Sound Designer / Sound Designer II
Sound Designer by Digidesign was introduced and ported from the Mac in 1989. Technically it is the Sample Editor for the Sound Tools hardware package, and forerunner to Avid Technology's Pro Tools. To note, the Sound Tools package included the Atari Sound Accelerator expansion card, external Sound Tools audio input/ouput box and as mentioned, the Sound Designer software. As such, the Sound Tools package is considered to be the first Digital Audio Workstation (DAW). Accompanied by the Sound Tools hardware, Sound Designer can record stereo sound in real time directly to your Atari's Hard Disk. Despite popular belief, Sound Designer can run on any Atari ST, although as a package, Sound Tools was made with the Atari Mega ST in mind, specifically referring to the Atari Sound Accelerator in this instance. Via the Sound Tools audio input/ouput box, Sound Designer can
Overview
- Name: Digisound Professional
- Sample Format: 8 bits
- Sample Rate: 5 to 40 kHz
- Sound Quality: Mono