The pixoundTM Maker tool suite contains everything you need to start producing pixound applets and web pages for Mac and Win95 platforms.

With the MakerTM it is fun and easy to create cross-platform, image-based, interactive musical experiences. The pixound Maker is designed for use by interactive developers, musicians and artists. With these tools creative individuals and teams can easily infuse any kind of graphic with interactive musical content of any style.

The experiences created with the Maker are currently distributed in two forms; one, the .pxd file, for web pages the other, the pixound applet or pixAppTM for use off-line.

 

Pixound enabled web pages are efficient users of internet resources.

This page and many others throughout our site are Pixound enabled. If you downloaded and installed the pixound plug-in you should be able to play this page.

Our 1K .pxd file, which activates the plug-in, is sent from web server to client in seconds. This short, low bandwidth transmission provides hours of musical enjoyment without further server demand. Pixound places no limits on the number of simultaneous connections to a web page.

Pixound web pages are typically used to provide interactive musical experiences, however if your web design requires pasive background music, Pixound can provide it. Background play and many other controls settings can be sent to pixound from an HTML page.

 

The pixAppTM contains all the image, musical, sound and code resources needed to play pixound off-line.

PixApps are as small as 100K or as large as the storage medium or practical download times will allow. Producers can create deep musical experiences by linking pixApps to each other and/or Director files. PixApps can be created for all color Macs and Windows 95 machines.

 

The pixound Maker tool suite:

 

 

 

 

pixound Maker

The pixound Maker is the primary tool for integrating musical resources and graphic elements into cross-platform (Mac and Win95) pixApps and web pages. Using the Maker's event editor, you can build complex interactive actions into your pixApps without scripting.

 

pixSongTM

Our pixSong software lets you compose and save chord progression files for use with the pixound Maker. PixSong also allows the integration of Maker song event triggers into chord progressions.

 

pixEnableTM

The pixEnable software utility validates .pxd files to run on authorized URLs.

 

Also included:

Full documentation in browser readable form

Tech support by e-mail

Example applets (Mac and Win95)

Example .pxd files

Example HTML scripts for web pages

Example pixSong files

Collection of picts and snd files

Single URL non-commercial site license for using pixound on the web

 

Prices and License fees:

The pixound Maker tool suite:
$495 (US) single user Mac OS is available directly from Pixound Technology Partners.

The pixound URL/site activation licenses:
For pricing inquire at: marketing@pixound.com .

Rates for web advertising applications of pixound are available from marketing@pixound.com.

 

 

To order** the pixound Maker send amount [international orders add $25 for shipping, New York orders pay additional 8.25% Tax] in US currency by money order, company check or cashiers check to:

 

Pixound Technology Partners LLC

244 East 58th Street

New York, NY, 10022

 

 

 

Various Maker dialogs

Maker Features:

  • Easy to use graphical prompt method of authoring requires little experience
  • Help screen with most useful information at your fingertips
  • Area rollovers, clicks, song changes and hues can trigger complex events
  • Assign events to odd shaped regions
  • Link pixApps to Director or mTropolis files and vice versa
  • Produces pxd files for the web which work on Mac and Win95
  • Save pixApps for 68k, PPC or FAT bits (Win95 applets coming soon)
  • Drag and drop assets into pixApps
  • Fully QuickTime 2.0 & 2.5 music architecture compatible (using atomic instruments)
  • Hundreds of sub-events per applet
  • Requires no musical knowledge to operate (though it always helps)
  • Many musical events including scale, key, mix and range
  • Unusual event types like magnify, scroll and color-cycling shapes
  • Drum and bass pattern editor
  • Over 100 musical scales including custom scales
  • Set pixApps to exact beats per minute for accurate timing
  • Our pixound mini-anims sync to musical phrases and rhythms
  • Convert QuickTime movies to musical mini-anims
  • Three sound types: General MIDI, System 7 sounds and our vector sounds
  • pixApps are protected from tampering
  • Save pixApps with optional password for editing to further protect your work
  • Create full-screen, immersive applets with the click of a button
  • Create self-running pixApps
  • Up to 10 songs per pixApp (which can call other pixApps)
  • Full featured chord sheet editor allows you to enter songs right out of any chord book
  • Trigger any event on specific beats of songs
  • All the unique pixound-specific controls you'll need with more on the way!
  • Unique, subtle, algorithmic interface makes using the Maker a fresh experience every time
  • Incredible things planned for the near future!

e-mail: marketing@pixound.com

tech@pixound.com


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