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    Default Bob invented visual waveform editing?

    George Peterson has a post on Facebook talking about the advent of digital audio and giving a brief history. The following is the first reply in the thread.

    "does anyone here remember editing digital audio in Hex? (fairlight, Synclavier and Sonic Solutions) when Bob Lentini came up with visual editing (waveform) it changed the industry from that point onwards, now with spectral editing (CEDAR in the late 1990s) even the impossible is possible) i can’t wait to see what the next advancement will be (floating point algorithms are a huge failure for sound quality, but make it easier on the coders and allow for some crazy theoretical headroom)."

    Bob, is this true? I had no idea.
    Dave "it aint the heat, it's the humidity" Labrecque
    Becket, Massachusetts

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    Dave,

    I do not use Facebook, but can you send me a link or even a screen shot? Thanks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mr_es335 View Post
    Dave,

    I do not use Facebook, but can you send me a link or even a screen shot? Thanks.
    Dell, I can't figure out a way to send a link. But I think you'd need a FB account to see it, anyway. Check your email for some screen grabs.
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    Dave "it aint the heat, it's the humidity" Labrecque
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    Dave,

    Thank for the capture...much appreciated.

    All that I can say is, "Wow! and Double-Wow!"

    If anyone has not yet taken the time to view the "My Story" pages, I strongly recommended that you consider doing so!

    Thanks again, Dave.

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    I'd post the screen grab from FB here, but I just can't figure out how.

    I think I did it once using Micro's FB page as a "middleman," but it's quite the PITA. No offense, Micro. You did all you could.
    Last edited by Dave Labrecque; 11-10-2022 at 06:37 PM.
    Dave "it aint the heat, it's the humidity" Labrecque
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    Quote Originally Posted by Microstudio View Post
    With only a passing mention of "multitrack waveform drawing." Was SAWPlus the first? I'd always assumed the Digi products of the time had that feature. No?
    Dave "it aint the heat, it's the humidity" Labrecque
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    Default Re: Bob invented visual waveform editing?

    Dave,

    Here is that article: [Click_Me]

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    Quote Originally Posted by mr_es335 View Post
    Dave,

    Here is that article: [Click_Me]
    Nice. Now everyone can see it.
    Dave "it aint the heat, it's the humidity" Labrecque
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave Labrecque View Post
    Nice. Now everyone can see it.
    Mixbus32 page points out the problems with early DAWs... why theirs solves all those problems.... funny thing is.... Bob Solved all those problems back in the early 2000's and we've been living with an advanced DAW decades ahead of its time! (both sonic and function) Also, in the mid 90's Bob had wave form/sample accurate editing as a standard feature.... so many firsts, to many to list.... was always a laugh to watch PT come up with something many years later, far after we had it in SS.

    Thanks Bob! My clients were always impressed with the quality and speed (especially when quality, speed, and workflow functionality were issues with most other DAWS elsewhere).
    Many many thanks!
    Carl G.
    Voice Talent/Audio Producer
    www.creativetrax.com

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