Ahead Software's NeroMIX: The Ultimate Home PC Audio Recording Studio; Transfer Audio from LPs, Tape Cassettes, to Your Hard Drive and Then to CD, Using Your Home PC

Business Wire, August 13, 2002

Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers

KARLSBAD, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 13, 2002

NeroMIX goes above and beyond an all-in-one CD recording solution, transforms your computer into the ultimate recording studio by allowing you to burn, mix or edit audio in every possible way.

NeroMIX employs Nero's reliable burning engine-providing the same stability, speed, and power whether you're burning, mixing audio or making on-the-fly 1:1 CD copies for backup. It also adds an audio player that can be used as a jukebox, CD label designer and visual effects studio to make the perfect audio production application.

Imagine being able to put your favorite LPs onto CD! NeroMIX allows you to transfer audio via a sound card right on to a hard drive. Capture old LPs and tape recordings in the audio file format of your choice onto your hard drive for editing or mixing, or burn them directly to a CD for a timeless music mix. The process is simple to follow with NeroMIX's easy to use interface, and audio cables are included.

NeroMIX provides the tools to alter a variety of audio files and formats. It can rip audio, encode or decode MP3/mp3PRO* or Twin VQ files or play back virtually any audio format via an integrated audio player. By remaining compatible with all of these popular formats, NeroMix allows you the freedom to work with the audio file of your choice, whether you are interested in compression or quality. It's also capable of transcoding from one digital format to another, allowing you to choose any format that you wish.

"NeroMIX gives you the tools to be the studio engineer and the executive producer of your own audio creation," said Charly Lippoth, Product and Business Development Manager, at Ahead Software AG, "The easy-to-use interface makes the audio creation process a breeze."

A vast array of designs (skins) are available for the face of the audio player, which also can display special visual effects via Nero's Animation Studio. Analog data, including your old records or cassettes, can be captured and encoded in preparation for CD burning. Internet radio, CD database access, and streaming, which means you're never far away from the wide Internet world itself. And for the true music fans out there, MIDI files can also be played and recorded to CD. Completing this impressive software package is the Nero Cover Designer, which allows you to design and put your personal touch on CD labels.

Pricing and Availability

NeroMIX is currently available at Best Buy, other major US Consumer Electronics stores, and all leading E-tailers. NeroMIX has a suggested retail price of $49.99. Users will be entitled to download an upgrade free of charge from Ahead's website. For further information, please visit www.nero.com. Customers can purchase NeroMIX and other products from Ahead Software direct at www.nero.com or at their local retail outlet.

About Ahead

Ahead Software is on a never-ending quest to provide the best optical recording solutions possible. Ahead is dedicated to remaining at the top of the CD-RW/DVD-RW software industry by providing information, updates, upgrades, outstanding service/support and new innovative products to the consumer via bundles, web downloads and retail packages.

Ahead Software AG--headquartered in Karlsbad, Germany--has recognized the surging US market for optical recording and felt that it would be best served by a dedicated office in the United States providing the high-level of customer focus already experienced by its partners in Europe and Asia. Ahead Software is one of the industry's leading privately held developers of software applications for CD-R/RW, DVD, and Internet Audio. Its flagship product Nero can be found bundled in many regions of the world with leading companies including: Asus, AOpen, BenQ, BTC, CenDyne, Creative, Cyberdrive, Freecom, Fujitsu-Siemens, Gericom, Hitachi/LG, HP, I-O/Magic, Lite-On, Medion, Memorex, Mitsumi, MSI, NEC, Nichimen, Philips, Plextor, Ricoh, Samsung, Sanyo, Sony, TDK, TEAC, Ultima, Verbatim, Waitec, Yamaha and many others. In addition to a strong global retail and distribution presence, Ahead maintains strong OEM relationships with major computer system and hardware manufacturers, as well as other strategic partners throughout the world. Ahead Software Inc. is located in Glendale, CA. USA Technical Support is available by phone: (818) 956-5930 or Email: retail-support@nero.com

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