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FOURTH IN CYCLES SERIES OF AUDIO SOURCE LIBRARIES

First Four Releases are a Complementary Set

San Francisco, CA USA • May 23, 2005 - Cycling '74, a software company based in San Francisco, today announced the release of Momentary Incursions, the fourth volume in the Cycles series of audio source libraries.

Produced and edited by sound designer Ron MacLeod, Momentary Incursions consists of hits, events, effects and transitions for use when a more finite punctuation is needed. This collection of 900+ non-looped samples range from a fraction of a second to over a minute in length. Momentary Incursions features collections of single events for audio signposting, transitional sonic elements for tails, builds, and textures, and shorter "hits" that can be used to mark audio terrain and provide a unique identity. Momentary Incursions completes the first set of Cycles audio libraries and was produced with the same attention to sonic detail as the initial three releases. All releases feature a theme of "incidental de-construction" that groups audio source material in terms of its dramatic function instead of a conventional genre-based approach.

• Cycles: 01 Sustained Encounters - long textural beds
• Cycles: 02 Unnatural Rhythm - alternative rhythmic source
• Cycles: 03 Incidental Gesture - active sonic storytelling
• Cycles: 04 Momentary Incursions - hits, events, FX and transitions

The set is specifically designed to encourage experimentation and inspire the orchestration of sonic imagery, adding a cinematic storytelling quality to any composition or multimedia production.

These 24bit .wav files are provided in 48kHz for ease of use in Film, DV and multimedia productions, as well as 44.1kHz versions for direct compatibility with music composition tools. Each volume is packaged as a dual-disc release created with the audio post-professional in mindÑa high capacity DVD-ROM, along with a standard audio CD for an easy auditioning alternative.

Cycling '74 has tapped sound library pioneer Ron MacLeod, creator of the award winning 'Poke in the Ear' libraries, to produce and curate the Cycles series. This new series focuses on the use of cutting edge psycho-acoustic manipulation utilizing Cycling '74's innovative processing tools -- Max/MSP, Pluggo, Mode, Hipno and Radial.

The Cycles series complements Cycling '74's creative and unique software and music releases with libraries of sound effects, ambient sound, rhythmic loops and incidental music for use by musicians, sound designers and media producers.

Price and Availability

Momentary Incursions is now available directly from Cycling '74 and its dealers for MSRP US $99.00.

WITH A FOCUS ON JITTER AND THE JAZZMUTANT LEMUR

San Francisco, CA USA • May 23, 2005 - Cycling '74 today announced a special workshop on Cycling '74 products at the San Francisco Apple Store. As part of a series Apple hosts, this workshop will feature Product Specialist Gregory Taylor at 6:00 pm on Wednesday, May 25th at the San Francisco Apple Store located at One Stockton Street in downtown San Francisco.

The event will feature an overview of the Max/MSP/Jitter audio and video environment, and a first look at the JazzMutant Lemur programmable touchscreen controller.

More information and directions to the San Francisco Apple store can be found at http://www.apple.com/retail/sanfrancisco/.

INNOVATIVE SOFTWARE COMPANY TO WORK WITH DEALERS TO PROMOTE PRODUCTS

San Francisco, CA USA • April 7, 2005 - Cycling '74, a software company based in San Francisco, today announced that on April 1st they started selling directly to dealers in the United States and Canada. Dealer inquiries may be sent to sales@cycling74.com.

"The past year has been one of substantial growth for us," commented David Zicarelli, President of Cycling '74. "With the addition of 10 new products towards our catalog we have finally been able to commit the resources to an in-house sales department. We feel that we will be able to increase our retail profile and provide better resources for dealers to sell our multitude of products."

POPULAR PLUG-IN PACKAGE NOW AVAILABLE FOR WINDOWS USERS

San Francisco, CA USA • March 29, 2005 - Cycling '74, a software company based in San Francisco, today announced the release of Mode for Windows. This popular package of native audio processing plug-ins is now available on Windows XP for host applications supporting the VST and RTAS formats. The package features three instruments and two effects units that integrate functions and performance controls typically found in rack-mount and workstation hardware. An additional 18 plug-in "submodules" extend the package with creative effects, parameter modulators and CPU-saving mini-instruments.

