Sonic Introduces SonicStudio HD Version 1.5

Enhanced Productivity and Powerful New Features for High-Density Audio™ Premastering

Amsterdam, The Netherlands (September 8, 2000) - Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ: SNIC) introduced today SonicStudio HD Version 1.5 at the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) in Amsterdam. The world's most popular application for premastering High-Density Audio content, SonicStudio HD forms the core of Sonic's audio product line for preparing audio masters for a wide range of applications, including DVD-Video, DVD-Audio, and CD-Audio. This new release includes a number of important enhancements, including the ability to perform signal processing operations in the background while users continue to edit, providing a major productivity boost. Combined with a powerful 48-bit HDSP processing engine and exclusive Sonic Clarity(tm) architecture, SonicStudio HD is unique in its ability to deliver ultra-high-fidelity for distribution in multiple formats.

"I love my new SonicStudio HD system. I've just finished assembly and mastering for a Supremes CD box set on my SonicStudio HD system," said Surah Gur of Universal Mastering Studios East. "SonicStudio HD is lightning fast and the results sound even better than ever. For high resolution and DVD-Audio work, SonicStudio HD is the obvious clear choice."

SonicStudio HD 1.5 adds powerful multi-tasking functionality, performing HDSP processing in the background while the user continues editing in the foreground. The new release also adds CD and DDP loadback, CD and DDP verify, and includes additional feature enhancements requested by SonicStudio HD users:

• Enhanced copy, cut and paste operations
• Two-point editing between source and destination tracks
• Sync-to-edit-point capability
• Automated placement of marks in analog silence
• Interleaved audio support for playback and editing
• Timecode reader and generator enhancements
• Enhanced EDL-based device control

"SonicStudio HD delivers important productivity enhancements that allow users to take advantage of increased overall throughput," said Yuki Miyamoto, Product Manager for SonicStudio HD. "Combined with the exceptional sonic quality and multiple format support, SonicStudio HD provides the most powerful solution for mastering audio in the new and most popular formats.

About SonicStudio HD
SonicStudio HD is Sonic's next-generation digital audio workstation featuring support for multi-channel sampling rates up to 192kHz, surround sound mixing and an ultra-fast editing interface. SonicStudio HD workstations can be expanded to include Sonic's full line of DVD-Audio authoring options including OneClick DVD(tm), a DVD-Audio Workstation, and DVD Creator 5.1 Complete Workstation.

About Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ: SNIC)
Based in Marin County, California, Sonic (http://www.sonic.com) is the leading manufacturer of solutions for DVD publishing. Sonic DVDit! (http://www.dvdit.com) is the first application for DVD authoring targeted at videographers and corporate video producers, and is bundled with major video editing, capture, encoding and media production systems. Sonic DVD Creator and DVD Fusion for Macintosh are the most widely-used systems for professional DVD publishing, and are installed worldwide at major studios, post production facilities and in corporate marketing departments. SonicStudio HD is the leading digital workstation for preparing audio for release on CD and the first for creating content for the new DVD-Audio format. Sonic is also a full voting member of the DVD Forum, the standards-setting body for the DVD format.

© 2000 Sonic, Sonic Solutions, the Sonic logo, SonicStudio HD, High-Density Audio, and Sonic Clarity are trademarks of Sonic Solutions. All other company or product names are trademarks of their respective owners. Specifications, pricing and delivery schedules are subject to change without notice.