FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

AUDIOFILE ENGINEERING ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF SAMPLE MANAGER 2.1

Saint Paul, MN - Monday, May 2nd, 2005 - Today, Audio=9File Engineering
(www.audiofile-engineering.com) is officially announcing version 2.1 of
Sample Manager. Further cementing Sample Manager as the best batch audio
processor on the market, we have added full support for Mac OS X 10.4
("Tiger"). Sample Manager, the only batch audio processor to implement
AppleScript, now fully supports Automator with 28 actions. We have also
added a Spotlight-based file-search feature. Other new features include
support for =B5Law files and "Play" and "Stop" AppleScript commands. As
always, performance and stability are rock solid.

Sample Manager is a full-featured Batch Audio Processor for Mac OS X. Its
features include:

- Full support of AIFF, WAVE, Sound Designer,
ACID, Apple Loop and =B5Law audio files
- Partial support for Recycle (REX, RX2 and RCY) files
- Supports any sample rate or bit depth
- Supports any number of channels
- Supports interleaved and split channel files
- Files are sortable by any parameter
- Detailed waveform view of the selected sample
as full wave, rectified or averaged
- Detailed file and audio info
- Detailed batch editing of MIDI, beat-related, or "metadata" info
- Batch processes include Change Gain, Fade,
Trim, Reverse, Convert, Split, Mix, Join and many
others
- Extract parts of audio files by thresholds, slices or regions
- DSP processes support all formats, bit depths
and sample rates with auto-dithering
- Process audio through multiple Audio Units
- Auto-saving of files in-place, with additional options for file saving
- Highly advanced and detailed Loop Editor
- Unlimited undo
- AppleScript support
- built-in Automator actions
- Multiple "browser" windows, saveable as documents
- Spotlight-based file searches
- Export to MP3 format
- Offline waveform cache
- Optimized for G4 and G5 with AltiVec
- MIDI and varispeed playback of the selected audio file

Sample Manager is priced at $69. Upgrades for registered users are $19

Look for us at WWDC and summer MacWorld!

=46uture products include Wave Editor (our "PEAK-killer") and Audio Analyzer=
(a
full-featured real-time audio analyzer).