We purchased the first available version of Pro Tools and launched the new version to discover that there were now 4 audio tracks instead of 2. (See my History of Audio Post here.)Ī short time later, Pro Tools was introduced and everyone at the studio thought it was simply an upgrade to Sound Tools but with a different name. I took to it like a fish takes to water since I was already using computers, MIDI sequencers and drum machines - even replacing chips in drum machines - which is fitting since that is how Peter Gotcher and Evan Brooks started Digidesign back in 1984.
Since I did so many ¼-inch tape edits, the studio manager was forward thinking enough to introduce a new 2-track digital editing system by Digidesign called Sound Tools.
Back then we used ¼-inch analog tape with a razor blade to physically cut the tape. In 1990, I was working at a music studio where I did a lot of cut downs of 60s, 30s, 15s and 10s for TV and radio commercials.
