FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

11/1/99 Mountain View, Ca- Staccato Systems™, Inc., a leading developer of
interactive audio technologies, today announced the SynthCore Software
Development Kit beta program for game audio developers. The SynthCore SDK
is a set of APIs, programs and content that gives game audio sound
designers and programmers the ability to create and deliver interactive
audio uniquely controlled by the game physics, environment and end user
input. 
The SDK consists of the SynthCore audio rendering engine, as well as a
preset editor and comprehensive audio content.  The SynthCore engine
currently performs physical modeling of sound as well as wavetable, DLS and
algorithmic audio synthesis, with several new audio technologies in
development. The SDK will be available later in Q4 of this year.
The beta version is available free to qualified game audio developers, who
should e-mail Staccato directly at staccato@staccatosys.com for more
information.

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