The MODE collection's featured plug-ins include:

• BANG: A single-voice percussion module that combines sample playback, FM synthesis, and analog modeling drum synthesis for sounds ranging from simple emulation to outrageous percussive hybrids.
• MONO: A monophonic synthesizer that combines the ease of use and warm filter effects of an analog synthesizer with the control and clarity of an FM engine, for an instrument that is equally at home in the studio or on stage.
• POLY: A versatile polyphonic synthesizer loosely based on classic DCO synths. POLY uses waveforms sampled from some of the most popular vintage digital and analog instruments and features a unique polyphonic arpeggiator.
• SPIN: A rhythm-based effects processor that features a state-variable filter, panning effects, rhythmic gating, delay, distortion and bit-reduction for sounds that range from subtle modification to extreme abuse.
• WASH: A unique new effects processor built around an interconnected network of 6 fully controllable recirculating delay lines. More than a mere effect, WASH is an instrument in its own right--capable of anything from simple multi-tap delay textures to hour-long walls of morphing feedback.

The additional 18 "submodule" plug-ins take the effects, performance controls and instrument sections of the five featured devices and provide them as stand-alone plug-ins. This allows for mix-and-match sound creation, modulation, filtering and effects similar to modular synthesis environments. Price and Availability: MODE is now available for a MSRP of $99 at Cycling '74 dealers worldwide and online directly from Cycling '74 (www.cycling74.com).

TWO INNOVATIVE COMPANIES FORM INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE

Malmo, Sweden and San Francisco, CA USA • March 1, 2005 - MI7, a distribution company for Media and Music Production Solutions based in Malmo, Sweden, and Cycling '74, a software company based in San Francisco, today announced a distribution agreement in which MI7 will distribute the entire Cycling '74 product line in Europe. MI7 territories in Europe include: Scandinavia, the United Kingdom, Germany, Benelux and Spain. "For us the Cycling '74 product range adds an extra amount of flavour to our range of media production tools," said Per Larson, CEO of MI7. "It's that extra spice that helps make a difference in an audio. We're pleased and excited to add this eclectic and creative company to our portfolio." "We are very impressed with MI7's state-of-the-art distribution model," said David Zicarelli, President of Cycling '74. "We're looking forward to a productive relationship based on our shared interest in innovative business methods." The Cycling '74 product line currently includes:

• Max/MSP: a powerful and intuitive real-time audio development environment
• Jitter: a set of 133 brilliant video, matrix, and 3D graphics objects for the Max programming environment
• Pluggo: a collection of more than 100 extraordinary real-time plug-in audio effects and virtual instruments for RTAS, VST, and Audio Units applications
• Mode: a set of plug-ins for RTAS, VST, and Audio Units which combines classic synthesis and effects technique with state-of-the-art performance control
• Radial: a loop-based tool designed for those looking to explode the boundaries between live performance, sound design, and composition
• M: an updated version of the classic composition program originally published in the mid 1980s
• Soundflower and Soundflowerbed: a free open-source utility for connecting audio applications
• Cycles: a series of audio source libraries by Ron MacLeod including "Sustained Encounters," "Unnatural Rhythm," and "Incidental Gesture" and the upcoming, "Momentary Incursions"
• Hipno: a new set of over forty effects and instrument plug-ins featuring the unique Hipnoscope user interface (available 2nd quarter 2005)

NEW HARDWARE CONTROLLER ALLOWS UNLIMITED POSSIBILITIES

NAMM • ANAHEIM, CA • January 20, 2005 - Cycling '74, a San Francisco-based music software company, and the French company JazzMutant SAS today announced the signing of an exclusive U.S. distribution agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, Cycling '74 will distribute JazzMutant's Lemur multitouch control surface within the United States. The Lemur is a sleek portable controller for live performance computer music applications featuring a 12" LCD display and a proprietary touch screen interface that can simultaneously track multiple fingers.

