI Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh,
N.
Before this development , a standard approach to sub-par recordings
has been to clean them up or "re-master" them by filtering out noise
and hiss.

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"Blurry Summer" is the first CD release of Rozino Smith's endeavor as a
solo artist after years of fronting the rock band Brother Luck. "We're very
pleased with the album," states Hamberg .

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Old recordings
made on outdated sound equipment, or played on out-of-tune
instruments, can yield modern, high-quality CDs of the same
performances. In a modern
recording studio, the recreated performance can then become a high
quality recording that takes listeners back to the original moment
when the artist was at work.php beginning today and through
midnight on 1/21/2006.

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The Competition winners, to be announced at the
end of the month and honored at a ceremony on the MIT campus, will receive
cash and prizes from Boston-area sponsors including The Lyons Group, Avalon
Club, and H-Lounge."

The May 20th CD release celebration at the Hard Rock Caf will feature a
Rozino Smith full-band concert, along with performances by Houston-based
rock band Jack in the Pulpit and singer/songwriter Amy Hughes.

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The artist's intentions are
captured fully, regardless of the condition of the recorded sample.

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Entrants to both
the "undergraduate" and "other" categories must have an MIT e-mail address.m.

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