

Version 2, released early in 1993, brought the software back in-house and introduced the now-familiar Pro Tools application with the DAE.ġ994 – Pro Tools 2.5 – Digidesign introduced Pro Tools TDM, enabling real-time effects to run as plug-ins inside Pro Tools. The Digidesign team had recognised that relying on a third party to develop part of the Pro Tools software was a mistake. The platform originally supported four to 16 independent I/O channels, analog and digital I/O and SMPTE sync 4 voices, ProDECK and ProEDIT software licensed from OSC, MIDI, and automation systems and was priced from $5,995 (plus the $6,700 for a Mac IIc with4 MB of RAM and an 80MB hard disk).ġ992 – Pro Tools 1.1 – Support was added for upto 4 cards/interfaces for 4–16 voices.ġ993 – Pro Tools 2.0 – merged ProDECK and ProEDIT into one application. Offering outboard converters, Sound Designer II software and a $3,995 price tag.Įarly 1990s~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ġ991 – Pro Tools 1.0 With Pro DECK/EDIT - On June 5th, 1991, Digidesign made a giant step with its debut of Pro Tools, a Mac-based system that integrated multitrack digital audio recording/editing, DSP and onscreen digital mixing.
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Evan Brooks and Peter Gotcher, who were high school friends and both graduated from the University of California saw an opportunity and set about creating new sound libraries for the Drumulator and set up Digidrums, and offered upgrade EPROM microchips a year after the release of the E-MU drum machine.ġ980s~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ġ984 - Sound Designer - The first Digidesign audio editing software was introduced under the product name Sound Designer priced at $995, Sound Designer offered visual editing features for instruments like the Synclavier and Fairlight.ġ989 – Sound Tools – On January 20, 1989, Digidesign founders Evan Brooks and Peter Gotcher unveiled Sound Tools, a Mac-based (SE or Mac II) 2-track digital recording/editing system. We go from the very start of Digidesign all the way up to the present day with the release of Pro Tools 2018.3.ġ983 - Digidrums - The history of Pro Tools goes all the way back to 1983 with the release of E-MU's Drumulator drum machine. Quote aving completed the detailed History of Pro Tools we wanted to produce a condensed summary version that would fit into one article with links to the respective articles if you want to know more.
