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{{Infobox Company | company_name = Digidesign| company_logo = [[Image:Digidesign-logo.gif|140px]] | company_type = Public subsidiary | foundation = 1984 | location = [[Daly City, California]] | key_people = | area_served = Digital audio production | industry = Technology | products = [[Pro Tools]] | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | num_employees = | parent = [[Avid Technology]] | subsid = | homepage = [http://www.digidesign.com Digidesign] | footnotes = }} '''Digidesign''' is an American [[digital audio]] 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]] chips for [[drum machines]]. ==Products== 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 Mbox 2 or Digi 002. 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, [[Synchronizer (film editing)|Synchronizers]], and [[electronic mixer|control surfaces]]. In the spring of 2005 they introduced a system for [[live sound mixing]] called VENUE. ==History== * [[1984]] - Founded as [[Digidrums]] (later Digidesign) by Peter Gotcher and Evan Brooks. * [[1989]] - 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 releases the first [[Pro Tools]] multitrack system, 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]] {{nasdaq|AVID}} acquires Digidesign. Digidesign now operates as a business unit of Avid. * [[2001]] - Digidesign wins a [[Grammy]] award for [[Pro Tools]] * [[2003]] - Avid acquires [[Bomb Factory]]'s extensive product catalog. These products are now included with [[Pro Tools]] systems. * [[2003]] - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognizes Digidesign's contribution to audio post production for film with an [[Academy Awards|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. * [[2006]] - Avid acquires [[Sibelius notation program|Sibelius]], the music software, in a deal worth over $23 million. ==See also== * [[Sound Designer II]], popular audio file format made by the company. ==External links== * [http://www.digidesign.com/ Digidesign home page] * [http://duc.digidesign.com/ Digidesign User Conference] * [http://www.protoolsusers.com/ Pro Tools Users Group] [[Category:1984 establishments]] [[Category:Companies based in San Mateo County]] {{tech-company-stub}} [[de:Digidesign]] [[sv:Digidesign]]