The Lemur communicates with a host computer over 100-baseT Ethernet using the Open Sound Control (OSC) protocol developed at UC Berkeley's Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT). OSC is an emerging standard for synthesis control that supports simple configuration, 32-bit data resolution, and low latency. Applications that currently feature OSC support include Cycling '74's Max/MSP, Native Instruments' Reaktor, and Pd, a popular open-source sound synthesis application.

Users configure the Lemur using an editor application that runs on Mac OS X, Windows XP, and Linux. Users drag and drop graphical control objects such as faders, buttons, two-dimensional area controllers, and status monitors to create interfaces. After a collection of interfaces is uploaded to the Lemur, the device sends data to parameters in a sound-generating application when a user touches objects in the display. Performers can flip between interfaces on the Lemur using buttons located above the touch screen.

The Lemur's interface objects can be customized with JazzMutant's "physical" properties that include friction, smoothing, and fade-in and fade-out. For example, faders with decreased friction "glide" across the screen and can even "bounce" after hitting zero. Objects can also transmit data based on complex floating-point mathematical formulas, moving far beyond the 0-127 limitations of typical MIDI controllers.

JazzMutant expects to deliver the first Lemurs to customers in April 2005. Cycling '74 announced a projected US retail price of $2495 and plans to sell the Lemur via its web site and through selected retailers.

A NEW SUITE OF EXTRAORDINARY PROCESSORS

NAMM • ANAHEIM, CA • January 20, 2005 - Cycling '74, a software company based in San Francisco, today announced HIPNO 1.0, a new suite of over forty effects and instrument VST plug-ins for VST, Audio Units and RTAS Mac OS X host applications. Designed by ElectroTap, this package features an irresistible mix of granular, spectral, and filter/delay-based plug-ins featuring the unique Hipnoscope user interface. Also included in the package is an amazing set of processors that utilize live video input as a control source, and a new set of modulator plug-ins sure to captivate both the novice and long-time users of Cycling '74's Pluggo and Mode plug-in collections.

Some highlights of the HIPNO collection include:

• Morphulescence: a cascaded bank of LFO-modulated morphing filters ready for eruption.
• Vsynth: a plug-in that uses a live video feed as the spectral source for synth inspirations.
• Deluge: a quartet of granular processing engines wrapped into one glittering package.
• Shypht: a pitch-shifting effects system enlivened by pitch quantization, filtering, and feedback looping.
• VcolorTrack and Modulator Vmotion: a pair of modulator plug-ins to morph and control Hipno, Mode, or Pluggo plug-ins using video color or motion tracking.

In addition to the host-sync capabilities and the ability to use Cycling '74's modulator plug-ins for control, many of the HIPNO plug-ins offer the unique Hipnoscope interface to create, control, and explore complex preset morphs and interpolations with a flick of the wrist. While immensely satisfying on its own, the HIPNO collection also extends the visionary signal processing and instrumental possibilities of the Pluggo and Mode plug-in collections.

Price and Availability

Hipno has a suggested retail price of $199 and is will be available for purchase in the first quarter of 2005 from Cycling '74 (http://www.cycling74.com) or its retail dealers. A Windows XP version of the Hipno collection will be available later in 2005.

POPULAR PLUG-IN PACKAGE NOW AVAILABLE FOR WINDOWS USERS

NAMM • ANAHEIM, CA • January 20, 2005 - Cycling '74, a software company based in San Francisco, today announced the release of Pluggo for Windows. This popular package of native audio processing plug-ins will be available on Windows XP for host applications supporting the VST and RTAS formats.

Pluggo offers over 100 creative and unusual real-time audio effects and includes the Essential Instruments collection, a set of elegant and immediately effective synthesizers and samplers. Pluggo effects include filtering, delay effects, distortion, granular synthesis, audio routing, sampling and synthesis, reverb, and sound localization. In addition, Pluggo offers modulation, synchronization, and audio and control routing capabilities between plug-ins.

