Sonomic to Distribute BBC FX On-Line

September 20, 2002

Sonomic announced an agreement with the British Broadcasting Corporation to distribute the BBC Sound Effects Collection online. The agreement makes Sonomic the only source for downloadable BBC sound effects.

The BBC's collection has been recognized as one of the best and most complete in the world. In total, the BBC will add over 15,000 new sound effects to Sonomic's Online Library, including those from the 40 CD "Original Series" the 20 CD "Second Edition", and over 100 new CDs worth of previously unreleased material. The BBC collection is composed of a diverse array of sounds, including:

Exterior atmospheres
Equestrian events
Household
Cars
Interior backgrounds
Hospitals
Comedy
Livestock
Fantasy
Agricultural machinery
Humor
Animals
Communications
Schools
Water
Ambiences
Crowds
Sounds of European nations
Industry
Sounds of Asian nations
Science fiction
Sounds of Latin American nations

All sounds from the BBC Original Series and Second Edition are currently available for purchase and download through the Sonomic Online Library. The remainder of the BBC collection will be available by the end of October.

"The addition of the BBC's sound effects collection represents a big step forward for the method of distribution we are pioneering through our Online Library and Server products," said Sonomic CEO Adam Strauss. "Our growing European client base has been requesting this, and we are pleased to announce that Sonomic is currently the only company to offer instant online access to BBC's commercial and previously-unreleased sound effects collections."

Sonomic users can search for BBC sound effects by category, keyword, description, title and file name, among other parameters. All sound effects can be previewed as streaming audio before being downloaded in full resolution WAV and AIFF formats. Sonomic offers a variety of online Subscription Packages designed to accommodate the needs of all audio professionals, from individual engineers to entire studios, as well as the Total Library Server for enterprise-level sound management.

For more information, visit their web site at http://www.sonomic.com/.

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