MAGIX Launches MAGIX Music Maker 2004 Deluxe

Market Wire, April, 2003

MAGIX, the worldwide leader in Personal Rich Media(TM) software and technologies, and maker of professional music software solutions Samplitude and Sequoia, announced today that MAGIX Music Maker 2004 Deluxe is now shipping. MAGIX Music Maker 2004 Deluxe offers powerful new features that make expert-sounding music, music remixes and professional-looking music videos quick and easy.

MAGIX Music Maker 2004 Deluxe is the ultimate 96-track music workstation, enabling DJs, remixers and producers of any skill level to create their own music, soundtracks and even music videos in just minutes. The software workstation is packed with pre-recorded sound loops that appeal to nearly any style preference from Hip-hop to Classical, and an array of effects, editing, mixing and mastering equipment to create an expert-sounding composition. An integrated video controller makes it easy to add video clips, apply effects or make beat-controlled visualizations for images that move in time with the rhythm of the music.

"This new generation, MAGIX Music Maker 2004 Deluxe, is our most powerful version yet," said Juergen Jaron, CEO of MAGIX. "It offers an incredible assortment of pro features that ensure an expert result together with an easy-to-use interface. The unique combination of studio features with ease-of-use makes it the ideal choice for musicians, bands or the home music enthusiast."

Feature highlights new in MAGIX Music Maker 2004 Deluxe:

  - On-the-fly arranging: Powerful live mode enables addition
    of new sounds, in real-time, while the last arrangement is
    playing back
  - Click and drag object looping: Makes it easy to quickly
    create new sound loops
  - 32-bit floating point processing for professional sound
  - More (up to thirteen) simultaneously-usable virtual
    instruments
  - More real-time effects (fifteen total)
  - MIDI editor for custom MIDI recording & editing
  - Time stretching for tempo variation
  - Master guitar synth for classical and rock guitar sounds
  - Tube amp simulator
  - Video capturing for direct recording of your own videos
    (DirectShow(TM))
  - Over 5,000 content files (sounds, video clips and templates)

Pricing and Availability

With an estimated street price of $59.99, MAGIX Music Maker 2004 Deluxe will be available in early May from all major retail outlets or directly from the MAGIX website. Visit www.magix.com for more information.

About MAGIX

MAGIX is the worldwide technology leader in Personal Rich Media. The Company combines award-winning technologies to convert, edit, create and publish digital media, including video, photos and music, making it possible for consumers all ages and experience levels to create, share and publish their own rich media content. MAGIX and its worldwide subsidiaries, is the only international company to offer a full range of photo, video and audio solutions for broadband, B2B and consumer markets.

MAGIX is the market leader of consumer music software in the U.S. (according to NPD 2001 and 2002 charts for the PC music software segment), and in Europe. In addition to its full line of personal rich media products, MAGIX offers their professional applications, Samplitude and Sequoia, to audio production studios and broadcast stations worldwide.

MAGIX and MAGIX Music Maker are registered trademarks of MAGIX AG.