Evan Brooks
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Evan Brooks (b. 1962) is an American software developer, electronic music technology expert and entrepreneur, best known as the co-founder Digidesign, creators of Pro Tools digital audio workstation. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley. Before co-founding Digidesign, Evan Brooks played in several bands with his high-school friend, Peter Gotcher. They briefly participated in Keta And The Ketones, a local band formed by SF Bay Area vocalist Keta Bill. Subsequently, Gotcher and Brooks became interested in creating better electronics for music production. Circa 1984, they founded "Digidrums" to sell sound replacement chips for the E-mu Drumulator drum machine. Soon rebranded as "Digidesign Software," their new company began creating audio software for Apple Macintosh, leading to the first version of Pro Tools in 1991.