Boris FX/Media 100 Announce Agreement With Abaltat

Boris FX and Media 100 have announced a distribution agreement with Abaltat, an Ireland-based audio company developing professional sound editing tools for video editors.
The distribution agreement licenses the Boris FX and Media 100 companies to redistribute the Abaltat Muse, Abaltat Express and Abaltat Beat products with the Boris FX and Media 100 product lines.
The flagship Abaltat Muse application allows editors to design the soundtrack to match the picture sequence. Highlights of the product include:

• Ability to create broadcast quality music compositions faster than real-time
• Variety of Abaltat Bands gives a wide choice of musical genre - no music royalty payments
• Seamless integration with Media 100 editing solutions
• Full MIDI export functionality to import directly into Digidesign Pro Tools or Apple Logic applications
• User-friendly interface and easy-to-use controls are designed for video editors

Abaltat Muse also provides first drafts of a composition so that an editor can have a guide track. The guide track can be updated or recomposed at any stage during the editing workflow.
Ideal for users of Apple GarageBand and Apple Logic, Abaltat Express enables editors to create professional soundtracks. With the same interface, workflow and powerful composition engine as Abaltat Muse, users can compose and arrange soundtracks utilizing the audio engine and sounds native in standard desktops systems. The professional results can be exported to any software that supports the standard MIDI file format.
Abaltat Beat automatically calculates the best rhythmical fit for a video by analyzing the EDL. The resulting "best fit" is played by Abaltat Beat as a midi drum track and is expressed in "Beats Per Minute" (BPM). The speed of the drum track, as well as time signatures, can be adjusted. All adjustments can be played back in sync to the picture so editors can see the relationship between picture and sound.
The new partnership compliments Boris FX and Media 100 editing and effects workflows by enabling users to quickly create original, royalty-free, broadcast-quality soundtracks.
Boris Yamnitsky, founder and president of Boris FX, said: "Abaltat brings significant value to the Boris FX and Media 100 products. "
Siún Ní Raghallaigh, Abaltat's CEO, said: "Leveraging Boris FX and Media 100's strong distribution channels enables us to offer our ground-breaking audio products to our target users throughout North America."
Abaltat Beat, Express and Muse are available through the Boris FX and Media 100 worldwide reseller channel and direct through Boris FX at: www.borisfx.com and Media 100 at: www.media100.com.
Founded in 1995 in Boston, MA, Boris FX is a leading developer of integrated graphics and effects technology, delivering 3D compositing and vector graphic products for the broadcast, post-production, film and multi-media industries. Further information is available from the above web site.
Further information regarding Abaltat is available from: www.abaltat.com.
(KMcA)