Digidesign
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Digidesign is a digital audio 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 chips for drum machines. It grew to be the leader in digital audio.
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History
- 1984 - Founded as DigiDrums (later DigiDesign) by Gotcher and Brooks.
- 1991 - Digidesign revolutionizes digital audio with the release of the Pro Tools. This integrated software and hardware system (digital audio workstation) is the standard for audio production for television, music, and film.
- 1995 - Avid Technology (NASDAQ: AVID) acquires Digidesign. Digidesign now operates as a business unit of Avid.
- 2003 - Avid acquires Bomb Factory's extensive product catalog. These products are now included with Pro Tools systems.
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