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Sonic
Foundry Announces Sneak-Preview Version of Vegas Pro Multitrack
Media Editing System
MADISON, Wis--Sonic Foundry, a leading developer and marketer
of media authoring tools and digital audio software for Windows,
announced the release of a beta version of Vegas Pro, its highly
anticipated, technologically advanced non-linear multitrack
media editing system for Windows-based PCs. Beginning June 11,
Sonic Foundry started offering a sneak-preview version of Sonic
Foundry Vegas Pro in a beta release. The software will be available
as a downloadable install at: http://www.sonicfoundry.com.
Vegas Pro uniquely combines unparalleled efficiency with truly
superior processing performance to provide the ultimate audio/media
production and Internet authoring environment.
Vegas Pro features a unique, multi-threaded architecture designed
to squeeze ‘over-the-top,’ real-time performance from
a standard Windows PC. With Vegas Pro, users can perform non-destructive
edits during playback and run multiple plug-in effects, all
in real-time. Moreover, Vegas Pro’s complete flexibility
and enhanced media handling allow the mixing of file properties,
bit depths, and sampling rates. A highly scalable solution,
Vegas Pro will utilize multiple processors and extra RAM to
achieve a level of performance that is unmatched by software-only
multitracks. Edits and processes work lightning fast with impeccable
precision, allowing users to enhance Vegas Pro’s performance
by increasing their computer’s processing power.
“Vegas Pro represents the culmination of years of R&D
efforts, as it effectively builds upon the proven technology
of our existing products to provide a significantly more efficient
audio/media production environment,” said Sonic Foundry’s
Chairman and CEO, Rimas Buinevicius. “In addition
to being an ideal solution for professional audio/media production,
Vegas Pro is also fully capable of meeting the production needs
of Internet content creators and broadcast media professionals
worldwide."
Vegas Pro also features 24-bit/96 kHz class performance to
ensure precise audio definition, accommodates unlimited tracks,
and includes DirectX Plug-In support for easy expandability.
In addition, it supports the seamless creation of streaming
media content for both Windows Media Technologies 4.0 and RealNetworks
Real System G2 file formats, and it also supports .mp3 files,
a popular and widely used format for audio compression. Vegas
Pro utilizes an intuitive interface for all editing and mixing
including the ability to scrub forward or backward easily in
audio or media production projects. Other noteworthy features
include the ability to incorporate timeline metadata (markers/captions)
for advanced Internet content authoring.
Minimum system requirements for Vegas Pro include Microsoft
Windows 9x/NT 4.0, a 200MHz Pentium processor (400 MHz recommended),
32 MB of RAM (128 MB recommended), 20 MB of available hard disk
space, a VGA display (24-bit color recommended), a CD-ROM drive,
and a Windows-compatible sound card.
 For more information or a pricing quotation, contact Sonic
Foundry by phone at 800-57SONIC (577-6642) or 608-256-3133,
via fax at 608-256-7300, by e-mail at sales@sonicfoundry.com,
or visit the Company’s Internet Web site at: http://www.sonicfoundry.com.
About
Sonic Foundry
Founded in 1991, Madison, Wisconsin-based Sonic Foundry is
a leading developer and marketer of comprehensive, professional-quality
media authoring software products for the Windows PC platform.
Sonic Foundry’s award-winning product line is used
worldwide for multimedia and Web applications, music and audio
post-production, broadcast production, and digital content creation.
Built
on the principle of ‘Create, Edit, and Deliver,’ Sonic
Foundry’s products offer any Windows PC user the ability
to capture and create media, edit the content, and deliver the
information via fixed media or electronic distribution.
SOURCE
Sonic Foundry
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