Press/Analyst Contact:
John Geyer John Rowe
Terran Interactive, Inc. QDesign Corporation
(408) 356-7373 x227 (604)688-1525 x34
jgeyer@terran.com johnr@qdesign.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Terran Licenses QDesign Audio Processing Libraries
– For Use in Media Cleaner 4 –

NAB Expo, Booth S4635, Las Vegas, NV (April 19, 1999) – With today’s
release of Media Cleaner Pro 4, Terran Interactive strengthens its
position as the industry leader in media compression. Media Cleaner 4
uses audio processing technology licensed from QDesign to provide
professional-quality audio resampling and filtering, resulting in the
best audio quality regardless of platform or format.

“Media Cleaner Pro has been recognized as an award-winning tool that
is indispensable for preparing video targeted for the Web and
CD-ROM,” says Richard J. Beaton, President and CTO of QDesign. “With
the professional audio processing capabilities from QDesign, we
expect Media Cleaner Pro to become the leading tool for compressing
audio as well as video.”

“The audio elements of multimedia files are just as important as the
video. By incorporating QDesign’s excellent audio processing
technology, Media Cleaner 4 takes a major step forward as a tool for
professional audio compression,” said Darren Giles, Technical
Director, Terran Interactive.

About Media Cleaner Pro
Media Cleaner Pro is the award-winning application for delivering the
highest quality media for the Web, CD-ROM, multimedia presentations
and DVD. Media Cleaner Pro supports all the major video, audio and
still image formats.

About QDesign Corporation
Founded in 1995, QDesign Corporation has been delivering
state-of-the-art audio technologies to the broadcast and new media
industries. The QDesign MPEG and QDesign Music Codec technologies
appear in hardware processors, digital audio production, automation
and distribution systems as well as professional and consumer
multimedia software. The QDesign Music Codec is the audio compression
solution for QuickTime, the industry-standard architecture for
creating and publishing digital media. For more information, visit
QDesign at www.qdesign.com.

About Terran Interactive, Inc.
Founded in 1995, Terran is a privately held company located in Los
Gatos, California. Terran’s mission is to develop powerful and
easy-to-use tools that optimize and compress dynamic media, enabling
users to enrich their new media projects. Media Cleaner Pro, Terran’s
flagship product, is recognized as the industry standard for
compressing digital media. For more information, visit www.terran.com