Nikon Optical Announces Beluga AV 2.6GB MO Drive Qualified With Sonic Foundry's Award-Winning Sound Forge 4.0 Software.BELMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 14, 1998--Nikon Optical Storage and Sonic Foundry Sonic Foundry is the former developer of various media software suites, which were purchased by Sony in late 2003. Sonic Foundry's current product line consists of the webcasting, presentation software Mediasite. , a leading developer of comprehensive, professional-quality sound editing software products for the PC, Tuesday announced that after thorough testing the Beluga beluga (bəl  `gə) or white whale, small, toothed northern whale, Delphinapterus leucas. The beluga may reach a length of 19 ft (5. AV 2.6GB Direct-Overwrite(R) MO drive is now qualified for use with Sonic Foundry's Sound Forge Sony Sound Forge, formerly known as Sonic Foundry Sound Forge, is a digital audio editing and creation suite aimed at the professional as well as the semi-professional market. 4.0 software. Combined, the products provide musicians and sound designers with an ultra fast and high capacity storage solution to increase productivity for music production and post-production, multimedia and Web applications, broadcast production, computer telephony See CTI, VoIP and IP telephony. Computer Telephony - Computer Telephone Integration and forensic analysis. The higher data transfer rates offered by Nikon's breakthrough Beluga Direct Overwrite The ability to write a bit on a recording medium in one pass. Magnetic disks, phase change optical discs and LIMDOW magneto-optic disks are direct overwrite storage technologies. See LIMDOW and magneto-optic disk. optical drive enable musicians and sound designers to achieve the performance necessary for digital audio applications. In addition, the Beluga AV offers a low storage cost with removable 2.6 Gigabyte industry standard media, providing virtually unlimited capacity. The rugged media, which provides more than a million writes, can safely store raw recordings, work-in-progress and final production-quality work while protecting creative work from hard disk crashes and rough handling. With a long storage life, original sound recordings can be archived for master quality playback for more than 30 years. Sound Forge, the most extensive suite of audio tools available for the Windows platform, is used worldwide for processing large audio files, executing studio-quality audio for broadcast, compressing files to 8-bit for distribution and delivery, as well as rearranging material in playlists and regions lists for CD mastering. "The flexibility of the Beluga AV's removable 2.6 Gigabyte cartridges and the rock solid reliability of MO media make this drive a superb choice for users of Sound Forge 4.0," said Roy Elkins, vice president of sales and marketing for Sonic Foundry. "The Beluga AV offers value and convenience for audio professionals," said Masayuki Onose, Nikon senior manager of sales and marketing. "Now, musicians and sound designers can record, edit, play from and transport individual cartridges for each project, saving time and money." A high-performance drive, the 2.6GB Beluga AV incorporates Nikon's patented LIMDOW (Light Intensity Modulation Direct OverWrite) An enhancement of the magneto-optic technology that improves writing speed by allowing a bit to be written in one pass instead of two. (Light Intensity Modulation-Direct Overwrite (1) A data entry mode that writes over existing characters on screen when new characters are typed in. Contrast with insert mode. (2) To record new data on top of existing data such as when a disk record or file is updated. ) technology. This breakthrough Direct Overwrite technology allows the Beluga AV to carry out the write process in a single pass, making it up to twice as fast as earlier MO drives. With fast write performance and AV enhancements, the Beluga AV drive delivers reliable, uninterrupted data streams. Standards Compliant, Backwards Compatibility backwards compatibility - backward compatibility Offering the most complete read/write compatibility utilizing ISO-standard 2.6GB LIMDOW erasable e·ras·a·ble adj. 1. Capable of being erased: erasable ink. 2. Capable of producing something that can be erased: an erasable pen. media, as well as non-LIMDOW 2.6GB, 1.3GB and 650MB media, the Beluga AV provides the most complete media compatibility in the industry. With backward compatibility See backward compatible. (jargon) backward compatibility - Able to share data or commands with older versions of itself, or sometimes other older systems, particularly systems it intends to supplant. and media interchangeability, Nikon has made it easy for organizations that have been using earlier technology MO drives to upgrade to the Beluga AV-based Sound Forge 4.0 system without having to convert previously recorded optical disks. The multifunction drive A storage drive that reads and writes more than one type of storage medium. For example, a magneto-optic disk drive can be used for rewritable disks as well as write once disks. A Floptical drive can read and write floppy disks as well as Floptical disks. also accepts CCW (Continuous Composite Write) A magneto-optic disk technology that emulates a WORM (Write Once Read Many) disk. It uses firmware in the drive to ensure that data cannot be erased and rewritten. (WORM) media. About Sonic Foundry Sonic Foundry Inc. develops and markets award-winning digital audio software for the Windows platform. The Sonic Foundry product line is sold internationally for use in a range of applications, including music production, multimedia and Web development, and broadcast production. The company's flagship editor, Sound Forge, contains the most extensive list of audio processing tools available for Windows, and is extendible with a full line of proprietary and DirectX Audio Plug-Ins. For more information, call 608/256-3133 or visit the company's Web site at www.sonicfoundry.com. About Nikon Nikon Optical Storage, a division of Nikon Precision Inc. provides high performance removable optical storage solutions for a variety of applications including digital audio, digital video and multimedia. These products include the Beluga AV 2.6 Gigabyte Direct Overwrite MO drive. For more information, contact Nikon Optical Storage, 1399 Shoreway Road, Belmont, Calif. 94002; 888/88-NIKON or 650/508-4674; Fax 650/508-3860. Or, visit the company's Web site at www.mo-nikon.com. -0- All trademarks and registered trademarks to their respective owners. CONTACT: Nikon Optical, Belmont Kathy Halliburton, 650/508-4674, Ext. 853 khalliburton@nikon.com or Sonic Foundry David Roudebusch, 925/296-0700 davidr@strategicmarketing.com |
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