From the Digidesign webpage:
Avid Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVID) today announced that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of Irwindale, CA-based M-Audio a leading provider of digital audio and MIDI solutions for electronic musicians and audio professionals. M-Audio is now a business unit of Avids Digidesign audio division, and will market its line of computer audio products alongside Digidesigns award-winning digital audio workstations for the professional and home/hobbyist markets.
There are significant benefits that result from this acquisition not just for Avid, but for virtually any user who is serious about making high-quality music or audio, said David Krall, Avids president and chief executive officer. Both Digidesign and M-Audio have visionary leaders who have proven track records for pioneering computer-based audio solutions. In the months ahead, we will tap their respective areas of expertise to develop a versatile and comprehensive set of creative home studio tools to pursue what the National Association of Music Merchants estimates to be a $500 million annual opportunity in the computer music and home recording market.
M-Audios award-winning line of products which includes computer audio peripherals, PCI sound cards, keyboard controllers and control surfaces, microphones, microphone preamps, speakers, and distributed software and proprietary sound libraries complements Digidesigns family of professional and home audio solutions. As a business unit of Digidesign, M-Audio employs approximately 200 people with domestic operations in California and Wisconsin, and international operations in Canada, England, Germany, France, and Japan. M-Audios founder and CEO, Tim Ryan, has joined Digidesign as general manager of M-Audio, reporting to Dave Lebolt, Digidesign general manager and Avid vice president. M-Audios headquarters will remain in Irwindale.
Does this mean we can use Pro Tools with more interfaces now?
Avid Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVID) today announced that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of Irwindale, CA-based M-Audio a leading provider of digital audio and MIDI solutions for electronic musicians and audio professionals. M-Audio is now a business unit of Avids Digidesign audio division, and will market its line of computer audio products alongside Digidesigns award-winning digital audio workstations for the professional and home/hobbyist markets.
There are significant benefits that result from this acquisition not just for Avid, but for virtually any user who is serious about making high-quality music or audio, said David Krall, Avids president and chief executive officer. Both Digidesign and M-Audio have visionary leaders who have proven track records for pioneering computer-based audio solutions. In the months ahead, we will tap their respective areas of expertise to develop a versatile and comprehensive set of creative home studio tools to pursue what the National Association of Music Merchants estimates to be a $500 million annual opportunity in the computer music and home recording market.
M-Audios award-winning line of products which includes computer audio peripherals, PCI sound cards, keyboard controllers and control surfaces, microphones, microphone preamps, speakers, and distributed software and proprietary sound libraries complements Digidesigns family of professional and home audio solutions. As a business unit of Digidesign, M-Audio employs approximately 200 people with domestic operations in California and Wisconsin, and international operations in Canada, England, Germany, France, and Japan. M-Audios founder and CEO, Tim Ryan, has joined Digidesign as general manager of M-Audio, reporting to Dave Lebolt, Digidesign general manager and Avid vice president. M-Audios headquarters will remain in Irwindale.
Does this mean we can use Pro Tools with more interfaces now?
