Jacob Javits Center, NEW YORK, NY - November 30, 2001 - At the 111th AES Convention, Sonomic™ (wwww.sonomic.com), the world’s largest online library of professional samples and sound FX, announced an agreement with Sound Ideas™ to distribute the complete Sound Ideas’ sound FX catalog online.

Sound Ideas’ critically acclaimed collections – used for years in the professional broadcast, post-production and motion picture industries – will now be instantly accessible on the Sonomic site.

As the world’s largest publisher of sound FX CDs, Sound Ideas brings over 56,000 new sounds to Sonomic library. Ship Shape and Power Surge 2, Sound Ideas’ most recently released title, will be available for download from Sonomic beginning early next week, with more titles added daily. Sonomic will soon offer content from 354 Sound Ideas titles, significantly expanding its current library of over 150,000 samples and sound FX. In addition, all new sound FX produced by Sound Ideas will be added to the Sonomic library.

"Our partnership with Sound Ideas not only greatly enhances our sound FX offerings- it establishes Sonomic as the dominant online sound distributor,” said Sonomic CEO Adam Strauss. "In a rapidly evolving industry, Sonomic gives audio professionals the fastest, most efficient system for accessing exactly the sound they need – and now they have even more sounds to choose from.”

"Sonomic has developed an effective sound solution for audio professionals, enabling them to find and download the sounds they need immediately” said Sound Ideas President and CEO Brian Nimens. "As the world’s largest publisher of sound FX, we are proud to team up with the world’s largest online sound library to enable instant access to the entire Sound Ideas catalog.”

To access sounds online, Sonomic offers a variety of Subscription Packages designed to accommodate the needs of all audio professionals, from individual engineers to entire studios. Users can search Sonomic for Sound Ideas sound FX by category, keyword, title and file name, among other search parameters. All sound FX can be previewed in Real or Windows Media streaming audio before being downloaded in either .wav and. aiff format.

About Sonomic
Sonomic provides instant access to the largest online library of professional sound FX and sound FX. The company’s global network of top producers and sound designers has its fingers on the pulse of the latest audio technology and trends, ensuring that Sonomic has the widest range of fresh sounds for all production needs. Sonomic’s global network of sound providers includes Sound Ideas, Valentino Sound Effects Library, Clack Sound Studios, CA Sound, Zero-G, Q Up Arts, Sampleheads, Numerical Sound, Titus, Electronisounds and Doug Beck Music, among others. The company’s library currently has over 150,000 sounds, and is consistently updated and available 24/7 from any Internet connected computer. Sonomic is headquartered in New York City.

About Sound Ideas
Founded in 1978 and now located just outside of Toronto, Canada, Sound Ideas is the world's largest publisher of sound FX for the professional broadcast, post-production and motion picture industries. Sound Ideas also publishes the Westar Music Library, the Sound Ideas Music Library, and The Mix Broadcast Music Library, and offer a growing number of products for use in multimedia, game and Web design. Sound Ideas sound FX and music libraries are used all over the world. Sound Ideas is the exclusive worldwide distributor for a number of custom-created feature film studio sound effects libraries, including: 20th Century Fox, Lucasfilm, Universal Studios, Turner Entertainment, Disney Ideas, Hanna-Barbera, Warner Bros., and Jay Ward Productions - the creators of Rocky & Bullwinkle.