3DsoundSurge Press Release: Sound Ideas Acquisitions Help Sounddogs.com Surpass 60,000 Online SFX and Music Files

Sound Ideas Acquisitions Help Sounddogs.com Surpass 60,000 Online SFX and Music Files

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Dec. 22, 2000-- Sounddogs.com, the Internet's first and largest online sound effects library, today announced that they have exceeded 60,000 online sound effects and royalty-free music files, thanks to Sound Ideas recent buying spree of existing competitive products.

Sound Ideas acquired The Designer Sound Library, created by Clive Smith and Jonathan Helfand; John M. Peters Science Fiction Sound Effects Library; Jurassic Dinosaurs and Futuristic Creatures, by John M. Peters; and Wild World of Animals, by Hollywood Sound Factory.

Sound Ideas has also released two new libraries, Emergency, and Flash eFX for Macromedia (Nasdaq: MACR) Flash and Shockwave developers.

Sound Ideas President Brian Nimens had this to say about the recent acquisitions, ``Sound Ideas has reaffirmed its commitment to dynamic growth in 2001, and beyond, through the aggressive development of new products and the acquisition of existing competitive products when appropriate. We are positioned as the industry leader in sound effects, and I believe that content will be the key to our continued success.'' Look forward to Sound Ideas' record release of 14 new and innovative products at NAB in April of 2001. ``While the product concepts and contents are closely guarded industry secrets, we can tell you that Sound Ideas Production and Design Team members are working round the clock to maximize the value of each new product to the audio industry.''

Sound Ideas extensive and exceptional sound libraries are available online at www.sounddogs.com.

About Sounddogs.com

Sound Dogs is the Internet's first and largest online sound effects library, located at Universal® (NYSE:VO) Studios Hollywood, using proprietary Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) Windows 2000 Technologies, Sound Dogs was developed originally for Avid (Nasdaq: AVID) and Digidesign software applications, and is a member of Sonic Foundry's (Nasdaq: SOFO) Get Media program.

About Sound Ideas

    105 West Beaver Creek Road, Suite 4,
    Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada, L4B 1C6
    Telephone: 905/886-5000 Toll Free US: 800/387-3030
    Canada: 800/665-3000
    URL: www.sound-ideas.com
    EMAIL: INFO@SOUND-IDEAS.COM
    FAX: 905/886-6800

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