Sonic Foundry Announces ACID PRO 3.0; New Features Include MIDI Support, Beatmapper, Video Track, and More.Business/High-Tech Editors MADISON, Wis adv. 1. Certainly; really; indeed. v. t. 1. To think; to suppose; to imagine; - used chiefly in the first person sing. present tense, I wis. See the Note under Ywis. .--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 16, 2001 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. (R) 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 and services, today announced the highly-anticipated release of ACID(TM) PRO 3.0. ACID PRO 3.0 is the latest version of Sonic Foundry's multi-award winning loop based music creation software that allows the user to create original, royalty-free music with a simple click, paint, and play interface. This revolutionary software is used to create songs, remix re·mix tr.v. re·mixed, re·mix·ing, re·mix·es To recombine (audio tracks or channels from a recording) to produce a new or modified audio recording: tracks, develop music beds, score videos, and develop music for Web sites and Flash animation. This new version of ACID PRO 3.0 has added the following features: -- Beatmapper(TM) - This patent pending technology enables users to create custom remixes of their favorite songs by allowing them to synchronize existing songs with music loops. -- Video Scoring Track - Allows users to import video files and score original music to create the perfect music bed. -- Chopper(TM) - Lets users slice up music loops and rearrange them to create drum fills, drum rolls, stutters, and DJ-style effects. -- MIDI File Support - Permits users to import and record MIDI files into ACID projects. MIDI Time Code generation and synchronization with external devices is also supported. -- Sound Forge(R) XP Studio 5.0 digital audio editor - Provides ACID users a program to create and record ACID loops and the ability to assign root notes, number of beats, and tempo. -- Twelve new DirectX Audio Plug-Ins from XFX(TM)2 and XFX(TM)3 - Includes Distortion, Flange, three Eqs, and Amplitude Modulation. -- New import formats - Supports Windows Media Audio (WMA), OGG Vorbis (OGG), Perfect Clarity Audio (PCA). Export formats include QuickTime (MOV), Windows Video (AVI), RealVideo 8 (RM), RealAudio 8 (RA), OGG Vorbis (OGG) and Perfect Clarity Audio (PCA) ACID PRO 3.0 is currently available in beta format for download at www.sonicfoudry.com and is expected to ship in early May 2001. "ACID PRO 3.0 adds a wealth of new functionality to enable even more ingenuity in music creation. We engineered this product in order to expand its market potential while staying true to the characteristics of ACID that our customers enjoy," stated Curtis Palmer, co-founder and chief technical officer for Sonic Foundry. "The addition of a Video Track combined with ACID's seemingly magical ability to manipulate pitch and tempo tempo [Ital.,=time], in music, the speed of a composition. The composer's intentions as to tempo are conventionally indicated by a set of Italian terms, of which the principal ones are presto (very fast), vivace (lively), allegro (fast), , makes it perfect for scoring video. The new Beatmapper and Chopper tools provide unique capabilities making remixing existing music faster and easier than ever. We feel this product truly provides the best in digital music creation tools." About Sonic Foundry Founded in 1991, Sonic Foundry(R) is a leading developer of digital media and Internet software tools and services. 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 Media Services Division is the pre-eminent pre·em·i·nent or pre-em·i·nent adj. Superior to or notable above all others; outstanding. See Synonyms at dominant, noted. [Middle English, from Latin prae supplier of digitization dig·i·tize tr.v. dig·i·tized, dig·i·tiz·ing, dig·i·tiz·es To put (data, for example) into digital form. dig , management, and delivery solutions for audio and video content owners. Serving as the link between content and customers, the Company provides proven, comprehensive processes that enable content delivery to new and emerging distribution channels. Certain statements contained in this news release regarding matters that are not historical facts may be forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. . Because such forward-looking statements include risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed in or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include, but are not limited to, uncertainties pertaining per·tain intr.v. per·tained, per·tain·ing, per·tains 1. To have reference; relate: evidence that pertains to the accident. 2. to continued market acceptance for the Company's products, the Company's ability to succeed in capturing significant revenues from media services, the effect of new competitors in the Company's market, integration of acquired businesses and other risk factors identified from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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