SONIC FOUNDRY ANNOUNCES SOUND FORGE 5.0.Sonic Foundry Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : SOFO SOFO Student Organization Financial Office (University of Colorado at Boulder) ), the leading developer and marketer of digital media and Internet software tools, services, and systems, has announced Sound Forge 5.0, its award-winning digital audio editor A digital audio editor is a computer application for audio editing, i.e. manipulating digital audio. Editors designed for use with music allow the user to do the following: The new version of Sound Forge includes 20 DirectX Audio Plug-Ins, including XFX XFX Crossfix XFX Extreme Effects 1, XFX2 and XFX3, and Acoustic Mirror, which can be used for acoustic simulation and microphone modeling. The entire suite of audio effects includes: Amplitude Modulation, Chorus, Delay/Echo, Distortion, Dynamics, Compression, Enveloping en·vel·op tr.v. en·vel·oped, en·vel·op·ing, en·vel·ops 1. To enclose or encase completely with or as if with a covering: "Accompanying the darkness, a stillness envelops the city" , Flange/Wah-Wah, Gapper/Snipper, Noise Gate, Pitch Bend/Shift, Reverb, and Vibrato vi·bra·to n. pl. vi·bra·tos A tremulous or pulsating effect produced in an instrumental or vocal tone by minute and rapid variations in pitch. ; three Eqs--Graphic, Parametric, and Paragraphic and Time Compression/Expand. It also supports DirectX-compatible Plug-Ins from third party applications. Additionally, Sound Forge 5.0 provides support for 24-bit/192 kHz audio files, Track-At-Once CD burning, and CD Ripping. These features allow the user to produce high-quality audio CDs as well as the ability to transfer music to a hard drive with saving options in MP3, WAV, and WMA (Windows Media Audio) An audio compression method from Microsoft. Known originally as MSAudio, this proprietary format competes with the MP3 and AAC methods. WMA encodes rapidly and is known to be especially effective at low bit rates. formats. The software includes dozens of editing features including: Cut, Paste, Move, Delete, Mute, Reverse, Fade, Crossfade, Trim, Normalize, Fade, Pan, Resample, Enhance, Insert Silence, and more. Sound Forge provides over 200 audio effects, presets, and processes. Sound Forge 5.0 is available in full beta format for download at www.sonicfoudy.com and is expected to ship in March 2001. "Sound Forge 5.0 has been developed to include the major features users have been asking for such as 24-bit file support. Batch conversion will be offered as a download option, CD Ripping, Track-at-Once Burning, and advanced Plug-Ins are just a few of the amazing features this new version supports," stated Curtis Palmer, chief technical officer and co-founder of Sonic Foundry. "We are very excited about Sound Forge 5.0 and feel that this software will surpass all expectations." Founded in 1991, Sonic Foundry is the leading developer and marketer of digital media and Internet software tools, services and systems. Sonic Foundry's award-winning products and services are used worldwide for multimedia and Internet applications, music, video, and broadcast solutions, and digital content creation The development of newsworthy, educational and entertainment material for distribution over the Internet or other electronic media. See DAMS. . Sonic Foundry's digital audio and video tools include the award-winning ACID, Sound Forge, Vegas Audio, Vegas Video, VideoFactory, Stream Anywhere, SIREN Jukebox, Viscosity, and a variety of compatible music loop libraries and DirectX Audio Plug-Ins. For specific product descriptions, please reference the "products" section of the Sonic Foundry Web site at www.sonicfoundry.com. n |
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