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Digidesign is an American digital audio
Digital audio

Digital audio uses digital signals for sound reproduction. This includes Analog-to-digital converter, Digital-to-analog converter, storage, and transmission....
 technology company. It was founded in 1984 by Peter Gotcher and Evan Brooks. The company began as a project to raise money for the founders' band, selling EPROM
EPROM

An EPROM, or Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory, is a type of memory integrated circuit that retains its data when its power supply is switched off....
 chips for drum machines.

Products
Digidesign's flagship software product is Pro Tools
Pro Tools

Pro Tools is a Digital Audio Workstation platformfor Mac OS and Microsoft Windows operating systems, developed and manufactured by Digidesign, a division of Avid Technology....
, which comes in three variations: Pro Tools|HD, Pro Tools LE, and Pro Tools M-Powered.

Pro Tools|HD requires a Digidesign TDM system and interface, and is intended for professional recording studios.






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Digidesign is an American digital audio
Digital audio

Digital audio uses digital signals for sound reproduction. This includes Analog-to-digital converter, Digital-to-analog converter, storage, and transmission....
 technology company. It was founded in 1984 by Peter Gotcher and Evan Brooks. The company began as a project to raise money for the founders' band, selling EPROM
EPROM

An EPROM, or Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory, is a type of memory integrated circuit that retains its data when its power supply is switched off....
 chips for drum machines.

Products


Digidesign's flagship software product is Pro Tools
Pro Tools

Pro Tools is a Digital Audio Workstation platformfor Mac OS and Microsoft Windows operating systems, developed and manufactured by Digidesign, a division of Avid Technology....
, which comes in three variations: Pro Tools|HD, Pro Tools LE, and Pro Tools M-Powered.

Pro Tools|HD requires a Digidesign TDM system and interface, and is intended for professional recording studios. Pro Tools LE is a complete package intended for home users and some post-production facilities. The package includes the Pro Tools LE software and hardware such as the M-Box 2 or Digi 003. Pro Tools M-Powered is simply the Pro Tools application adapted to run on M-Audio hardware, and is generally comparable in power to LE systems.

Digidesign also makes a number of products for the Pro Tools platform, including several software plug-ins. They also manufacture a wide variety of hardware add-ons for Pro Tools, such as audio interfaces, MIDI interfaces, Synchronizers
Synchronizer (film editing)

A film synchronizer is a device used in the Film editing phase of filmmaking.Film synchronizers generally have 1 to 8 "gang", or slots through which film can be threaded....
, and control surfaces
Electronic mixer

An electronic mixer is a device that combines two or more electronics Signal s into one composite output signal. There are two basic types of mixer....
. In the spring of 2005 they introduced a system for live sound mixing
Live sound mixing

Live sound mixing is the art of combining and processing a number of audio signals together to create a "mix" that the audience or performers at a live show hear....
 called VENUE.

History


  • 1984 - Founded as Digidrums (later Digidesign) by Peter Gotcher and Evan Brooks.


  • 1989 - Digidesign launches the first digital audio workstation
    Digital audio workstation

    A digital audio workstation is an electronic system designed to sound recording, sound editing and play back digital audio. A key feature of DAWs is the ability to freely manipulate recorded sounds....
     system, Sound Tools
    Sound Tools

    Sound Tools was the first digital audio workstation released by Digidesign in the late 1980s. Its successor is the music industry standard, Pro Tools....
    , for the Apple Macintosh. The company refers to it as "the first tapeless recording studio".


  • 1991 - Digidesign releases the first Pro Tools
    Pro Tools

    Pro Tools is a Digital Audio Workstation platformfor Mac OS and Microsoft Windows operating systems, developed and manufactured by Digidesign, a division of Avid Technology....
     multitrack system, marking a significant advance in digital audio. This integrated software and hardware system (digital audio workstation
    Digital audio workstation

    A digital audio workstation is an electronic system designed to sound recording, sound editing and play back digital audio. A key feature of DAWs is the ability to freely manipulate recorded sounds....
    ) is among the most popular for audio production for television, music, and film.


  • 1995 - Avid Technology
    Avid Technology

    Avid Technology, Inc is an United States company specializing in video and audio production technology; specifically, digital Non-linear editing system systems, management and distribution services....
      acquires Digidesign. Digidesign now operates as a business unit of Avid.


  • 2001 - Digidesign wins a Grammy award for Pro Tools
    Pro Tools

    Pro Tools is a Digital Audio Workstation platformfor Mac OS and Microsoft Windows operating systems, developed and manufactured by Digidesign, a division of Avid Technology....


  • 2003 - Avid acquires Bomb Factory
    Bomb Factory

    Bomb Factory is a recording studio and manufacturer of music plugins based in Los Angeles, California....
    's extensive product catalog. These products are now included with Pro Tools
    Pro Tools

    Pro Tools is a Digital Audio Workstation platformfor Mac OS and Microsoft Windows operating systems, developed and manufactured by Digidesign, a division of Avid Technology....
     systems.


  • 2003 - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognizes Digidesign's contribution to audio post production for film with an Oscar
    Academy Awards

    The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers....
    .


  • 2004 - Avid acquires M-Audio
    M-Audio

    M-Audio , a business unit of Avid Technology, is a manufacturer of a variety of audio products, including digital audio workstation interfaces, Musical keyboard MIDI controllers, condenser microphones, and studio monitors....
    , which now operates as a business unit of Digidesign, but maintains the M-Audio brand name and remains largely distinct from Digidesign.


  • 2005 - Avid acquires Wizoo, which now operates as Digidesign Advanced Instrument Research Group (A.I.R.), but remains largely independent, operating out of Bremen
    Bremen

    Bremen is a Hanseatic League city in northwestern Germany . It is a port city, situated along the Weser River, about south from its mouth on the North Sea....
    , Germany
    Germany

    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
    .


  • 2006 - Avid acquires Sibelius
    Sibelius notation program

    Sibelius is a proprietary scorewriter program, created by Sibelius Software for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, Mac OS X, and RISC OS, used by composers, arrangers, performers, music publishers, teachers and students, to create musical scores and parts....
    , the music software, in a deal worth over $23 million.

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