„Wave field synthesis is the single most impressive advance I’ve seen for a long time.“ George Massenburg, Recording Engineer
„This is astounding. They took sounds right through my head.“ Dave Stump, Director of Photography
„The best listening position is where I sit in a live performance. With IOSONO you can put the entire audience in my lap.“ Herbie Hancock
„I was overwhelmed. IOSONO is the best sound system money can buy.“ Dimitri Hegemann, Tresor Techno Club

Amsterdam, May 17, 2008

New IOSONO® Spatial Audio Workstation Plug-inexclusively for Nuendo 4

IOSONO GmbH and Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology present their newest audio production tool at the 124th AES Convention in Amsterdam. IOSONO GmbH and Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology IDMT show their brand-new development - the next generation of IOSONO^® Spatial Audio Workstation (SAW). The object-oriented surround panning and mixing plug-in exclusively for Steinberg's Nuendo 4 will be presented at the Fraunhofer booth 2217, and in special product shows on Monday, May 19th (12 a.m. and 4 p.m.) at the Steinberg booth 1910.

The joint development is a powerful object-oriented positioning and automation plug-in that allows the user to discretely place and move sound objects throughout the listeners' space.

The plug-in is designed for the smooth integration into Nuendo 4, Steinberg's advanced audio and post production system. It provides the mixing crew at the dub stage with a proper tool to create content for IOSONO^® enhanced environments.

Within the SAW plug-in, dedicated Nuendo tracks and audio events appear as selectable sound objects on the SAW stage.

The mixer can assign a discrete position for each sound object for its x and y coordinates. The sound objects can also be automated over time. The user has full control over the audio objects and the motion lines. Moreover the plug-in offers a wide range of functions for audio objects and motion lines, e.g. move, rotate, scale or group.

The seamless integration of the SAW plug-in for Nuendo 4 into any audio/media production workflow makes it a proper tool for audio post production, digital cinema sound, 3D audio (e.g. complementing 3D picture) and media production.

Experience the new SAW plug-in and visit us at the Fraunhofer booth 2217 or on Monday at the Steinberg booth 1910 an exclusive product presentation.

About IOSONO GmbH

IOSONO GmbH is the licensing, marketing, distribution and service company for all IOSONO products, providing complete systems solutions. In operation since the beginning of 2005, the company is a spin-off of the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology.

IOSONO GmbH operates globally from its two locations in Germany and Los Angeles. The company is staffed with an international team of 15 employees and further supported through a network of local distributors and installers. Recent sales of IOSONO systems include destinations like Qatar, Austria, Switzerland, the UK, Germany and the United States.

More information: www.iosono-sound.com

About Fraunhofer IDMT

Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology IDMT in Ilmenau conducts applied research in the field of digital media and works on leading projects and topics in the field of audio visual applications.

Besides sound solutions for home- and professional users (e.g. IOSONO^® Wave Field Synthesis technology) software technologies for analysis and characterization of multimedia content as well as audio-visual applications for medical engineering are being developed. Furthermore interactive AV applications for entertainment and knowledge management and the design of architectures for digital online-distribution are in the institute's research focus.

The Fraunhofer IDMT realizes innovative scientific results through prototypes and applicable solutions which come up to customer and market requirements in close cooperation with partners in economy, culture and science.