Sonic Foundry Announces Partnership With Yamaha Pro Audio.Business Editors MADISON, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 24, 2000 Sonic Foundry's ACID Style, 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. XP 4.5, and SIREN XPress to be Included with Yamaha Pro Audio's AW4416 Digital Audio Workstation A digital audio workstation (DAW) is a system designed to record, edit and play back digital audio. A key feature of DAWs is the ability to freely manipulate recorded sounds, much like a word processor manipulates typed words. 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. , Inc. (Nasdaq: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, today announced a partnership with Yamaha Corporation “Yamaha” redirects here. For other uses, see Yamaha (disambiguation). The Yamaha Corporation (ヤマハ株式会社 of America to bundle three of its popular software products with Yamaha's AW4416 Digital Audio Workstation. The AW4416 is compatible with the PC (Windows 95 or higher) platform and includes Sonic Foundry's popular ACID(TM) Style, a loop-based music creation tool; Sound Forge(R) XP 4.5, a two-track audio editor; and SIREN(TM) XPress, an audio jukebox that provides unlimited 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. encoding and 10 free MP3 encodes. "Yamaha is proud of our new relationship with Sonic foundry," said Wayne Hrabak, marketing manager, Professional Audio at Yamaha. "The packaging of superior software from Sonic Foundry, coupled with the hardware and functionality of the Yamaha AW4416, will provide users all the benefits of two of the most respected manufacturers in music technology." "Sonic Foundry is excited to offer this compelling software suite to the AW4416 digital audio workstation," stated Jeff Conover, vice president of marketing for Sonic Foundry. "The power of Yamaha's AW4416 workstation combined with our award-winning software solutions will give audio professionals and hobbyists the best in audio creation options." About AW4416 Digital Audio Workstation The AW4416 contains full 32-bit DSP (1) (Digital Signal Processor) A special-purpose CPU used for digital signal processing applications (see definition #2 below). It provides ultra-fast instruction sequences, such as shift and add, and multiply and add, which are commonly used in math-intensive capabilities (similar to the Yamaha 02R), 44 fully-automated audio inputs, 17 motorized mo·tor·ize tr.v. mo·tor·ized, mo·tor·iz·ing, mo·tor·iz·es 1. To equip with a motor. 2. To supply with motor-driven vehicles. 3. To provide with automobiles. faders, four fader Fa´der n. 1. Father. and mute groups, eight bus and eight aux sends plus stereo, and stereo cue busses. An integrated 16-track recording system -- complete with sampling, editing and mastering capabilities -- retains true 24-bit, 48 kHz resolution without compression of any type. Two 32-bit on-board effects may be routed to any bus or input channel directly, or re-routed during recording to create layered effects. Memory areas include scene, channel, EQ, dynamics and effects. Storage options include an internal hard drive and CD recorder See CD-R. and a SCSI interface SCSI interface - SCSI adaptor for data backup to an external drive. Two rear-mounted card slots support future Yamaha products A list of products by Yamaha Corporation. Musical instruments Acoustic musical instruments Upright pianos
About ACID Style ACID Style, a light version of Sonic Foundry's ACID(TM) PRO loop-based music production software, offers an easy-to-use music creation application that brings unprecedented creative flexibility to loop arranging and editing. With a simple click and drag Using a pointing device, such as a mouse, to latch onto an icon on screen and move it to some other location. When the screen pointer is over the icon of the object, the mouse button is clicked to grab it. The button is held down while the object is moved ("dragged") to its destination. users can combine and mix loops, make real-time changes to pitch and tempo, and control the volume and pan envelopes for each track to create the perfect mix. About Sound Forge XP 4.5 Sound Forge XP 4.5, a light version of Sound Forge(R) 4.5, is a powerful audio processing tool that allows users to create high-quality audio for their multimedia presentation or Web site by first recording the audio and then enhancing it with any of over 25 powerful digital audio effects and processes. Sound Forge XP also allows users to import a video file and add audio with complete frame accuracy. About SIREN XPress SIREN XPress, a light version of Sonic Foundry's SIREN(TM) Jukebox, transforms the PC into the ultimate music entertainment center, allowing users to store their CD collection on their hard drive, surf the net To browse the Internet. The most common Internet browsing today is done on the Web. Before the Web, the Internet was "surfed" via Archie, Gopher, WAIS and other search facilities. See surfing and how to access the Internet. to find more music to add to their collection, create custom playlists, and upload their music to a portable MP3 player. MP3, WAV, and WMA files are all supported. SIREN XPress maximizes the audio experience with real-time computer animation that pulses and interacts with the music. About Yamaha Corporation Yamaha Corporation manufactures a complete line of professional audio products for sound reinforcement, project studio, commercial studio, post-production, and broadcast applications. For more information, write Yamaha Corporation of America, Pro Audio & Combo Division, Professional Audio, P.O. Box 6600, Buena Park, CA 90622; telephone (714) 522-9011; e-mail info@yamaha.com; or visit www.yamaha.com/proaudio on the Web. About Sonic Foundry Founded in 1991, Sonic Foundry is a leading developer and marketer of digital media and Internet software tools, services, and systems. Its award-winning products and services are used worldwide for multimedia and Internet applications including audio, video and film post-production, broadcast production, and digital content creation The development of newsworthy, educational and entertainment material for distribution over the Internet or other electronic media. See DAMS. . The Company's products and services offer media consumers everywhere the ability to create and capture media, edit the content, and deliver the information via fixed media channels or electronic distribution. Sonic Foundry's Media Services Division offers premium solutions for delivering audio and video content online. The division provides the industry's most powerful combination of proprietary technologies incorporating high-end encoding, webcasting, syndication systems, content and digital rights management, and consulting services. For more information about Sonic Foundry, visit www.sonicfoundry.com. Certain statements contained in this news release regarding matters that are not historical facts may be forward-looking statements. 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 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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