The Windows release improves upon several of the venerable Pluggo effects with audio quality enhancements and efficiency improvements.

Pluggo users who want to build their own plug-ins entirely from scratch can create them using Cycling '74's Max/MSP software. Support for effects automation, parameter management, presets, host synchronization, and undo is provided in the development environment. Pluggo is the only way to develop a single plug-in that works in both the RTAS and VST host environments. A free runtime plug-in environment installer will be available from the Cycling '74 web site.

Price and Availability

Pluggo for Windows has a suggested retail price of $199 and is now available for purchase from Cycling '74 (http://www.cycling74.com) or its retail dealers.

SURROUND DYNAMIC PROCESSOR FOR TDM SYSTEMS SOON TO BE RELEASED

NAMM • ANAHEIM, CA • January 20, 2005 - Cycling '74, a software company based in San Francisco and Octiv Inc., the Berkeley-based digital audio innovator, today demonstrated Octirama, a Surround Dynamics Processor for Digidesign ProTools Systems at the NAMM Winter Expo in Anaheim, California January 20-23, 2005.

Octirama is the first full-featured, multi-band dynamics processor for 5.1 Surround Mastering for the Digidesign TDM environment. Octirama incorporates sophisticated four- and five-band processing for each of five channels plus sophisticated bass management for precise control of peaks and loudness.

Octirama was designed to provide DSP efficiencies allowing a full-featured processor to run on a single 56000 chip. Functions for each of the 5 Surround channels include an input AGC, four- or five-band dynamics processor, five in-band peak limiters, band mixing, and a final peak limiter. Over 40 simultaneous meters provide detailed information on gain reduction, downward expansion, and output levels. Unlike other multi-channel dynamics processors, Octirama's processing algorithm preserves the surround image.

Pricing and Availability

Octirama will be available from Cycling '74 distributors worldwide and directly online from Cycling '74 in first quarter 2005 for MSRP US$995.

POPULAR PLUG-IN PACKAGE TO BE AVAILABLE FOR WINDOWS USERS

NAMM • ANAHEIM, CA • January 20, 2005 - Cycling '74, a software company based in San Francisco, today announced Mode for Windows. This popular package of native audio processing plug-ins will be available on Windows XP for host applications supporting the VST and RTAS formats. The package features three instruments and two effects units that integrate functions and performance controls typically found in rack-mount and workstation hardware. An additional 18 plug-in "submodules" extend the package with creative effects, parameter modulators and CPU-saving mini-instruments.

The MODE collection's featured plug-ins include:

• BANG: A single-voice percussion module that combines sample playback, FM synthesis, and analog modeling drum synthesis for sounds ranging from simple emulation to outrageous percussive hybrids.
• MONO: A monophonic synthesizer that combines the ease of use and warm filter effects of an analog synthesizer with the control and clarity of an FM engine, for an instrument that is equally at home in the studio or on stage.
• POLY: A versatile polyphonic synthesizer loosely based on classic DCO synths. POLY uses waveforms sampled from some of the most popular vintage digital and analog instruments and features a unique polyphonic arpeggiator.
• SPIN: A rhythm-based effects processor that features a state-variable filter, panning effects, rhythmic gating, delay, distortion and bit-reduction for sounds that range from subtle modification to extreme abuse.
• WASH: A unique new effects processor built around an interconnected network of 6 fully-controllable recirculating delay lines. More than a mere effect, WASH is an instrument in its own rightÑcapable of anything from simple multi-tap delay textures to hour-long walls of morphing feedback.

The additional 18 "submodule" plug-ins take the effects, performance controls and instrument sections of the five featured devices and provide them as stand-alone plug-ins. This allows for mix-and-match sound creation, modulation, filtering and effects similar to modular synthesis environments. Price and Availability: MODE has a suggested retail price of $199 and will be available for purchase in Q1 2005 from Cycling '74 (www.cycling74.com) or its retail dealers.