Win ACID and Publish Your Songs on the Web

Sonic Foundry (AMEX: SFO), a leading developer and marketer of media authoring software for the Windows® platform, today announced the launch of ACIDplanet.com, a unique new Web site that allows users of the company's ACID music creation software to self-publish music online and share their compositions with the worldwide Internet community.

ACIDplanet.com allows musicians to use the Internet as their stage by publishing their material using Microsoft's new audio codec, code-named MS Audio, for the pleasure and critique of fans all over the world. The site also incorporates ITVnet's AudioManager™, a proprietary system which automates the process of publishing and distributing music on the Internet. ACIDplanet.com provides ACID users with access to a comprehensive online music studio that includes tools, publishing services, and a listening lounge for musicians to share their music. With the feature-packed ACIDplanet.com site, ACID users can publish music in many of today's most popular audio formats, chat with other musicians online, rate and review the music of their peers, access online sales and promotional items, and link with other third-party music Web sites as well.

"We are very pleased to be able to offer ACID musicians a complimentary Web site where they can easily post and share their music on the Internet," said Rimas Buinevicius, Sonic Foundry's Chaiman and CEO. "We view the ACIDplanet.com site as merely the first step in our ongoing effort to develop an interactive community of musicians who are interested in using the Internet as their primary vehicle for discovery."

Sonic Foundry's ACID is a powerful, yet easy-to-use music creation package that brings unprecedented creative flexibility to loop arranging and editing of digital audio. With a simple click and drag users can combine and mix loops, make real-time changes to pitch and tempo, and control the volume, pan, and effect envelopes for each track to create the perfect mix. ACID also allows users to easily add their own instruments or vocals to their music creations by simply plugging into their PC's soundcard. ACID's complete professional tool set includes support for multiple real-time effects with DirectX plug-ins and also provides easy access to Sonic Foundry's Sound Forge audio editor.