Release date: Friday, April 8, 2005

Cakewalk® Wins World's Most Prestigious International Music Industry Press Award at Musikmesse 2005

BOSTON, MA (April 8, 2005)—Cakewalk, developer of the leading music and sound software for Windows, is pleased to announce SONAR 4 Producer Edition is this year's winner of the Musikmesse International Press Award (MIPA) in the Recording Software category.

The annual Musikmesse International Press Award ceremony, now in its sixth year, is one of the most anticipated events at Musikmesse—Europe’s largest professional music industry trade show that takes place every year in Frankfurt, Germany.

MIPA is the most prestigious music industry award and widely regarded as the “Grammy” of the International Musical Instrument/Pro Audio industry. 58 magazines from all over the world first nominate 3 products in each of more than 40 categories. SONAR 4 Producer Edition ultimately garnered the most winning votes for the best product of 2004/2005 in the recording software category over Apple Logic Pro 7 and Ableton Live 4.

Cakewalk’s Founder and CEO, Greg Hendershott, accepted the MIPA for SONAR 4 Producer Edition at the MIPA awards ceremony that took place Thursday, April 7th at Musikmesse. To learn more about the Musikmesse International Press Award 2005 visit http://www1.mipa-award.de.

SONAR 4 Producer Edition

SONAR Producer Edition has a well-earned reputation for delivering powerful production tools in a fast, streamlined user interface. With new version 4, Cakewalk has added powerful recording, editing, comping and navigation tools that optimize workflow for today's professional. In addition, version 4 combines innovative surround and AV capabilities along with precise engineering tools, making SONAR 4 Producer Edition the definitive audio production environment on the Windows platform.

About Cakewalk, Inc.
Cakewalk, Inc. is the world's leading developer of powerful, yet easy to use products for music creation and recording:

• Award-winning Digital Audio Workstations and Sequencers
• Integrated Music Hardware and Software Solutions
• Powered Stereo Monitors
• High-quality Digital Audio and MIDI Interfaces
• MIDI Keyboard Controllers
• Innovative Virtual Instruments and Effects
• Entry-level Consumer Products

Millions of musicians around the world choose Cakewalk products to produce audio for the professional music, film, broadcast, and video game industries. These customers include Grammy® and Emmy®-winning producers, composers, sound designers and engineers. We invite you to learn more about our company and products by visiting www.cakewalk.com.

Cakewalk is a registered trademark and the Cakewalk logo and SONARare trademarks of Cakewalk, Inc. Other trademarks mentioned are held by their respective owners. All specifications and appearances are subject to change without notice.