LOS ANGELES, CA (February 3, 2000) – NAMM Booth #1833 – Guillemot is excited to announce four new software options to be included with their PCI audio accelerator, the Maxi Sound FORTISSIMO™. The Maxi Sound FORTISSIMO™ now comes with PowerDVD - a high-quality software DVD player- and three free MP3 players and demos – MusicMatch Jukebox 4.4, Liquid Audio Liquid Player 5.0, and Mixman Studio demo. This new software is in addition to Sensaura’s 3D Positional Audio and Sonic Foundry’s ACID DJ music software.

The Maxi Sound FORTISSIMO is a four-channel digital soundboard powered by the latest Yamaha engine. Its unparalleled sound performance and interactivity in gaming, multimedia and music applications, combined with its astonishingly low price, will be music to consumers’ ears. The Maxi Sound FORTISSIMO retails for $49.99 (US) and is available at Electronics Boutique World, Aims, Microcenter, DataVision, J & R Computer World and Nationwide.

PowerDVD is high-quality software DVD player by Cyberlink. PowerDVD is a perfect companion for the Maxi Sound FORTISSIMO with streaming of the DVD-Video Dolby Digital soundtrack and audio track mixdown for output on four speakers.

MusicMatch Jukebox 4.4 is the world’s first personal jukebox software. Use MusicMatch to add streamed music videos to your collection and use the new NetMusic feature to find excellent audio and video recommendations from their growing list of top-rank online music partners. MusicMatch Jukebox 4.4 was voted one of the Top 100 Products of 1999 by PC Magazine and won the Editor’s Choice Best Jukebox award.

Liquid Audio Liquid Player 5.0, a version customized for Guillemot, can play any liquid track or MP3 and can download and arrange thousands of tracks aw well as provide the technology and support to easily burn CD’s.

Mixman Studio Demo can help to create professional quality music simply and quickly on your PC as well as providing support for exporting that music to MP3, putting it on the web, or burning CD’s. The patented automatic beat matching makes audio experimentation fast and fun.

Founded in 1984, Guillemot Corporation has become a pre-eminent worldwide player in the interactive leisure hardware and accessories market. The group develops, manufactures and distributes PC and console peripherals, providing the highest quality products for gamers and music enthusiasts worldwide. Hercules Computer Technology and ThrustMaster are divisions of Guillemot Corporation. Guillemot is also proud to provide Ferrari and NASCAR officially licensed products as part of their accessories line. Guillemot Corporation is listed on the Paris Stock Exchange, Sicovam code 6672, and is currently present in 10 countries, distributing its products in a total of 35 countries. For further information, please visit our web site at http://www.guillemot.com.

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