daw software timeline 1993-2013 (reference table) **updated 2018

[chrisNova777]

Recent Release dates from last 5-6 years
Cubase 10 / Reason 10 / Live 10 / Logic 10
Notice a trend here??? not sure if these companies are intentionally trying to synchronize their versions
Pro Tools 2022
FL Studio 21 Dec 15 2022
Presonus Studio One v6 Sep 23 2022
Cubase 12 April 27, 2022
Windows 11 October 4, 2021
Reason 12 September 1st 2021
Digital Performer 11 July 6, 2021
Live 11 23 February 2021
Reason 11 Sep 25, 2019
Cubase 10         Nov 10th, 2018
Logic Pro 10.4         Sep 27, 2018
Reason 10.2         Sep 26, 2018
Reason 10.1         May 8, 2018
Live 10            Feb 6, 2018
Acid Pro 8          Jan 21st 2018
Cubase 9.5         Nov 15, 2017
Reason 10         Oct 25, 2017
Digital Performer 9.5      Sep 12, 2017
Cubase 9.0         Dec 7, 2016
Reason 9         Jun 21, 2016
Cubase 8.5         Dec 2, 2015
Presonus Studio One v3.0   Jun 30, 2015
Digital Perfomer 9      Jun 23, 2015
FLStudio 12         Mar 16, 2015
Pro Tools 12         Mar 23, 2015
Cubase 8         Dec 3, 2014
Reason 8         Sep 30, 2014
Sonar X3         Sep 30, 2013
Logic Pro X         July 16, 2013
Pro Tools 11         Jun 21, 2013
Live 9            Mar 6, 2013
Sonar X2            Oct/1/2012
presonus studio one v2.0     Oct 31, 2011

20 Years of PC+MAC DAW history

the daw timeline picks up right when the first versions of CUBASE + LOGIC were being ported over to the pc + mac from the atari ST systems.. which, because of the included built in MIDI port + affordable price were the defacto standard MIDI Sequencer in 1993.






this document will be continued + reposted soon (Oct 2018)

last 5-6 years, and additions
Logic Pro 10.4         Sep 27, 2018
Reason 10.2         Sep 26, 2018
Reason 10.1         May 8, 2018
Live 10            Feb 6, 2018
Acid Pro 8          Jan 21st 2018
Cubase 9.5         Nov 15, 2017
Reason 10         Oct 25, 2017
Digital Performer 9.5      Sep 12, 2017
Cubase 9.0         Dec 7, 2016
Reason 9         Jun 21, 2016
Cubase 8.5         Dec 2, 2015
Presonus Studio One v3.0   Jun 30, 2015
Digital Perfomer 9      Jun 23, 2015
FLStudio 12         Mar 16, 2015
Pro Tools 12         Mar 23, 2015
Reason 8         Sep 30, 2014
Reason 8         Sep 30, 2014
Sonar X3         Sep 30, 2013
Pro Tools 11         Jun 21, 2013
Cubase 8         Dec 3, 2014
Live 9            Mar 6, 2013
presonus studio one v2.0     Oct 31, 2011

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro_Tools
http://avid.force.com/pkb/articles/en_US/faq/en393795
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FL_Studio

[chrisNova777]

native instruments generator 1.5 (1998)
virtual sound canvas VSC-88me (1997?) for win95
Yamaha S-YXG50 SoftSynthesizer (199?)
Roland Virtual SoundCanvas VSC-88H (1998?)
virtual sound canvas VSC-55ow (1996?) for win95
unity ds-1 (1999) for mac os 9
koblo vibra 9000 (1998)
native instruments reaktor 2 (1999)



