Visiosonic's New Freeware "PCDJ Broadcaster" Turns Any Web-connected PC Into A Professional Dual Deck Internet Radio Studio

Market Wire, July, 2000

Visiosonic (www.pcdj.com) brings the excitement of Internet Radio broadcasting to millions of Web users with the release of "PCDJ Broadcaster", the newest version of the company's popular PCDJ dual channel digital multimedia player/mixer.

PCDJ Broadcaster turns the average computer user into an instant "desktop DJ" by allowing him to play and cross fade between two digital song files, add live voice-overs, and send the mix in real time to any Internet broadcast source (like Live365.com or Shoutcast.com, etc.), where the signal is then streamed to Net radio listeners around the world.

The PCDJ Broadcaster is available for downloading at CNET.com, (download.cnet.com/downloads/0-1857922.htm), where it is featured in the software Download Spotlight.

"The new Internet Radio feature makes the PCDJ Broadcaster the most advanced, feature-rich digital multimedia player currently available on the Internet," said Visiosonic's CEO, Joe Vangieri. "The ability to fade one music track down and another track up, while mixing in live voice, gives webcasters the same capabilities found in real radio broadcast studios."

Output from the user's CD drive and MIDI player, as well as sound from any audio device connected to the "Line In" jack on the user's sound card can also be added to the mix and broadcast over the Net.

"PCDJ Broadcaster takes the complexity out of Internet broadcasting," said Vangieri. "We wanted the world's most powerful Net broadcasting tool to also be the easiest to use - and the most fun. The PCDJ Broadcaster is definitely 'off-the-hook' fun."

In addition to its broadcasting capabilities, the new PCDJ Broadcaster also allows users to listen to any Shoutcast or Icecast MP3 radio stream. More than 10,000 live radio programs are broadcast on the Internet using those formats. 3

The PCDJ Broadcaster allows users to hear MP3 files as they are being downloaded, and fully supports M3U and PLS playlists, giving Net music fans the ability to listen to "Top 40" playlists on music sites like MP3.com as well as hundreds of others.

"Users can immediately use the PCDJ Broadcaster, just as they did with PCDJ PHAT, to play and mix MP3s, watch video files, play and rip CDs, find and organize songs on their hard disks, create playlists, and listen to Net radio," says Vangieri. "Those wanting to become Internet DJs just have to click on PCDJ Broadcaster's built-in link to one of the available broadcast sites, plug a microphone into their soundcard, and follow the instructions. They'll be broadcasting their own live radio show in minutes."

PCDJ Broadcaster can be downloaded free-of-charge at CNET.com.

(download.cnet.com/downloads/0-1857922.htm)

About Visiosonic, Ltd. (www.pcdj.com)

Visiosonic, Ltd., headquartered in Clearwater, Florida, manufactures proprietary, state-of-the-art, PC-based digital music performance systems, including PCDJ "PHAT", the world's first dual-channel digital multimedia freeware player, and SPACE OPERA, a full-featured, two-channel, PC-based MP3 performance system for professional DJs and musicians.

Visiosonic established an online presence in September of 1999, and their Web site, www.pcdj.com, rapidly became one of the Net's most popular entertainment portals for the dance and mix culture. Over 2 million users have downloaded PCDJ, and many of them use it to DJ parties with MP3 and other digital audio files. The new PCDJ Broadcaster allows them to DJ a rave online for audiences anywhere in the world.