Sony Pictures Digital Networks Releases Sound Forge 7.0

Sony Pictures Digital Networks announced that a new version of itsSound Forge software, the company’s award-winning professionaldigital audio editor, is now available in boxed and downloadableconfigurations. An industry standard for over a decade, this is thefirst new professional software release from Sony Pictures DigitalNetworks since it purchased all of Sonic Foundry’s desktopproduction software assets in July 2003.

Sound Forge 7.0 software includes many new powerful features andenhancements such as: DirectX Plug-in effects automation; automatedtime-based recording; audio threshold record triggering; VU meters forrecording and playback; enhanced Spectrum Analysis tools; White, Pink,and Brown noise generators; Media Explorer Previewing; Project FileCreation; and support for 24fps native DV video files. The companywebsite, www.sony.com/mediasoftware,contains a complete list of the new features found in this 7.0upgrade.

Sound Forge software is an industry standard for audio editing,recording, effects processing, and media encoding on the PC platform.It is used worldwide for production in leading recording studios, postproduction facilities, broadcast and media complexes, home studios,radio stations, and training facilities. The application includes anextensive set of customizable processes, effects, and tools formanipulating audio, creating streaming media, and also offers supportfor a wide range of file import and export options for most industryformats.

Availability and Pricing
The MSRP for Sound Forge 7.0 software is $499.95. Registered users canupgrade directly from www.sony.com/mediasoftware for only $149.95.Sound Forge 7.0 software is available at leading software dealers anddistributors including Guitar Center, B&H Photo, Sam Ash, MusiciansFriend, and many others worldwide. The software is also available forpurchase at www.sony.com/mediasoftware.

About Sony Pictures Digital Networks
Sony Pictures Digital Networks – a division of Sony PicturesDigital – concentrates on mobile entertainment, broadband videodelivery, and media software and services, including Sony PicturesMobile, SoapCity Download, and Screenblast.

The Media Software and Services division manages the following:Sound Forge, Vegas 4.0, CD Architect, DVD Architect, ACID PRO 4.0,Batch Converter, Sony Screenblast Movie Studio, Sony Screenblast ACID4.0 (formerly Screenblast Music Studio) software, Noise Reductionplug-in and Loops for ACID loop libraries. The team also manageswww.ACIDplanet.com and www.Screenblast.com.

Sony Pictures Digital Networks is committed to making informationand entertainment available anywhere, anytime, on any enabled device.Sony Pictures Digital is a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment. Formore information please visit www.sonypictures.com.