Reaktor 2.3.0
Yanaha S-YXG100 (2001)
Spectrasonics Atmosphere (2002) [os9][XP][98se]
USB Charlie (2003) Retro Organ Module
Edirol VSC-MP1 (2001) Virtual Sound Canvas Multi Pack
concretefx unison (2004)
E-mu Proteus X (2004) VSTi [XP]
native instruments kompakt (2003) [XP][os9][98se]
arturia moog modular v (2003)
ik multimedia sonic synth (2002)
steinberg model-e (2000)
duy synth spider (2002)
native instruments fm7 (2002)
bitheadz voodoo (2000)
waldorf attack (2002)
novation v-station (2003)
emagic es1 (2000)
steinberg plex (2002)
gmedia impOSCar (2004)
camel audio chameleon 5000 (2004)
novation bass station (2003) vst plugin version
ik multimedia sonik synth 2 (2004)
Synth1 by Ichiro Toda (unofficial Nord Lead 2 emulation, 2002)
E-MU Proteus X LE VSTi (2003)
Spectrasonics Trilogy (2002) [W98/98SE/ME/2000/XP + MacOS9]
NI Komplete 2 now includes Battery 2, Absynth 3 (Dec 2004)
Spectrasonics Stylus (2002)
Specrasonics Stylus RMX (2004?)
FabFilter ONE (2004)
AAS Tassman 2.0 (2000)
korg legacy collection (2004)




native instruments Komplete 3 (Oct 2005)
yellow tools MVI (2005)
Wusik Wusikstation (2004)
E-mu Proteus X2 (2006?) software sound module
Spectrasonics Omnisphere (late summer 2008) power synth
Camel Audio Alchemy (2008)
creamware minimax ASB (2006)
Arturia ARP2600 V (2005)
aas string studio (2005)
reaktor 5 (2005)
Scwha Olga (2008)
virsyn poseidon (2007)
gforce virtual string machine (2008)
arturia cs80v (2005)
ik multimedia samplemoog (2008)
native instruments fm8 (2006)
cakewalk rapture (2006)
Arturia Jupiter 8v (2007)
Arturia MiniMoog V 2 (2009)
waldorf largo (2009)
lennar digital sylenth1 (2007)
arturia prophet v (2006)
refx Nexus (Dec 2006) v1.0
Arturia Analog Factory (2007)
Native Instruments Komplete 4 (incl Battery3, FM8, Absynth4, Massive) (Oct 2006)






Mutronics Mutator Plugin (2014)
MOVED: korg im1 for Ipad (Jul 2016)
mpc element
arturia spark
wave alchemy revolution - 14 iconic drum machines in one plugin
Arturia Synclavier V (2010?) requires Win7+ or Mtn Lion+ 32/64bit
Roland System 100 (2014) plug-out
Roland SH-101 (2014?)
bigtick rhino (2010?)
TAL Bassline (2005?)
Tatapoum 4.0 Drum Machine VSTi (similar to Redrum in reason)
dave smith pro 2 (2014?)
dexed FREE Fm synth (2014)
waldorf steichfett (2014) string synthesizer
superwave p8 (2011) (windows only?)
arturia wurlitzer v (2012)
izotope iris (2012)
motu mach five 3 (2013)
rob papen punch (2011)
arturia wurlitzer v (2012)
rob papen blade (2012)
waldorf PPG wave generator (2014)
Sonic Academy ANA (2012)
fxpansion dcam synth squad (2010)
novation bass station 2 VST (2013)
native instruments absynth 5 (2010)
spectrasonics omnisphere v1.5 (2011)
gforce imposcar 2 (2012)
Rob Papen Blue 2 (2014)
native instruments monark (2014) mono synth
waldorf ppg wave 3.v (2011)
Arutura Oberheim SEM V (2012)
Spectrasonics Trillian (2010)
native instruments RETRO MACHINES MK2

[chrisNova777]

first true 64bit versions of popular DAW applications
http://www.oldschooldaw.com/forums/index.php/topic,6264.msg8481.html#msg8481

[chrisNova777]

1998 software
taken from here:
http://underpop.online.fr/d/digitalnoises/textos/a.begginners.reference.guide.to.making.music.on.the.pc.htm

4.1 MIDI AND AUDIO SONG CONSTRUCTION
4.1.1 Cubase VST v3.553 full install Released : May 17, 1998
4.1.2 CakeWalk Pro Audio v8.0 final Released : Oct 2, 1998
4.1.3 Logic Audio Platinum v3.5 Released : June 29, 1998
4.1.4 Finale 98 32bit Released : September 21, 1997
4.1.5 Making Waves v1.83 Released : October 08, 1998
4.1.6 Seq303 v2.0.1.11 Released : August 30, 1998
4.1.7 Arp-x8 v1.005 Released : August 30, 1998
4.1.8 Sonic Foundry ACID v1.0 fixed Released : May 29, 1998
4.1.9 Band in a Box V7.0
4.1.10 Beat 2000 v1.0 Released : Oct 05, 1998

