This isn't really new info but I think interesting none the less. It appears that in the late 80's and early 90's, what was needed in the world of computer audio was not multitracking software in so much as good computer editing software. There was a need in film, radio, and television production, to replace the cumbersome and expensive world of tape editing with computer editing. These articles are from 'Sound on Sound', and the first link is a review of the first commercial release of SAW(I guess it would be SawClassic-circa 95,96). Software to replace the very expensive hardware based editing units of the time.
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1996...wcakewalk.html
The second link is a review of SAW Plus 3.3. My introduction to SAW was in 1999, when someone gave me a copy of SAWPlus32. The following year with Windows 2000 and an M-Audio 2496 card, I was off and running...I used that setup for years.
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1997...qssawplus.html
This last link is a video of one of the hardware editing units of the time(circa 1992), The amazing thing about this unit is that it's touch screen!
https://vimeo.com/32983371
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