Contour ShuttlePRO Ready to Rock with Sound Forge 6.0; Contour Design and Sonic Foundry Collaborate on Jog & Shuttle Controls for A/V Editing

Business Wire, June 6, 2002

Business Editors

WINDHAM, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 6, 2002

Contour Design(TM) continued improving the award-winning ShuttlePRO(TM) jog & shuttle controller today by announcing their cooperative development and product support effort with Sonic Foundry(R), Inc.

With Sonic Foundry's enhancements to their popular line of software products, combined with newly released device settings from Contour Design, the ShuttlePRO has become a truly integrated control surface for Sound Forge(R) 6.0 that makes it easier, faster and more productive to edit audio timelines. The ShuttlePRO settings for Sound Forge 6.0 are available for free and immediate download from the Contour Design website at www.contourdesign.com. The two companies also announced they are cooperating with each other to provide enhanced cross-product support in future software releases from Sonic Foundry.

Sound Forge 6.0 began shipping on May 7, 2002, and was optimized by Sonic Foundry to accept commands from the Contour ShuttlePRO. Contour Design simultaneously developed device settings for controlling Sound Forge 6.0 with the ShuttlePRO. Contour also provides pre-programmed settings for other industry-leading software titles such as ACID(TM) Vegas(R) Video and other popular audio and video editing packages.

"We were pleased to collaborate with Contour Design," said Dave Chaimson, Director of Marketing for Sonic Foundry. "By integrating virtual key support and optimizing keyboard command protocols in our software, we're helping our customers get more power, performance and value from Sonic Foundry software products. And if they use a ShuttlePRO in conjunction with our software, Sonic Foundry customers will have more power, speed and performance by scrubbing and editing with a ShuttlePRO than they could do with a traditional mouse and keyboard."

"The ShuttlePRO is an extremely versatile product for audio and video editing", stated Rick Muldoon, Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing for Contour Design. Through cooperative development efforts with industry leaders such as Sonic Foundry, the ShuttlePRO is providing a whole new level of power and flexibility for the professional and amateur A/V editing markets at an affordable price."

About the Contour ShuttlePRO:

The Contour ShuttlePRO Multimedia Controller provides natural and total control over digital editing software. As a jog & shuttle controller, the ShuttlePRO offers timeline accuracy that a computer mouse and arrow keys can't deliver, and its 13 programmable buttons let users work faster and more easily than ever before by placing total control at their fingertips. The ShuttlePRO connects to computers via USB port, can be programmed with keyboard commands for any software application, and is compatible with Apple(R) Macintosh(R) OS 8.6 - 9.2, OS X, Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 98, 98SE, Me, 2000, and XP operating systems.

Pricing and Availability:

The ShuttlePRO is priced at MSRP $125.00 (USA), with an average street price of $99.95 through major retailers, catalog houses or dealers. 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.

About Contour Design, Inc.:

Contour Design is committed to the design, development, and manufacture of high-quality computer input devices that are comfortable to use, efficient, and simple to operate. As a pioneer in the field of ergonomic engineering Contour has developed a full line of products dedicated to balanced form and function. Founded in 1995 by Steve Wang, Contour has grown into a global operation with facilities in the USA, the United Kingdom and Taiwan.

About Sonic Foundry, Inc.:

Sonic Foundry (NASDAQ: SOFO), 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, ACID, and Vegas 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.