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Sonic Foundry Announces the Mick Fleetwood: Total Drumming Loops for ACID Loop Library.


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MADISON, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 24, 2002

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 in rock music teams with 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.  to produce

an exclusive collection of drum loops and a limited edition

signature series package

Sonic Foundry(R) Inc. (Nasdaq:SOFO SOFO Student Organization Financial Office (University of Colorado at Boulder) ), a leading digital media software solutions company, today announced the exclusive release of Mick Fleetwood Michael John Kells "Mick" Fleetwood (born June 24, 1947) is a British musician best known for his role as the drummer with the blues/rock and roll band Fleetwood Mac. His name, combined with that of John McVie was the inspiration for the name of the originally Peter Green-led : Total Drumming, a `Loops for ACID' library containing more than 800 audio samples created by Fleetwood Mac drummer Mick Fleetwood.

The new loops can be used to create royalty-free music with Sonic Foundry's ACID(TM), an award-winning, loop-based music creation tool used by musicians, videographers and multimedia content creators See content provider.  for professional music production.

ACID is widely considered the industry standard for loop-based music creation for the Windows platform. More than one million copies of ACID have been sold since its introduction in 1998, making the popular music creation tool an invaluable program among leading recording artists and studios. The new Fleetwood loops, formatted as ACID-based .WAV files The native digital audio format in Windows. Using the .WAV file extension, 8- or 16-bit samples can be taken at rates of 11,025 Hz, 22,050 Hz and 44,100 Hz. The highest quality (16-bit at 44,100 Hz) is the sampling rate of an audio CD and uses 88KB of storage per second. , are perfectly suited for use in ACID, as well as many other audio production tools that support loop-based music construction.

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  • Josh Abbott (My Red Hot Nightmare, Ace Troubleshooter)
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 and bandleaders. "The partnership of Sonic Foundry and Mick Fleetwood constitutes the ideal pairing of technology and music," says Brad Reinke, senior vice president and general manager of Sonic Foundry.

"I am delighted Mr. Fleetwood is being added to the roster of artists who have chosen to provide license-free music resources for the expanding ACID software user base."

Mick Fleetwood adds, "There's nothing that equates to the creative thrill of making music and the collaborative process. Through this library, I'm now able to share my drums with music producers and fans worldwide. I'm proud to be part of the cutting edge in music technology."

The price for Mick Fleetwood: Total Drumming is $59.95 and is available immediately. Additionally, Sonic Foundry is offering, while supplies last, a `Signature Series' product that includes a personally signed copy of Mick Fleetwood: Total Drumming, booklet including session photographs, production notes by Mick Fleetwood and key members of his production team, and a pair of Mick Fleetwood imprinted im·print  
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 signature-series drum sticks (Price $99.95; available only from Sonic Foundry: 1-800-577-6642 or www.sonicfoundry.com). For audio samples and product photographs, please visit: www.sonicfoundry.com/fleetwood.

Sonic Foundry's Loops for ACID product line has grown to 100 libraries comprising tens of thousands of loops, making Sonic Foundry the largest provider of premium, ACIDized loop content in the world.

For additional information on Mick Fleetwood, visit www.mickfleetwood.com/loops.htm.

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 Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. , 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 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  
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 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.
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