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Pro Tools history source

I would like to point out a really thorough history of Pro Tools published in this independent website, which is well known by audio professionals.

A brief history of Pro Tools

This could be a good source to add information to the subject. Lion-hearted85 (talk) 17:44, 6 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Major article rewrite

I have performed a major rewrite of the article. For those interested to this topic, please take a moment to read my revision and tell me what you think about it — or just edit it if you feel something should be changed, refined, expanded or reduced.

Here is a thorough list of changes I have made:

Lead section: refined, with some sources added
History: rewritten and expanded; in-line sources were provided for each statement; Pro Tools timeline was moved here from the paragraph "History of Pro Tools Hardware and Software" for better readability of the latter
Application: rewritten and expanded with the application's distinctive features. Sources were added for each feature mentioned
History of Pro Tools Hardware and Software: minor revisions
Added new section ("Editions")
Information from sections marked as "written like an advertisement" was mostly integrated into the History section, changing the tone and providing more authoritative sources
Wikilinks were added
Sources were reorganized: citations from books were moved into the Bibliography section; all the information available (such as sources authors and dates) were added, and accurate page citations were also added for books
The Infobox was revised (Italian language is not available for Standard and Ultimate editions) and the latest logo, in high resolution and with transparency, was used (to avoid having a white background behind the logo itself) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lion-hearted85 (talk • contribs) 21:06, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Pro Tools HD wrong details

Extensibility: System could be extended with more than two Accel cards. I'm using a HD system with 1 Core and 4 Accel cards to this day
Accel cards: were also available as PCI cards (not only PCIe) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:16B8:4279:A900:6EEC:8050:D26C:7260 (talk) 18:07, 27 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Additional authorship

This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest has now been answered.

In the section titled "Deck, Pro Tools, Sound Tools II and Pro Tools II (1990–1994)", Peter Richert should be identified as the software developer of the first version of the Digidesign Audio Engine (DAE). This change should be made recognize Peter's contribution to the development of a key component of the Pro Tools system. He was the chief software architect of DAE from 1991 to 2007.

I propose that the following sentence be broken into two sentences as follows...

ORIGINAL:

The editor and the mixer were merged into a single application, while a specific software , the Digidesign Audio Engine (DAE), was provided as a separate application to favor hardware support from third-party developers, enabling the use of Pro Tools hardware and plug-ins on other DAWs.

REVISION:

The editor and the mixer were merged into a single Pro Tools application that utilized the Digidesign Audio Engine (DAE) created by Peter Richert. DAE was also provided as a separate application to favor hardware support from third-party developers, enabling the use of Pro Tools hardware and plug-ins on other DAWs.

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MarkRJeffery (talk) 04:17, 18 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@MarkRJeffery, how do we know DAWbench is a reliable source? ~Kvng (talk) 13:51, 20 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the reply, and your diligence in verifying sources. It is a good question. We can consider DAWbench a reliable source regarding Digidesign and Pro Tools history because they use a primary source with their interview of Digidesign Co-Founder in episode 18 of the podcast.

https://dawbench.libsyn.com/episode-18-music-tech-pioneers-ii-digidesign-the-early-years

At 1:13:05 in that podcast Evan states that Peter Gotcher (other Digidesign founder) and I were the original designers of how Pro Tools would work. I believe that assertion gives me credibility regarding which other individual contributed to the development of the system as it further developed. 2601:645:8880:27F0:B814:8603:EF91:B7BF (talk) 17:58, 20 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I would support this revision, as the podcast interlocutors seems authoritative. Since the podcasts are two hours long, it would be very important to accurately point out in the citations all the relevant excerpts which support the statements. Filling both the "At" field (with a range, eg "1:10:07–1:10:41") and the "Quote" field (with the transcription) would be appropriate (could we also mention the interlocutor in the "Quote" field?). This would be of great help to the reader to quickly evaluate the source of the statements. I would also support any other relevant addition or revision using the same approach with this source. Lion-hearted85 (talk) 09:42, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I like Lion-hearted85's suggestion and I am not opposed to the proposed revision. ~Kvng (talk) 15:11, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Curigliano, Vin. "Episode 19 : DAW Evolution III : Pro Tools – Past, Present, Future !". DAW Bench Radio Show. Retrieved 18 August 2022.

@MarkRJeffery Editor without a COI implementing this request. Cheers Duke Gilmore (talk) 16:02, 16 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Curigliano, Vin. "Episode 19 : DAW Evolution III : Pro Tools – Past, Present, Future !". DAW Bench Radio Show. Retrieved 18 August 2022.

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