Nod to The Legend · The inventions · 1991
Pro Tools
Peter Gotcher and Evan Brooks of Digidesign
After Sound Tools in 1989, Digidesign launched Pro Tools in 1991, recording and editing audio on a computer. It replaced tape in most pro studios within about a decade.
Still heard: The DAW era, and the plugins inside it, started here.
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