MAGIX Introduces Audio Cleaning Lab 2005 the Ultimate Music Burner

Market Wire, July, 2004

MAGIX, the worldwide leader in music and video editing software(1), announced today MAGIX Audio Cleaning Lab 2005, the perfect solution for cleaning and burning favorite analog and digital music and audio from a variety of sources, including LPs and cassettes, downloaded MP3 music, and soundtracks from old VHS tapes. MAGIX Audio Cleaning Lab 2005 combines a sophisticated CD and DVD burning engine with exclusive MAGIX advanced pro audio technology to deliver the ideal music burning utility. It takes music from any source and improves it by removing unwanted noise, enhancing for sharpened fidelity and clarity, and adding special effects like 3D sound for an incredible listening experience.

Priced at only $39.99, MAGIX Audio Cleaning Lab 2005 eliminates unwanted hisses, clicks and scratches from old recordings and home videos. The professional tools in MAGIX Audio Cleaning Lab 2005 remove the guesswork -- making high quality audio restoration, sound optimization, digital re-mastering, and CD and DVD burning easy and accessible to anyone. This flexible program allows as much control as the user desires, from fully automatic for fast, effortless results to complete manual control for customized sound.

MAGIX Audio Cleaning Lab 2005 offers automatic cleaning and re-mastering wizards that detect unwanted noise while effortlessly optimizing sound quality. Presets for correcting common problems, such as clicking sounds on old, dusty LPs or the annoying tape noise heard in frequently played cassettes, make restoring any music collection quick and easy. Simply select a track and a cleaning or re-mastering problem preset from the drop-down menu. These presets can even be customized and saved for batch-processing future projects, or the manual draw mode can be used for more detailed removal of individual scratches.

Other user-friendly features include sophisticated software pre-amp for LP recording without additional hardware pre-amplification; recording timer for scheduling recording events at a more convenient time; automatic volume adjustment for leveling playback volume across all tracks; track fading for creating professional transitions between songs; and surround sound effects that create an awesome listening experience for compatible home theater systems. MAGIX Audio Cleaning Lab 2005 also features support for DirectX(TM) plug-ins, a wide selection of real-time effects, and MAGIX Music Editor 2.0 for perfect music and sample editing and first-class mastering. MAGIX Audio Cleaning Lab 2005 also employs an acoustic processor, pro FX rack, mixer and much more for re-mastering music just like the pros.

MAGIX Audio Cleaning Lab 2005 is available immediately through authorized MAGIX retailers for $39.99. For more information, contact MAGIX Entertainment Corp., 1680 Michigan Ave #900, Miami Beach, FL 33139 888-866-2449 www.magix.com.

About MAGIX

MAGIX is a principal pioneer of innovative rich media products for professional and consumer markets, and a worldwide market leader in photo, video and audio applications combined with multimedia content and online services (1) In addition to its full line of personal rich media products, MAGIX offers its professional applications, Samplitude and Sequoia, to audio production studios and broadcast stations. MAGIX is the worldwide technology leader in Personal Rich Media. Personal Rich Media allows consumers to convert, edit, create and publish digital media, including video, photos and music, making it possible for users of all ages and experience levels to create, share and publish their own rich media content. MAGIX, with its worldwide subsidiaries, is the only international company to offer a full range of photo, video and audio solutions with content and services for broadband, B2B and consumer markets.

(1) According to retail sales as reported by Media Control Trend Charts 2003 Germany (PC/CD-ROM Non-Games), GFK Charts 2003 Non-Games (France, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Italy), Charttrack Annual 2003 United Kingdom, and NPD Charts 2003 (USA), Future Retail Panel UK, Italy, Spain, Scandinavia. MAGIX has sold the most products in the segments video-, photo- , and music software.

Agency Contact: Karen Thomas Thomas PR (631) 549-7575 kthomas@thomas-pr.com www.thomas-pr.com Company Contact: Carol Soper MAGIX (661) 299-2361 csoper@magix.net www.magix.com