Latest Pro Tools Release Signals Company's Re-Entry Into Home Studio Market
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Alto, Calif., June 21, 2000 -- Digidesign, the audio division of Avid Technology,
Inc.announced this week that it has begun shipping Pro Tools LE for the
Microsoft Windows 98 platform. In addition, the company's SampleCell II
Plus product, an audio sample editing and playback application that integrates
with Pro Tools, is now available for Windows 98.In the past few years, Pro Tools has become a leader in digital audio production system, gaining wide acceptance in professional recording and video post-production facilities. The processing power of these high-end Pro Tools systems comes from dedicated hardware that is installed in the user's computer. With recent advances in computer processor speeds, however, it has become possible to carry out some of this processing in the software domain, or in the "host processor."
Digidesign's new software release, Pro Tools LE 5.0.1, is a host-based version of its production platform that runs on both Apple Macintosh and Windows 98 computers. Both of Digidesign's home studio products, the Digi 001 and Digi ToolBox XP, are powered by Pro Tools LE software. "Digidesign has reinforced its commitment to the Windows platform with these new versions of Pro Tools LE and SampleCell," said David Froker, General Manager of Digidesign. "And with this cross-platform, host-based release, we are in an excellent position to leverage future advances in computer processing power."
Digidesign's Digi 001 system has been available for Macintosh computers since November 1999. "The Digi 001 has quickly become a significant part of our business," said John Rechsteiner, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, "and we expect that demand will increase even more now that we're shipping on Windows 98."
Digidesign Digidesign, a division of Avid Technology, Inc., is a leading digital audio production software and systems manufacturer. Digidesign's products provide the professional music, film, video, multimedia, and radio broadcast industries with CD-quality digital recording, MIDI sequencing, random access editing, advanced signal processing and digital audio mixing applications.
Source: Avid Technology, Inc.
Internet: www.digidesign.com