Aspiring Singers Can 'Tune Up' With Singing Coach Unlimited Software, Now Available at CompUSA

Aspiring Singers Can 'Tune Up' With Singing Coach Unlimited Software, Now Available at CompUSA

TAMPA, Fla., April 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Aspiring American Idol contestants as well as those who sing in school, at church, in the shower or in their cars will learn to sing in tune and on pitch and have fun doing it with new software now available in all CompUSA stores.

Called Singing Coach Unlimited(TM), the software, from Carry-A-Tune(TM) Technologies, uses specialized, computer-aided pitch tracking to teach people, whether they can read music or not, how to sing in tune and on tempo. To further entice the inner-singer in all of us, CompUSA will be offering a $20 instant rebate for Singing Coach Unlimited from April 24 - May 7, 2005 in all 229 of its stores.

Singing Coach Unlimited combines patent-pending technology with entertaining, animated, on-screen vocal coaching to instruct aspiring singers at all levels. The first-of-its-kind product takes the fun of karaoke and adds real-time visual feedback of the singer's pitch and rhythm to enable adults and children alike to improve their singing.

"Developing Singing Coach Unlimited has been a labor of love since childhood, when I knew I couldn't sing on pitch and in tune," said Carlo Franzblau, founder and president of Carry-A-Tune Technologies and the developer of the software. "We want to teach the world to sing."

Singing Coach Unlimited works on PCs running Windows XP, ME and 2000 and includes a high-fidelity headset with built-in microphone plus a selection of practice songs and free song downloads from the Carry-a-Tune Technologies online song library of 200-plus selections ranging from hits to standards. The product also includes a 'compose mode' in which users can enter any song from sheet music by simply pointing and clicking, or compose their own original songs. It also includes an 'import MIDI' feature that allows users to import standard MIDI files with embedded lyrics. There are over 10,000 songs available for purchase from three currently selected sites available in Carry-a-Tune Technologies' online music store.

The suggested retail price Singing Coach Unlimited is $99.95 ($79.95 with the $20 CompUSA rebate).

About CompUSA

CompUSA, Inc. (http://www.compusa.com/) is one of the nation's leading retailers and resellers of technology products and services. CompUSA offers its customers complete lifestyle solutions, blending expertise in technology and home entertainment for a one-stop shopping experience. CompUSA currently operates 229 CompUSA Superstores in over 90 major metropolitan markets across the United States and Puerto Rico that serve retail, small-to-medium businesses, corporate, government and education customers and includes technical service departments. Many of the stores include classroom-training facilities.

About Carry-A-Tune Technologies

Carry-a-Tune Technologies (http://www.carryatune.com/), Tampa, Fla., is the developer and marketer of a unique new family of software products that use specialized computer-aided pitch tracking to teach people how to sing in tune and on tempo. The company's initial two consumer products are Singing Coach(TM) and Singing Coach Unlimited(TM). These products combine patent-pending technology with entertaining, animated on-screen vocal coaching to teach people at all levels to sing better, whether or not they can read music. These first-of-their-kind products take the fun of karaoke and add real-time visual feedback of the singer's pitch and rhythm to enable adults and children alike to sing better and enjoy singing.

Singing Coach, Singing Coach Unlimited, Carry-a-Tune software and Carry-a- Tune technology are trademarks of Carry-a-Tune Technologies. All other trade names are the property of their respective owners.

This release is available on the KCSA Public Relations Worldwide Web site http://www.kcsa.com/.

Source: Carry-A-Tune Technologies

CONTACT: Scott Rosenblum, +1-212-896-1274, srosenblum@kcsa.com, or Joe Gallo, +1-212-896-1269, jgallo@kcsa.com, or Anne Donohoe, +1-212-896-1261, adonohoe@kcsa.com, all of KCSA Worldwide

Web site: http://www.compusa.com/ http://www.carryatune.com/ http://www.kcsa.com/

NOTE TO EDITORS: Review copies of Singing Coach Unlimited are available upon request

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