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 http://www.soundtech.com/ and http://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 http://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 http://www.usmusiccorp.com/ .

Ediface is a trademark of U.S. Music Corp. All other registered or

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

Web site: http://www.musicwizard.com/
http://www.soundtech.com/
http://www.usmusiccorp.com/