This is Pro Tools LE version 7.3 on an Intel-equipped Mac Pro with an Mbox, running under Apple’s OS X 10.4.9, “Tiger.” This is Pro Tools LE version 6.9.2 on a Macintosh G4 equipped with an Mbox, running under Apple’s OS X 10.4.7, “Tiger.” Here is Pro Tools LE version 6.1.2 on a Macintosh running under OS X version 10.2.8, “Jaguar.” The large window in the background containing the waveforms is called the Edit Window. The even smaller window at the bottom is called the Transport Window. The small window containing the faders at the right is called the Mix Window. Although a simple session (one stereo pair), it provides a glimpse of Pro Tools for those who may never have seen it in action. This is digidesign’s Pro Tools LE digital audio editing software, version 5.1.1, on a Macintosh equipped with an Audiomedia III sound card, running under OS 9.2.2. The Digi Toolbox XP package brought it all together with Digidesign, Pro Tools LE, and Avid.Ĭhapter 2 of the Toolbox XP manual described how to install the Audiomedia III card into a Mac. Audiomedia software would not launch without a card being present. Hardware interfaces, such as the DIGI 001. These cards were predecessors to the external

The year was 1991.Īn Audiomedia III card was required to be plugged into a Mac. Makes no mention of Avid nor of Pro Tools. The Audiomedia instruction manual, a mere 185 pages in length, Audiomedia was available only for the Mac. Two mono tracks or a stereo pair was its limit.

This is “Audiomedia,” the precursor to Pro Tools.

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