Pro sound on a computer (PC or Mac). Sound (any kind of sound) on the World Wide Web. Soundcards and pro audio cards. DAWs and virtual studios from Antex to Zefiro. Software for multitrack digital audio recording and editing. Sound file formats - .mp3 (MPEG layer 3 or MP3), MP4, .wav (Wave), .aiff, .snd, .au, .ra (Real Audio).
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Software Audio Workshop (SAW) has been recording since recording wasn't cool - at least not on a PC. Back in the pre-Pentium days, serious audio recording on a PC was only a crazy dream. There were a few cards out there, and a lot of extravagant promises being made and broken, but most folks agreed that the Windows platform just didn't have what it took for audio.
However, a few pioneering souls saw the future, and it was (sigh) Windows. The folks at Innovative Quality Software didn't sit around moaning - they built a product that became a milestone in recording history - the first professional multitrack audio package for the PC. Using innovative programming techniques and writing much of SAW in fast machine language, they bypassed much of the Windows system overhead that was holding back the audio scene.
SAW is the elder statesman of audio recording, and in many ways, it's still the best. The latest version is called SAWPro, and features up to 64 tracks of audio recording in a non-destructive environment. Of course, the number of tracks you can work with depends on your sound card and the speed of your hard drive. Fortunately, SAW is designed to help you get as many glitch-free tracks as possible, and to be compatible with a wide variety of hardware.
