Tech columnist David Pogue
recently reviewed Animusic:
"Its blend of music, visuals, humor and science is so new and so brilliant, it triggered feelings of fascination, laughter, amazement--and, yes, wonder."
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PBS
Affiliate stations in many cities are running Animusic videos and getting great feedback from viewers.
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CNN
Reporter Steve Young says, "I've never seen anything like it. Animusic is cutting edge and amazing".
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Tech TV
Animusic videos create the most fan mail ever for animation series "Eye Drops".
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3D World
"Pipe Dream" voted one of the 50 best 3D animation projects ever. Most of the winners were big-budget movies (The Matrix, Toy Story, Star Wars) and a few video/computer games (Doom, Tomb Raider, Myst).
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ifilm
"Aqua Harp" voted best animation video; "Drum Machine" and "Stick Figures" also in top 10. Animusic videos have been viewed over 250,000 times on iFilm.com
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Classic Arts Showcase
"Aqua Harp" is a favorite segment on this cable TV channel.
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Atom Films
"'Pipe Dream' features imaginative instruments that come to life in a stunning display of sight and sound." Atomfilms viewers give Pipe Dream a 5-star rating.
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Children's Software & New Media Review
The highly respected Children's Software & New Media Revue gives Animusic 5 stars. "This is an excellent way to help children visualize musical concepts like pitch, rhythm, volume, and tonal coloring. You have to see it to believe it."
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WTVH Syracuse
TV Reporter Trish Lamonte says Wayne Lytle is breaking new ground.
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Parenting magazine
Animusic's DVD is chosen for "Parenting Picks". Reviewer Bruce Kluger says the DVD is an "eye popper" where unique instruments perform a "captivating concert".
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DVDtoons.com
"The visualizations are spectacular, the mood perfect, and the music astounding. Lytle and his crew have done a wonderful job."
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CG Channel
"Watch the animations and you'll realize just how complex and inspiring Animusic really is."
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Animation World Network
Animation World Network profiles Animusic and calls it "fascinating".
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Stereophile Guide to Home Theater
Animusic recommended as an excellent DVD to own for your home theater.
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This is True
Colorado humorist Randy Cassingham writes in the 'This is True' email newsletter, "ANIMUSIC is cool, compelling and incredible. Get the DVD."
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About.com
About.com guide Laurel Miller-Daly gives 5 stars for Animusic. Why?
- Terrific music.
- Fabulous animation.
- Mind blowing.
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Digitally Obsessed
Reviewer Dan Lopez says, "Almost hypnotically, the videos undoubtedly will draw almost anyone into them. You'll want to spy just how a certain instrument functions, or how realistically it vibrates or operates. The little details pile up to a bewildering technical achievement."
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Audiophile Audition
From John Sunier's review: "The animation is exquisitely detailed and fascinating in its rendering of the self-playing instruments. But the coolest aspect of this production is the synchronization between the music . . . the correlation is uncannily accurate."
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Enjoy the Music
"The Best DVD in the CES show was one entitled 'Animusic', featuring computer-generated instruments and original music. The amount of imagination and creativity that went into this is astounding, and the Pipe Dream segment is especially mind-blowing. It has to be seen to be believed."
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Jon Anderson, Yes
"AMAZING . . . I love Animusic's work so much. . . ."
Alan Parsons (Producer – Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon)
"A stunning combination of unique computer animation and bombastic electronic music – very clever stuff!"
CJ Henderson (author, Encyclopedia of
Science Fiction Movies)
"This is more than a mere gathering of clever animations. The works featured in Animusic are the first step toward an entire new entertainment field. This is a sci-fi melding of radio and film so innovative, so provocative, that the history books will refer to this collection the way they do Mary Shelley's Frankenstein or Citizen Kane."
Gary Yost, creator of 3DS Max software
"Amazing!!! I'd never seen such complex and precise MIDI-driven musical events before and I knew that there was some magic at work here. Thanks for being so inspiring."
Steven Churchill (producer – Mind's Eye computer animation series)
"I really believe Animusic is VERY special. The technological innovations accomplished with this are very impressive. What they've done here takes our Mind's Eye 'video album' concept a big step farther, combining music and animation in such an integrated and dynamic manner. I LOVE the imagination that was put into creating the various instruments – the rendering is GREAT . . . and I TOTALLY enjoy the music."