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Cakewalk Sells Overture and Score Writer to GenieSoft
Press Release
2001-08-26

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Cakewalk has announced the sale of its Overture and Score Writer notation software products to GenieSoft, a company newly formed to market, support, and further develop these music notation products. GenieSoft is founded by Don Williams, the original and principal software engineer behind Overture and Score Writer. Effective immediately, current owners of the Overture and Score Writer products may obtain technical support from GenieSoft, via phone and email. Details are available at http://www.GenieSoft.com.

"Today Cakewalk is focusing on integrated music production systems for Windows, with flagship products like SONAR and SONAR XL. So transferring ownership of Overture and Score Writer notation software products to Don Williams and GenieSoft made sense for our notation customers," explained Greg Hendershott, CEO, Cakewalk.

"The fact that GenieSoft founder Don Williams is the original developer of these products is great news for those customers. He's committed to continuing customer support and product enhancements," Hendershott added.

"We're excited to own Overture and Score Writer and have setup full support for both products and have started on new versions to be released in the coming months," said Don Williams. "And, we are confident that current and new customers will find the new ownership beneficial."

About Cakewalk

Founded in 1987 and based in Boston, MA, Cakewalk is an international, industry-leading provider of software for music and sound creation. The company's award-winning products are used worldwide by more than 900,000 users, for applications including audio CD production, film/TV soundtracks, live stage sound, club remixes, computer game sound, multimedia applications, and Internet delivery.

About GenieSoft

GenieSoft is a new software company dedicated to providing software for amateur and professional musicians. GenieSoft was founded in 2001 by Donald Williams the original developer of Overture and Score Writer. In August 2001, GenieSoft purchased Overture and Score Writer from Cakewalk, the owner for the past three years. The flagship product Overture, is a mid-range notation program with high-end features and an elegant, intuitive interface. Score Writer is an affordable entry-level notation program based on Overture.