MAGIX Receives Parents' Choice Award for MAGIX Music Maker 2004 Deluxe

Market Wire, 20050229

MAGIX, the worldwide leader in music and video editing software, announced today that MAGIX Music Maker 2004 Deluxe has won the prestigious Parents' Choice Recommended Award for 2004. MAGIX Music Maker 2004 Deluxe was selected for this award because of the music software's ability to entertain, stimulate imagination and inspire creativity.

Parents' Choice awards are selected annually by the Parents' Choice Foundation, a not-for-profit organization that searches out and recommends products that help kids grow -- imaginatively, physically, morally and mentally. Established in 1978, the Foundation recommends fairly-priced children's books, videos, toys, audio, computer software, television and magazines that are fun, safe and socially sound. The Foundation's mission is to provide parents with information to participate wisely in their children's learning.

MAGIX Music Maker 2004 Deluxe is easy-to-use music creation software that makes high-quality music, music remixes, and professional-looking music videos quickly and easily. Novices, both children and adults, as well as DJs, remixers, and producers of any skill level can create their own professional-sounding music, soundtracks and music videos in just minutes. The software is packed with pre-recorded sound loops for any style preference, from Hip-hop to Classical and an assortment of effects, editing, mixing and mastering equipment to create an expert-sounding composition. It's easy to add video clips, apply effects or make beat-controlled visualizations for images that move in time with the rhythm of the music.

"We are honored to be awarded the coveted Parents' Choice Recommended Award for MAGIX Music Maker," said Jurgen Jaron, President and CEO, MAGIX. "This award reinforces the fact that Music Maker can inspire anyone to be more creative with music."

MAGIX Music Maker 2004 Deluxe is available now at software retailers nationwide. For detailed information on MAGIX Music Maker 2004 Deluxe, visit www.magix.com. More information about the Parents' Choice Awards and the Parents' Choice Foundation can be found at www.parents-choice.org.

About MAGIX

MAGIX is the market leader of video editing and music software worldwide(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, 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.

(1) According to combined retail sales of PC software in Europe and North America for 2002 and 2003 as reported by NPD Charts USA, Media Control Charts Non-Games GAS; GFK Charts Non-Games Benelux and France; Future Retail Panel UK, Italy, Spain, Scandinavia

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