MAGIX Announces MP3 Maker Diamond 2004

Market Wire, 20050229

MAGIX, the worldwide leader in Personal Rich Media™ software and technologies, announced today MAGIX MP3 Maker Diamond 2004, the complete software solution for ripping, converting and organizing all of your music files. Priced at only $29.99, MP3 Maker Diamond 2004 rips, copies and burns CDs, and it encodes, decodes, edits, enhances, plays, records and organizes music files. Users can even customize the sound of their music, add professional quality effects, create playlists, record and play Internet radio, add graphics and print CD labels for personalizing their own "Best of" CD collections.

MAGIX MP3 Maker Diamond 2004 is the only music manger to combine robust MP3 performance with a powerful music editor to ensure the best listening experience. It allows users to customize music with three-dimensional sound; use the 10-band Equalizer to boost bass sounds; and dynamically control the volume with the Compressor to make music sound more powerful.

Before MAGIX MP3 Maker Diamond 2004, consumers needed multiple software programs to handle their various music management tasks. MAGIX MP3 Maker Diamond 2004 quickly rips CDs for playback on portable MP3 players, and converts MP3s to music CDs that can be played anywhere. In addition to MP3s, music from LPs and cassettes can be recorded, archived and automatically cross-faded to blend songs. 150 Internet radio stations are preset for easy access, and user favorites can be easily added. MAGIX MP3 Maker Diamond also features a printable database with super-tagging for song categorization and simplified searches, and a versatile music player that can automatically generate playlists.

"MAGIX MP3 Maker Diamond 2004 is the only music manager to address total sound quality in addition to music conversion," said Juergen Jaron, CEO of MAGIX Entertainment Corporation. "Now users can spend more time listening to great-sounding music instead of simply managing it."

Feature Highlights:

- Unlimited MP3 Encoding -- Burn as much as 12 hours of music onto 1 CD. - Music Editor for adding song or track fades, filtering out noise, creating tracks and enhancing the overall sound of the music files. Music Editor includes: * 10-band Equalizer, Output Maximizer, Brilliance Enhancer, Stereo Enhancer, Compressor, Normalizer and Noise Filters. * Music effects such as 3D sound, reverb, delay, Fun FX and Scratch effects for a designing a custom sound. - Automatic Volume Adjustment during MP3 and audio CD burning -- reduces volume fluctuations between songs or tracks. - Scheduled recording using the Programmable Automatic Timer. - Super-Tagging for simplified file management. - CD Text. - DirectX™ and VST™ interface for adding more effect plug-ins.

More Features:

- CD Ripping: Automatically converts CDs to MP3s in one step. - MP3 to Audio CD Conversion: Listen to your favorite music on any CD player. - Line-in Recording Function: Supports real-time recording of Internet radio, LPs, cassettes, even TV soundtracks. - Slideshows: Quickly converts multimedia playlists into compelling slideshows. - FTP menu access for Internet downloads. - Music Emails: Share your songs by email -- directly from the application. - Intuitive database with playlist that accepts all media formats. - Play music from any source. - Custom CD cover design & label printing. - CD Burning: Supports 1:1 CD copying, even at high speeds. - CDDB Database: Automatic CD song title recognition. - MP3, WAV, WMA and OGG music format support.

MP3 Maker includes the original Fraunhofer decoder, which comes from the original developers of the MP3 format. Users can play all the latest audio file formats, convert to MP3, OGG VORBIS, WAV, WMA (MS-Audio) and optionally to the MP3PRO format with a choice to burn files as a music or data CD.

Priced at $29.99, MAGIX MP3 Maker 2004 for Windows will be available in early July at all major retail stores or may be purchased directly from MAGIX. Visit www.magix.com for more information.

About MAGIX

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, 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 US (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 its professional applications, Samplitude and Sequoia, to audio production studios and broadcast stations worldwide.

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