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Digidesign's flagship software product is Pro Tools , 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 DIGI001 or DIGI002. Pro Tools M-Powered is simply the Pro Tools application adapted to run on M-Audio hardware, and is generally comparible 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 , and Control Surfaces . Recently they introduced a system for Live Sound Reproduction .


HISTORY


  • 1984 - Founded as DigiDrums (later DigiDesign) by Gotcher and Brooks.


  • 1987 - Digidesign launches the first digital audio workstation system, Sound Tools , for the Apple Macintosh . The company refers to it as "the first tapeless recording studio".


  • 1991 - Digidesign renames (and adds NuBus DSP support for) Sound Tools, calling it Pro Tools , marking a significant advance in digital audio. This integrated software and hardware system ( Digital Audio Workstation ) is among the most popular for audio production for television, music, and film.


  • 1995 - Avid Technology acquires Digidesign. Digidesign now operates as a business unit of Avid.




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


  • 2004 - Avid acquires M-Audio , 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's Advanced Instrument Research group (AIR), but remains largely independent, operating out of Germany.



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