| VirtuosoWorks and Bitstream Announce Agreement to Bring High-Quality Fonts to the Music Composition Market with NOTIONT Innovator in music performance software licenses high-quality font designs from Bitstream GREENSBORO, NC and CAMBRIDGE, MA — May 23, 2005 — VirtuosoWorks, Inc., and Bitstream Inc. (NASDAQ: BITS) announced today that VirtuosoWorks has licensed a set of high-quality fonts for use with NOTION™, their music composition and performance software. VirtuosoWorks selected the font set from Bitstream’s typeface library. NOTION offers musicians the ability to compose, play back and perform original compositions with a realistic sound quality unprecedented in the industry. Developed by VirtuosoWorks, Inc., NOTION is the first completely integrated package of its kind. Designed to be used on any PC (MAC version in Fall of 2005), it combines a full-featured music notation system with interpretive algorithms linked to a proprietary playback engine. NOTION offers samples of thousands of individual notes and articulations. NOTION developers worked with the London Symphony Orchestra to record the highest quality samples at legendary Abbey Road Studios. A unique user-controlled tempo triggering system, named NTEMPO™, facilitates accompaniment of live voice and/or instruments to make NOTION a versatile and practical performance system. “NOTION™ gives musicians the ease of a user-friendly, notation-based music writing interface combined with the auditory aid of full fidelity orchestral playback,” says Dr. Jack Jarrett, a distinguished conductor, composer, educator and creator of NOTION. “Since NOTION was developed by musicians, anyone who can write or play music and operate a PC can easily use it right away. Even beginners can learn to compose their own scores and play them back.” “VirtuosoWorks has designed its NOTION software so that musicians can focus on the music, not the technology behind it,” said Anna Chagnon, President and Chief Executive Officer of Bitstream. “Creative applications need creative type. Bitstream fonts are well known internationally for their excellence in typographic design. We are happy to be working with VirtuosoWorks to bring a variety of high-quality fonts to their innovative music composition software.” About VirtuosoWorks Since 1998, VirtuosoWorks has been dedicated to creating and perfecting NOTION, incorporating its passion, vast musical knowledge, the best programming, and of course, the finest musicians and recording technology in the world. Since its creation, VirtuosoWorks has grown to over 30 employees, and has received numerous awards recognizing its innovative vision in the software industry. For more information, visit the company at http://www.notionmusic.com. Bitstream Bitstream is a registered trademark and the Bitstream logo is a trademark of Bitstream Inc. NOTION is a trademark of VirtuosoWorks, Inc. Other technologies and brand names are used for information only and remain trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Contact Anna Chagnon Cynthia Evans |
