Sonic Foundry and Res Rocket in Discussions
January 28, 1999Sonic Foundry, Inc. (AMEX: SFO) today announced that it is in discussions
with Res Rocket regarding support for their Rocket Network™
API Internet-based real-time collaboration software. The discussions center
on adapting one or more of Sonic Foundry’s award winning products
for use over the Rocket Network.
Development efforts would center on providing an interface and music
generating capability through the Sonic Foundry product offering, with
audio delivery and synchronization handled via the Rocket Network software.
Ultimately, users would have the ability to collaborate live, delivering
and receiving studio-quality music to or from anyone around the world
using standard PC hardware, software, and an Internet connection.
Rocket Network’s software allows users to meet, chat, and jam with
musicians from anywhere around the world, all enabled through an Internet
connection. The second version of the Rocket Network client software,
RocketControl™ (formerly called DRGN), will be available
by summer of 1999. Key new features being added include cross-application,
cross-platform support so users can access public and private virtual
studios and collaborate from any application with "RocketPower™".
In addition, the new version will add digital audio capability as well
as support compression formats such as MPEG-3.
"We are looking forward to helping software developers incorporate
the Rocket Network API into their products. We want as many applications
to communicate via the Rocket Network API as possible, extending the reach
of this new important industry standard," stated Willy Henshall,
CEO of Res Rocket, Inc.
Sonic Foundry’s ACID is a software based program designed to assemble
different sound elements and automatically match the pitch and tempo of
dissimilar recordings. Sonic Foundry President Monty Schmidt commented,
"ACID has opened up a whole new age in music making by allowing both
musicians and non-musicians alike to create quality royalty-free music
without the need to understand classic composition methods. Enabling the
ACID product line with Rocket Network technology will allow these same
users the ability to collaborate with each other, musically, regardless
of location. It’s a very exciting concept."
For additional information
on the Rocket Network, the API, and RocketControl 2.0 please visit www.rocketnetwork.com.
For more information about Sonic Foundry and their products, visit www.sonicfoundry.com.
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