Acid – The Sonic Foundry Story 1998

Sonic Foundry Corporate video from 1998. This little piece of History is very close to my heart. I helped score the audio for this video back in the day when I used to work at Sonic Foundry in Madison. You’ll see me at about 3:16 mins in to the right (your left) of a very nerdy looking Mike Scheibinger. I’m holding my chin and wearing a green hoody. My Side Of The Story: Ray sent me to Nashville in 1998 for the Summer NAMM convention and that is where the story really unfolds. I stopped by a demonstration at the Sonic Foundry booth and listened to their sales rep demonstrate the latest version of Sonic Foundry’s ACID Pro. We had already sold ACID version 1.0 at zZounds and I of course was amazed at what this program could do simply because there was absolutely nothing else like it and it certainly was a total dream come true. After the demonstration they announced that they were hiring and if interested they were to speak with a representative back stage. I was the first and only person to respond which almost made it seem as though it was meant to be. I could hardly wait to return home because the meeting went well and my hopes were high. I followed through with every step immediately upon my arrival in Chicago and to no avail received a phone call from Mike Scheibinger at zZounds of all places, how nerve racking. Mike was interested and eager to meet and interview me at the Madison Wisconsin home base. My experience in Madison was almost dream like. Mike let me stay at …