4.2 AUDIO EDITORS
4.2.1 Cool Edit Pro v1.1 full Released : April 27, 1998
4.2.2 WaveLab v2.01 full Released : April 27, 1998
4.2.3 Sound Forge v4.5a (build 56 final) Released : September 9, 1998


4.4 SOFTSYNTHS (Virtual Synths)
4.4.1 Rebirth Rb338 v2.0 fix1 Released : August 1, 1998
4.4.2 Rebirth Rb338 v2.0 Addon Pack 1 Released : August 1, 1998
4.4.3 D-lusion RubberDuck v2.01 Released : May 08, 1998
4.4.4 Generator v1.54 Released : September 21, 1998
4.4.5 AudioSim v2.0 Released : July 3, 1998
4.4.6 VAZ Modular v1.0 Released : Oct 08, 1998
4.4.7 Virtual Waves v2.22 Released : Oct 08, 1998

4.5 SOFTWARE SAMPLERS
4.5.1 Nemesys Gigasampler v1.0 Released : June 14, 1998
4.5.2 Reality

4.6 DRUM TOOLS
4.6.1 Fruity Loops Pro v1.3.66 render patch Released : August 31, 1998
4.6.2 D-lusion Drumstation v1.0 Released : May 21, 1998
4.6.3 Wave Surgeon v2.0 full Released : February 17, 1998
4.6.4 Recycle

4.7 Sample Patch Utilities

4.7.1 Awave v4.9 remédioed Released : August 31, 1998
4.7.2 Everest MA-1 editor v1.47 Released : September 21, 1998

4.7.3 Vienna

4.8 OTHER USEFUL UTILITIES

4.8.1 Fraunhofer MP3 codec v1.063 optimized Released : Sept 6, 1998
4.8.2 Audioactive Production Studio Pro v1.05 Released : June 4, 1998
4.8.3 WINAMP
4.8.4 Audio Grabber v1.31 with Unblacklister
4.8.5 Emagic Sound Diver v2.0.5 Released : June 5, 1998
4.8.6 Dart PRO 32bit v1.05 remédioed Released : January 4, 1998
4.8.7 3d Audio v1.2 Released : May 08, 1998
4.8.8 Raduga v2.0 final - MP3 edition Released : April 12, 1998
4.8.9 SpectraLab v4.32.11 Released : April 15, 1998
4.8.10 Nero v3.0.4.0 fully working Released : April 25, 1998
4.8.11 Musicians CD Player v1.02 regged Released : January 26, 1998
4.8.12 Midiscan v2.51 Released : September 18, 1998
4.8.13 WaveZip v1.12 regged Released : January 14, 1998

4.3 PLUG-IN's
4.3.1 TC native Reverb v1.5 Released : October 2, 1998
4.3.2 TC native EQ v1.01 DNV version Released : July 16, 1998
4.3.3 TimeWorks Reverb 4080L v1.101 Released : Sept 15, 1998
4.3.4 TimeWorks Delay 6022 v1.101 Released : September 15, 1998
4.3.5 Timeworks Phaser Model88 v1.004 Released : April 21, 1998
4.3.6 Vintage Power Pack VOL1 for Cubase VST Released : January 23, 1998
4.3.7 DB ProDelay for VST v1.0 Released : May 14, 1998
4.3.8 Cylonix vocoder v1.07 Released : April 9, 1998
4.3.9 Opcode Fusion Filter v1.0 Released : May 03, 1998
4.3.10 Waves Native Power Pack v2.35 Released : July 09, 1998
4.3.11 Waves C1 compressor v2.3.1 Released : March 07, 1998
4.3.12 Waves Renaissance Compressor v1.0 Released : June 29, 1998
4.3.13 Steinberg FreeFilter v1.0 working Released : May 10, 1998
4.3.14 DSP-FX v4.1007 with Aural Enhancer Released : August 22, 1998
4.3.15 Sonic Foundry Noise Reduction Direct X Plug-In
4.3.16 SoundForge CD Architect plugin v4.0d Released : October 29, 1997
4.3.17 Cubase to Wave editor "adapter plug" program (Cub2for21) Ver 2.1 (21st April 1998)
4.3.18 Steinberg Loudness Max v1.2 working Released : May 08, 1998
4.3.19 Magneto v1.1 Released : July 16, 1998
4.3.20 DirectX XFX v1.0 audio plugins (bld60) Released : October 28, 1997
4.3.21 DirectX XFX-2 audio plugins build 66 Released : January 22, 1998
4.3.22 Sonic Foundry XFX vol3 Released : April 15, 1998
4.3.23 SampliTools DEQ v1.0 plugin remédioed Released : Nov. 19, 1997
4.3.24 SoundForge Spectrum Analysis plug v4.0d Released : October 29, 1997
4.3.25 Waves MaxxBass v2.35 Released : July 09, 1998
4.3.26 Waldorf D-pole for VST v1.0 remédioed Released : February 19, 1998
4.3.27 VST Compressor v2.5 Released : April 25, 1998
4.3.28 Hyperprism DX v1.52 Released : July 19, 1998
4.3.29 Waves DeEsser v1.05 Released : July 09, 1998
4.3.30 Sonic Foundry Acoustic Mirror v1.1 Released : Aug 11, 1998
4.3.31 Samplitools IR for Acoustic Modeller Released : January 19, 1998
4.3.32 Panhandler v1.0 for DirectX Released : September 25, 1998
4.3.33 Steinberg Qmetric v1.0 Released : Oct 05, 1998

