SmartSound Software Again Named One of Los Angeles' Fastest Growing Companies in Deloitte...

NORTHRIDGE, Calif. -- 267 Percent Revenue Growth Since 1999 Leads to Placement for Fourth Consecutive Year

SmartSound Software, Inc., the leading provider of soundtrack creation technology for visual content creators, has been named for the fourth consecutive year to Deloitte & Touche's

prestigious Los Angeles Technology Fast 50 program, a ranking of the 50 fastest-growing technology companies in the area by Deloitte & Touche LLP, one of the nation's leading professional services firms. Rankings are based on the percentage of growth in fiscal year revenues over five years, from 1999-2003.

SmartSound Software president and CEO Kevin Klingler credits the company's reputation as the leading provider of a complete soundtrack creation solution to a variety of markets as the main force behind the company's 267 percent revenue growth from 1999-2003.

"This past year alone, SmartSound has not only reinforced its dominance as the soundtrack creation tool for corporate and event A/V, but we've successfully expanded into the growing professional film and video market through our recent partnership with Avid," said Klingler. "The strength of our technology allows us to be able to maintain our grasp of current markets while quickly expanding into new markets."

SmartSound Software's increase in revenues of 267 percent from 1999 to 2003 resulted in a No. 24 ranking overall in the Fast 50 for Los Angeles.

"To succeed during prosperous times is one thing; to succeed in adversity is much more challenging, and that's exactly what the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 winners have done," said Tim Lovoy, partner in Deloitte's Technology, Media & Telecommunications practice, Los Angeles. "We applaud SmartSound Software for its tremendous accomplishments during economically challenging times and for being named one of the elite Fast 50 companies in Los Angeles."

To qualify for the Technology Fast 50, companies must have had operating revenues of at least $50,000 in 1999 and $1,000,000 in 2003, must be public or private companies headquartered in North America, and be a "technology company" defined as owning proprietary technology that contributes to a significant portion of the company's operating revenues (using other companies' technology in a unique way does not qualify); and/or devoting a significant portion of revenues to research and development of technology.

About SmartSound Software, Inc.

SmartSound Software Inc., The Soundtrack Company(TM), is the developer and marketer of the SmartSound family of audio software and music products -- the world leader in soundtrack creation technology for visual content creators. SmartSound technology is available for Windows XP, ME, 2000, and NT 4.0 or better and Macintosh OS 9.1-9.2.2 and OSX 10.1 or higher. SmartSound products include: Sonicfire(R) Pro, Quicktracks(R) for Premiere(R) Pro and Movie Maestro(R) soundtrack creation software and the Audio Palette, Sound Palette, Edge, Producer and Movie Music series of music and sound effects add-on CDs. The company is headquartered in Northridge, CA, and can be reached by phone at 818-920-9122, fax at 818-920-9152 or on the Web at www.smartsound.com.

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SmartSound, Sonicfire, Movie Maestro, Quicktracks, Quicktracks for Premiere Pro and The Soundtrack Company are either registered trademarks or trademarks of SmartSound Software, Inc. Other product names are either trademarks or trade names of their respective holders.