Seattle, Wash.­-(Feb. 09, 2001 ) Midiman and Digital Harmony Technologies, Inc. announced today a licensing agreement that gives Midiman access to Digital Harmony’s IEEE-1394 DHIVA.... technology for use in their full range of digital interface products.

Digital Harmony’s 1394 solution will allow Midiman to significantly reduce development time by easily adding a standards-compliant 1394 interface to their M-Audio line of digital audio products. 1394 provides 400Mbits / sec bandwidth, isochronous audio transmission, and the ability to simultaneously send and receive 24-bit / 96kHz audio plus MIDI data over a single cable. M-Audio’s 1394 devices will eliminate the trouble of juggling IRQ's while installing a PCI or EISA interface card. Portable computer users will replace fragile and cumbersome rack-mounted expansion bays with a lightweight 1394-enabled interface.

Midiman was established in 1988 and is based in Arcadia California. Midiman provides solutions in the areas of digital audio hardware, MIDI hardware, post-production, and streaming media, and enjoys significant OEM manufacturing relationships in and out of the music industry. For more information visit: www.midiman.com

Digital Harmony's entertainment technologies are licensed to manufacturers of consumer and professional audio/video devices. These devices are used to create entertainment networks in recording studios, theaters, homes and automobiles. Digital Harmony-enhanced systems distribute and control multi-channel audio and video streams via secure wireless transmission, IEEE-1394 serial bus cables, and/or traditional loudspeaker cables. Digital Harmony licenses its technology to manufacturers as intellectual property, integrated circuit modules, and reference designs. The 50- employee, privately held company is based in Seattle, with an office in Tokyo. For more information, visit www.digitalharmony.com.

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