Cakewalk® Announces New U.S. Distribution Partner

—WA-based SteptimeWare to help bring Cakewalk's Music Industry (MI) software products to small- and mid-sized U.S. music dealers—

Boston, MA—Cakewalk, the world's leading developer of powerful and easy to use products for music creation and recording, today announced a non-exclusive distribution partnership with SteptimeWare of Bellingham, WA. The partnership took effect August 1, 2008.

The new relationship will extend Cakewalk's industry-leading SONAR Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) product line and Cakewalk Instruments that include Rapture, Dimension Pro and Z3TA+ to a greater range of smaller music dealers across the U.S.

"We're excited to add SteptimeWare to our network of distribution partners," said Cakewalk's Vice President of Sales Anthony Conte. "They have a deep and diverse customer base of resellers, and we're pleased SteptimeWare will be able to help provide our products while helping us further penetrate this key market."

"Our resellers are unique in their service to customers. Although they may not be as large a sales channel as the MI chain stores, their needs are just as diverse. Whether it's a tool to compose and arrange, a virtual synth product or a music education package, our resellers want the finest software available," said SteptimeWare's owner Doug E. Smith. "Providing Cakewalk's family of world-class products meets the demand we face every day. They're going to make a great addition to our product line."

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About SteptimeWare

Based in Bellingham, WA, SteptimeWare is an independent importer and distributor of music and audio software worldwide to musical instrument and computer resellers across the U.S. For more information, visit www.steptimeware.com or call (866) 567-5955.

About Cakewalk

Cakewalk 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
• 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 are trademarks of Twelve Tone Systems, Inc. Other trademarks mentioned are held by their respective owners.