Sonic Foundry Receives Post Award

Sonic Foundry (Nasdaq: SOFO), a leading developer and marketer of media authoring tools and audio software for the Windows[R] platform, reported today that its Sound Forge 4.5 package was recently honored with a Post Award by the readers of Post Magazine. Officially announced on April 19th at the National Association of Broadcasters convention in Las Vegas, Post Awards honor newly introduced or newly upgraded systems and software that had the biggest impact on readers' professional careers during 1998.

Sound Forge 4.5, which won in the Audio Recording/Editing Software category, is the most comprehensive audio editing and Internet media development tool in the industry. Packed with dozens of advanced, high quality features for manipulating audio, Sound Forge lets users record, edit, and process mono or stereo audio files and sync audio to video quickly and easily, making it ideal for multimedia projects or Internet applications.

The versatile Sound Forge is fully compatible with Microsoft Windows Media Technologies 4.0 and RealNetworks RealSystem G2 streaming media formats. It supports a wide variety of other popular media file types, including .WAV and .AVI, and includes a variety of effects such as Reverb, EQ, Distortion, Spectrum Analysis, and Batch Conversion utilities. Sound Forge 4.5 is particularly useful for enhancing the audio component in .AVI multimedia projects and is used extensively as a compliment to popular video editing systems.

"We feel very honored that the readers of Post Magazine have chosen to acknowledge Sound Forge 4.5 with such a prestigious award," said Roy Elkins, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Sonic Foundry. "Receiving this award is particularly gratifying because it comes from knowledgeable industry professionals who depend on the best new technology in order to remain competitive in their field."

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