 The other multimedia programs of the time, (Director and Authorware) also adopted it right away.In 1991, SoundEdit was bought by Macromind-Paracomp, which became Macromedia (now Adobe Systems).Macromedia rebranded the program as 'SoundEdit 16' and expanded its capabilities to support CD-quality stereo audio (16-bit) and added QuickTime soundtrack editing and an audio plug-in architecture.