[smilesdavis]

lets add digidesign

11/09/2001  5.1.3 (second interop release - Unity + DT)
09/13/2001  5.2 (DigiStudios release)
08/xx/2001  5.1.1cs5 (TDM Mac only - MC & Airport issues)
08/xx/2001  5.1.1cs4 (SDII Timestamp)
08/01/2001  5.1Ucs1 (Unity issues)
06/15/2001  5.1.1cs3 (MC for CB SR, breaks Soundmaster )
06/15/2001  5.1.1cs2 (SoundMaster ATOM)
06/15/2001  5.1.1cs1 (Time Stamp problem)
06/15/2001  5.1.1
05/03/2001  5.1U (first Unity release)
01/26/2001  5.1cs2 (slow load with large OMS setup)
01/26/2001  5.1 (surround, beat detect, added Control|24, dropped PTIII)
09/12/2000  5.0.1cs6 (slow launch)
09/12/2000  5.0.1cs1 (Region/Fade loss)
05/30/2000  5.0.1 (Win98, CP change to Serial #)
12/16/1999  5.0 AV (for AVoption)
11/19/1999  5.0 (dropped PT Project engine)
06/01/1999  4.3.3b1 (MIDI issue with Bruno/Reso)
06/01/1999  4.3.2 ("Type 0 MIDI Track" crash)
05/10/1999  4.3.1T (for Toolbox 2.0 - requires Audiomedia III)
04/14/1999  4.3.1 (adds support for B&W G3)
09/25/1998  4.3 (MIX card, drop NuBus & ADAT I/O)
06/23/1998  4.2 (ProControl support added)
02/20/1998  4.1.1 (dual d24 support added)
11/03/1997  3.4 (PT Free - promo 3.x, no CP/support)
09/24/1997  4.1 (intro d24 card, dropped 68k support)
04/14/1997  4.0.1
03/21/1997  4.0 (NuBus & PCI, AudioSuite, dropped 442)
xx/xx/1996  3.3 (bundled w/Audiomedia III for MC, supt by AVID)
05/29/1996  3.22
05/14/1996  3.21 (PTIII-PCI release - PCI only)
02/07/1996  3.2
10/03/1995  3.11
05/17/1995  3.1
11/28/1994  3.0 (PTIII NuBus release)
08/03/1994  2.51
06/20/1994  2.5 (initial TDM release)
08/18/1993  2.03
xx/xx/1993  2.02
xx/xx/1993  2.01
03/26/1993  2.0 (SW changed to "Pro Tools" and "DAE")
xx/xx/1992  1.15
06/25/1992  1.12
04/01/1992  1.1 (supt for up to 4 cards/interfaces)
02/20/1992  1.03
09/12/1991  1.02
06/25/1991  1.01
05/06/1991  1.0 (ProDECK and ProEDIT - original apps)