Sonic Foundry Announces Release of CD Architect 5.0.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

MADISON, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 12, 2002

Industry Leader Re-Engineers and Launches Professional Red Book

Audio CD Burning Application as Version 5.0 with Significant Feature

Enhancements

Sonic Foundry(R) Inc. (Nasdaq:SOFO), a leading digital media software solutions company, today announced the release of its professional CD mastering and burning application, CD Architect(TM).

Version 5.0 has been re-engineered as a stand-alone application and provides the most comprehensive audio CD production tools available for creating Red Book CD pre-masters suitable for professional replication.

CD Architect utilizes disk-at-once burning technology (DAO) that lets users create CDs with variable times between tracks and provides the ability to create overlapping crossfades between audio events. Users can arrange projects with an intuitive drag-and-drop Windows(R) interface, select from multiple takes within each audio event, create live style CDs with audio between tracks, and even place hidden tracks on the CD.

"CD Architect, the most user-friendly professional CD assembly software, has returned with a vengeance -- and musicians and producers worldwide are the beneficiaries," says Ted Perlman, producer, arranger and composer for artists, including Bob Dylan and Elton John.

In compliance with Red Book Audio CD standards, CD Architect allows for up to 99 tracks to be written on each disk. Track list information can be exported out of the program for printing or sending to a replication house. Users can add Industry Standard Recording Codes (ISRC), Universal Product Codes (UPC) or Media Catalog Numbers (MCN).

PQ lists can be edited, including track times, sub-indices and copy-inhibit or pre-emphasis flags. CD Architect provides verification of the project against the Red Book Standard before creating a disk and allows test burns to take place -- eliminating the possibility of producing unusable media. In addition, users can include various processes and effects on a track or at the project level by applying any of the included 20 real-time DirectX(R) audio plug-ins.

"CD Architect set the standard as the most comprehensive Red Book Audio CD design and burning application on the market. Now with Version 5.0, we've included even more features that allow professionals to design, build and burn CD audio pre-masters to precise specifications. CD Architect now re-establishes itself as the best professional stand-alone CD burning program available for audio professionals worldwide," says Brad Reinke, senior vice president and general manager of software products at Sonic Foundry.

For a complete list of the new features contained in CD Architect Version 5.0, refer to Sonic Foundry's Web site at: www.sonicfoundry.com.

Pricing and Availability

CD Architect is available as a download or boxed product from Sonic Foundry www.sonicfoundry.com, or from software dealers worldwide.

MSRP: $299. Download version from Sonic Foundry: $210; Box version from Sonic Foundry: $240; current CD Architect users can upgrade for $99.95.

About Sonic Foundry(R), Inc.

Founded in 1991, Sonic Foundry (Nasdaq:SOFO) is a leading provider of desktop and enterprise digital media software solutions. Its complete offering of media tools, systems and services provides a single source for creating, managing, analyzing and enhancing media for government, business, education and entertainment.

Sonic Foundry is based in Madison, Wis., with offices in Santa Monica, Toronto and Pittsburgh. For more information about Sonic Foundry, visit the company's Web site at 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 Sonic Foundry's products, its ability to succeed in capturing significant revenues from media services and/or systems, the effect of new competitors in its market, integration of acquired business and other risk factors identified from time to time in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.