tracks, and cost 6,000 dollars, which was pretty steep, but it offered editing capabilities
that digital tape recorders just couldn’t touch: non-destructive, GUI interface editing,
with undo options, and many other editing and processing features.
Which is just what the doctor ordered if one needed or wanted to have control over the
material down to a sample, and to be able to edit it to the Nth degree. And we did.
We like the Nth degree. And so Digital Audio Workstations, DAWs, as we know them today,
entered the race for our attention, use, and dollars, of course. In addition to Pro Tools,
others that were developing similar products throughout the 80s joined the race - Cubase,
Logic, Digital Performer – all of which are still in the market, and in the studios
across the world today. And that gluttonous dream of ours of more tracks, finally became
a reality. OK, so how many tracks is that today? No count. Just more. As many as you
want. Actually as many as you are willing to spend on your computer processor and memory,
since the amount of available tracks on a DAW today simply depends on that, and not
on the limitations of technology. Hundreds? Sure. Thousands. Yes, thousands, if you need
thousands of tracks to do your music production, which if you do, you probably need to reexamine
your life, pick another profession, and start over.