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Jim Fogle
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90s Tech Fueled Home Recording

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A very short article. How '90s Music Tech Paved the Way for Millions of Bedroom Musicians. Massive recording studios were suddenly able to fit on a desktop, record store's inventory could fit in the palm of your hand, and nothing was the same.

https://gizmodo.com/how-90s-music-tech- ... 1850230614

As a Windows user my biggest complaint is the author is Apple biased. For example he mentions Avid's ProTools was released in 1991 while Cakewalk was released in 1987.
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My first ProTools rig (called SoundTools back then) set me back ten grand for a stereo only rig. (What did they use before ProTools? Pros….)
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There were lots of options then. Cakewalk, N-Tracks, Samplitude, et al. Then digital goodies like Akai 4 track, then Alesis HD24, Tascam 2424, ADAT machines galore.

Just an opinion, but exactly all of these sounded great when used with a console.
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