Sonic Foundry Announces Sound Forge 6.0 At NAB 2002

Business Wire, April 8, 2002

Business/High Tech Editors

NAB 2002

BOOTH #S6737

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 8, 2002

New version of professional digital audio editing and mastering

system features powerful tools for faster, more precise editing,

provides more user flexibility

Sonic Foundry(R) Inc. (Nasdaq:SOFO), a leading software and services provider of rich media content creation and management technologies, announced today at NAB 2002 a new version of Sound Forge(R), the company's award-winning professional digital audio editing and mastering system.

Sound Forge 6.0 includes many new powerful features and enhancements including, nondestructive audio editing, multitask background rendering, user interface enhancements and new video render options.

Sound Forge has become the industry-standard for audio editing, audio recording, effects processing and media encoding. It is used worldwide for audio and multimedia production in leading recording studios, production houses, broadcast production facilities, home studios, radio stations and training facilities. Sound Forge 6.0 includes an extensive set of customizable audio processes, effects and tools for manipulating audio and media, and supports a wide range of file and audio/video compression formats, including streaming audio and video media for the Web.

"Sound Forge 6.0 continues to set the standard for professional digital audio editing and media production on the PC," said Brad Reinke, general manager and senior vice president for Sonic Foundry product software. "This year marks the 10th anniversary of Sound Forge, and with this release, we continue to provide users with even more speed and power in the creation of their professional projects. From fast, nondestructive editing to the new video import and render options, Sound Forge offers the most intuitive and efficient digital audio editing environment available for media professionals worldwide."

New Features in Sound Forge 6.0 include:

-- Nondestructive Audio Editing - Users can create a clean,
professional-sounding final product now with lightning-fast precision.

-- Multitask Background Rendering - Continue production on one file while Sound
Forge processes another in the background.

-- New DirectX(R) Plug-in Manager - Sound Forge 6.0 features a new plug-in
manager that allows users to sort, arrange and customize audio effects plug-ins
with ease.

-- Enhanced Time Zoom (24:1) - Allows users to perform precise sample-level
editing.

-- New Video Render Options - Includes high-quality video resizing, resample
source video and stretch to fill frame.

-- Full Support for 4GB + Files - Sound Forge 6.0 now supports files of all
sizes, as long as the user's file system supports them (NTFS file system).

-- FREE Vegas Video LE 3.0 Multitrack - Sound Forge6.0 includes a FREE lite
edition of Vegas Video 3.0 (Vegas Video LE), Sonic Foundry's professional
multitrack digital video editor.

For a complete list of the new features in Sound Forge 6.0, refer to the company Web site at: www.sonicfoundry.com.

AVAILABILITY AND PRICING

The MSRP for Sound Forge 6.0 is $499.95 but it is offered direct from Sonic Foundry for $399.96 as a download, $449.95 for boxed product or from select retail stores nationwide. Registered users of Sound Forge 5.0 can upgrade direct from Sonic Foundry for only $149.95. Product to ship mid-May 2002.

About Sonic Foundry(R), Inc.

Sonic Foundry, founded in 1991, is a leading provider of professional rich media solutions with offices in Madison, WI; Santa Monica, CA; Pittsburgh, PA; and, Toronto, Canada.

Sonic Foundry Media Software develops sophisticated software tools for the creation, editing and publishing of digital multimedia. Production professionals use its Sound Forge(R), ACID(TM), and Vegas(R) Video tools worldwide for everything from audio and video creation to non-linear digital video editing and streaming media development.

Sonic Foundry Media Systems (formerly MediaSite) provides customized development of automated rich-media applications, and scalable solutions that allow media and entertainment companies, as well as enterprises and government organizations, to deploy, manage and distribute video content on IP-based networks.

Sonic Foundry Media Services is the pre-eminent supplier of digitization, management, and delivery solutions for various industries, with emphasis placed on services for the entertainment sector. These services consist of conversion, reformatting, and encoding of television, film, and audio content for multiple delivery platforms. Serving as the link between content and customers, the services enable media delivery through existing and emerging distribution channels.

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.