High Criteria Inc. Announces the Immediate Availability of Total Recorder Professional Edition, Total Recorder Standard Edition and Total Recorder Developer Edition, Versions 4.4.

December 17, 2003, Toronto, Canada

High Criteria Inc, a world leader in computer audio recording systems, today announced the immediate availability of new versions of its flagship product, Total Recorder. The Standard Edition, Professional Edition and the Developer Edition have all been upgraded to Version 4.4.

Total Recorder V4.4 offers a number of new features including support for Windows Media Audio (.wma) files. This new support allows users to record into .wma format or playback .wma files. The V4.4 release also includes the ability to Normalize .mp3 files.

The Professional Edition V4.4 also introduces the ability to edit .wma files and a new "fade-in" "fade-out" recording effect

Users wanting to work with .wma files must have Windows Media player V9.0 or higher installed, or they must install a support package made available my Microsoft. Please see this page for more details.

Total Recorder Developer Edition has also been updated to the V4.4 level. This new Developer Edition release includes all of the features and functionality that are available in Total Recorder Professional Edition.

All Total Recorder V4.4 Editions are immediately available and may be downloaded for evaluation and purchased from the High Criteria Web Site at www.highcriteria.com.

Version 4.4 Standard Edition is available for $11.95 U.S.

Version 4.4 Professional Edition is available for $35.95 U.S. For a limited time, registered users of Total Recorder Standard Edition may upgrade to the Professional Edition for an upgrade fee of $24.00 U.S. Upgrade users should note that installation of the Professional Edition will remove the Standard Edition from the PC. If you evaluate the Professional Edition and decide not to proceed with a purchase, then you must re-install the Standard Edition, including the specification of your Standard Edition registration key. Standard Edition registration keys are not compatible with the Professional Edition.

Version 4.4 Developer Edition is available for $99.95 U.S. This new version of the Developer Edition has all of the features and functionality of the Professional Edition.

For a limited time, registered users of Total Recorder Professional Edition may upgrade to the Developer Edition for an upgrade fee of $64.00 U.S. Upgrade users should note that installation of the Developer Edition will remove the Professional Edition from the PC. If you evaluate the Developer Edition and decide not to proceed with a purchase, then you must re-install the Professional Edition, including the specification of your Professional Edition registration key. Professional Edition registration keys are not compatible with the Developer Edition.

Total Recorder Standard Edition, Version 4.4 is available, free of charge, to purchasers of previous versions of Total Recorder Standard Edition. Existing customers may download and install the new version. Version 3.x registration keys are valid for any 4.x version. If a previous 3.x or 4.x version of the software is already installed, users don't need to uninstall it, just run the V4.4 Setup.exe. The Setup program will remove the previous version, and will preserve all the settings, including the registration key.

If a user has a version 1.x or 2.x copy of Total Recorder Standard Edition, then they must obtain a new registration key by using the self-service registration key management system. This system uses the email address under which the product was originally purchased. If this email address is no longer valid, then users requiring a new key should email High Criteria at support@highcriteria.com. Users should specify their registration name and E-mail address from the time of registering and their new E-mail address.

Total Recorder Professional Edition, Version 4.4 is available, free of charge, to purchasers of previous versions of Total Recorder Professional Edition. Existing customers may download and install the new version. If a previous version of the Professional Edition is already installed, users don't need to uninstall it, just run the V4.4 Setup.exe. The Setup program will remove the previous version, and will preserve all the settings, including the registration key.

Total Recorder Developer Edition, Version 4.4 is available, free of charge, to purchasers of previous versions of Total Recorder Developer Edition. Existing customers may download and install the new version. If a previous version of the Developer Edition is already installed, users don't need to uninstall it, just run the V4.4 Setup.exe. The Setup program will remove the previous version, and will preserve all the settings. The registration key, however, was altered for the V4.1 Developer Edition.

If you are a V3.4 Developer Edition user and you want to upgrade to V4.4, then they must obtain a new registration key by using the self-service registration key management system. This system uses the email address under which the product was originally purchased. If this email address is no longer valid, then users requiring a new key should email High Criteria at support@highcriteria.com. Users should specify their registration name and E-mail address from the time of registering and their new E-mail address.