New York City, NY (October 2, 1996) - Recognized for its use in restoring tens of thousands of recordings, movie and TV sound tracks around the world, NoNOISE by Sonic Solutions was honored with an Emmy Award for outstanding technical achievement on October 1st at the annual ceremony held by The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

Now used in every major recording market in the world and considered the de facto standard among sound restoration techniques, NoNOISE was the first digital sound restoration technology available commercially. Since its introduction in 1986, NoNOISE has made it possible for audio recordings, movies and TV soundtracks, and other media utilizing digital audio, to greatly enhance the quality of recordings by removing unwanted noise while preserving underlying program material.

"Recognition of NoNOISE as a key digital production tool by The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences is very gratifying," said Bob Doris, president of Sonic Solutions. "Audio technology is surging forward as bandwidth increases and new digital audio/video technologies explode on the scene. With NoNOISE, producers will be able to bring the best of the old into the new, digital production environment, enhancing the quality of analog source material in the process."

Traditional analog audio restoration techniques can eliminate noise but usually leave the valuable program material muddy. NoNOISE applies proprietary digital signal processing algorithms that eliminate broadband background noise like tape hiss and record surface noise, as well as AC hum, HVAC buzz, camera whine and other such ambient noises. It can also reduce distortion caused by overloads and dropouts, acoustical pops and clicks, transients caused by bad splices and channel breakup from wireless microphones, all without affecting the original source material.

Sonic's NoNOISE is used by TV and radio stations, as well as film and music production studios around the world. Classic episodes of I Love Lucy, interviews edited for 60 Minutes, and tracks of most other popular TV shows, movies, and music recordings utilize NoNOISE to enhance the quality of audio recordings. NBC producers from Dateline used the technology to reconstruct unintelligible dialogue allegedly spoken by O.J. Simpson from a recording of a controversial 911 call made by Nicole Brown Simpson which was admitted as evidence in the Simpson trial.