Display article   Subject:  New MPC Software
   04/30/97   18:36:15


NEW MPC SOFTWARE

Radio Shack has some terrific new MPC software!  Here's a look at
some of our new titles:


Guide  (Cat. No. 25-1443, $495.00)

Guide is an advanced hypermedia information management and
presentation system for today's desktop computers.

Guide features include:

- Powerful hypermedia development tools
- Embedded programming language
- Sophisticated text search facilities
- Extensive customization options
- Comprehensive document formatting features
- Support for industry graphics and text formats
- Maintenance tools for large document collections


For developers, Guide provides a rich, flexible development
environment where authors can create compelling, visually
exciting multimedia documents with remarkable ease.

For end users, Guide offers quick access to precisely the
information you need -- presenting it in clear and interesting
ways that stimulate understanding.  You can navigate a wealth of
material -- text, graphics, sound and video -- on your computer
screen.

For organizations, Guide delivers a comprehensive but
cost-effective way to enhance communications, increase
productivity, and improve individual performance.


MusicBytes (Cat. No. 25-4280, $99.95)

MusicBytes is a collection of modular, license-free production
music and sound effects.  It provides access to dozens of
exciting and dynamic tunes -- ranging from rock to classical and
from industrial to novelty -- performed by world-renowned
musicians.

This package can be used to develop applications and create
games, multimedia presentations, video tapes, and so forth.
MusicBytes will make multimedia projects sing by providing
exciting original music, MIDI sequences and sound effects for
MPCs.


Learn to Speak Spanish (Cat. No. 25-4275, $99.00)

Learn to speak and understand Spanish with this complete
30-lesson course.  Five native Spanish speakers and one English
speaker read situation settings and dialogues from an audio CD
disk interactively controlled by the user from his computer.
The learner records his voice right into the program, then
compares it to the speech of the native speakers.

The program features extensive listening exercises and numerous
interactive drills and exercises to help understand spoken
Spanish and Spanish grammar.

This program especially benefits students or vacationers who will
be traveling to Spanish-speaking lands, and includes many
cultural notes about life in today's Latin America.


Trax (Cat. No. 25-4276, $99.00)

Trax is a complete personal MIDI recording studio on a disk.
With MIDI instruments, controllers, and a personal computer,
Trax offers a whole new world of music-making.

This program provides the perfect opportunity for those who want
to record songs or be a music producer.  Trax allows the user to
compose, edit and play back multi-track recordings of any music
imaginable.  Its Track Sheet allows recording up to 64 different
tracks, live or step by step.  The user may compose and arrange
music for anything from a solo performance to a complete
orchestra.


The Sleeping Beauty (Cat. No. 25-4278, $49.95)

The Sleeping Beauty combines original illustrations, animations,
sound effects and a musical score to fascinate children with the
magic of this timeless story creatively combined with
state-of-the-art computer technology.

Complete narration is recorded on the CD, and the story can be
interactively read.  Highlighted text is used to define difficult
words and for associating sounds.  And it's entertaining: guns
shoot, trumpets blare, fireworks explode, the spinning wheel
spins, lightning flashes and thunder booms!

Child development experts helped design this program to reinforce
reading and vocabulary advancement.


Electronic Library of Art (Cat. No. 25-4279, $99.95)

What a terrific package for the scholar, student or art lover!
The Electronic Library of Art assembles a wide variety of
full-color art images and detailed data cards with explanatory
text and audio.

The entire Library covers painting, sculpture, architecture,
photography, design and theatre.
