In the springtime of 1992, Bob and a close musician friend of his, Adam Shendal, decided to become partners in creating the company that would launch the new SAC technology that he was developing. And so was born, Innovative Quality Software (IQS.)

It was also at this time that Bob became aware of a small company called Digital Audio Labs, and their sound card product for the PC called the CardD. Computer-based hard disk editing solutions at this time were extremely expensive, and out of reach for most people, including Bob. He saw the CardD as an opportunity to bring this technology to the masses at an affordable price, and so the seed of Software Audio Workshop (SAW) was planted.