
                       FAT SEAL AWARDED TO AUDIOTRIX PRO

SHERBROOKE, Quebec, June 6, 1994 -  Mediatrix is pleased to announce that
the company's flagship product, the Audiotrix Pro sound card, has been
awarded The Fat Seal.  The Audiotrix Pro is the first sound card to receive
this award and it has passed the rigorous General MIDI compatibility tests
with high marks.

The seal means that the Audiotrix Pro is recommended by The Fat Man for use
with software containing General MIDI music.  This certification process is
necessary because not all General MIDI music played back on General MIDI
hardware sounds the way the composer intended the music to sound.  Mediatrix
has supported the initiative of The Fat Man and his efforts to strengthen
the General MIDI standard to ensure end users hear the music exactly as it
was intended to be heard by the composer.

"This is an exciting moment for us" says The Fat Man, George Alistair Sanger,
President of the testing certification lab.  "We wanted to create a testing
procedure that would increase the musicality of a card, but until now, this
was only a dream.  The folks at Mediatrix have changed that.  They have
supported our initiative from the start and solicited our input throughout
the development of their sound card drivers.  The results will benefit end
users and composers alike."

John Moran, President of Mediatrix comments, "Unlike music on a CD or a
cassette, General MIDI music is recreated by the instruments on the sound
card every time a selection is played.  These instruments must be properly
balanced to ensure that you hear exactly what the composer intended.  Yamaha
OPL4 technology has given the Audiotrix Pro a great orchestra and The Fat
Man has helped us fine tune it."

K. Weston Phelan, Director of testing and certification says, "We were
gratified to see the positive effect our testing had on the Audiotrix Pro.
Although the card is loaded with great sounding instruments, not everything
was well balanced and some music played back in a less than perfect manner.
We made many suggestions which the folks at Mediatrix implemented into their
drivers, and our final test of the card showed that the balance of all
instrument sounds and envelope specs were well within our criteria,"

Once all of the adjustments had been made, the Audiotrix Pro was used to
play back a series of musical compositions from several hit PC games.  This
music was composed for the General MIDI standard but not specifically for the
Audiotrix Pro.  When the Lab played the music through the Audiotrix Pro, it
sounded balanced and emotionally stirring, an overall goal for the team at
Fat Labs.  The certified versions of the sound card drivers are v1.04 and
higher for DOS and v1.02 and higher for Windows.

In addition to pure musical considerations, The Fat Seal also indicates that
the Audiotrix Pro has an MPU-401 interface in hardware.  This important
feature is necessary to ensure that General MIDI music written for software
in a DOS environment is reproduced without making excessive demands on
computer resources that may interfere with the proper functioning of the
software.


                                 THE FAT SEAL

The Fat Seal certifies that the Audiotrix Pro has been tested and is
recommended by The Fat Man for use with software containing General MIDI
music.  This certification process is necessary because not all General
MIDI music played back on General MIDI hardware sounds the way the composer
intended the music to sound.  Mediatrix supports the strengthening of the
General MIDI standard, as suggested by The Fat Seal certification process,
to ensure end users hear the music exactly as it was intended to be heard
by the composer.

Each instrument in the Audiotrix Pro was thoroughly tested by Fat Labs for
volume, attack speed, sustain characteristics and other attributes that
affects the way that General MIDI music sounds.  The result is that the
Audiotrix Pro gives a sensitive, musical and emotionally effective
representation of General MIDI music in games and other multimedia
software.  Also, music written on the Audiotrix Pro will be accurately
reproduced when played back on other hardware carrying The Fat Seal.

In addition to pure musical considerations, The Fat Seal also indicates that
the Audiotrix Pro has an MPU-401 interface in hardware.  This important
feature is necessary to ensure that General MIDI music written for software
in a DOS environment is reproduced without making excessive demands on computer
resources that may interfere with the proper functioning of the software.


                                 THE FAT MAN

The Fat Man, George Alistair Sanger, together with Team Fat, his team of
cowboy composers, has produced some of the most memorable music in the PC
gaming industry.  The musical score for Loom, one of the first games to be
released on CD-ROM, was acknowledged generally as "a work of art".  With the
release of Wing Commander and its accompanying sound track, music began to
be considered as a major selling point for PC games.  The score for The 7th
Guest was the first game to use music written in the General MIDI format and
the first PC game to include a complete album of the game's music on the CD.
Putt-Putt goes to the Moon introduced direct-to-MIDI recording of an ensemble
of live musicians to the sound track of a PC game.  These are just some of the
landmarks that The Fat Man has helped establish in the PC gaming community.

For more information on the Audiotrix Pro, please contact Mediatrix Peripherals
at (819) 829-TRIX.
