Steinberg goes BeOS

Steinberg goes BeOS®

RELEASED November 9, 1998

For more information contact:

MVPR/Montara Creative Group
Marsha Vdovin, marsha@mcreative.com
Tel: + 415.252.0210

Steinberg Soft- and Hardware GmbH
Thomas WENDT, t.wendt@steinberg.de
Tel: +49 40 210 330
Fax: + 49 40 211 598

Steinberg goes BeOS
New product developed for Be platform

Hamburg, Germany - November 9, 1998 -- Introducing brand-new technology for audio and media creators Steinberg is very proud to announce a new and full featured application for BeOS based on NUENDO technology.

Steinberg's NUENDO combines native audio processing with EQ, real-time effects, VST-compatible plug-in architecture and up to 96 tracks of digital audio plus MIDI recording and editing into an easy to use application, which gives the sound and media designer everything to create impressive audio projects.

Audio processing is performed entirely with floating point accuracy. This guarantees the highest possible dynamic range. The processing can be done in real-time, with the open VST-plug-in architecture, or offline.

"Real-time audio manipulation is mandatory for all musicians" said product manager Thorsten Held. "BeOS is a true Media OS; its Media Kit and optimized latency timing together with our sound technology give a good opportunity for even better products."

"Steinberg sets the bar for software in the music industry," said Tim Self, Developer Evangelist, "Steinberg's presence gives musicians the key tools to produce their music on the BeOS."

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About Steinberg:
Steinberg has been creating some of the world's most innovative music software since 1985. With headquarters in Hamburg, Paris, Tokyo and Los Angeles, Steinberg is a truly global company with employees from fifteen countries. In 1996, Steinberg introduced the Cubase Virtual Studio Technology (VST) the first ever native host processing program with real-time EQ, Effects, Mixing, automation, third party plug in support and third party audio hardware support with multi I/O. Steinberg's VST plug-in format and ASIO (Audio Stream Input Output) are industry standards. In 1998 Steinberg introduced NUENDO the radical new concept for digital audioworkstations based on Silicon Graphics Computers. Additional information on Steinberg and their products is available online at http://www.steinberg.net/.

About Be

Be, Inc., founded in 1990 by Jean-Louis Gassée, is a software company focusing on building new foundations for the next generation of digital content and media design tools. With a team of industry-leading engineers and business executives in the United States and Europe, the company is dedicated to removing the limitations of existing computer architectures and delivering a new level of price performance.

In July 1997, Be published the first public release of the Be Operating System (BeOS), the core product of this strategy. Additional information on Be and the BeOS is available online at http://www.be.com/. Be, Inc. is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.