Just wanted to take a trip down memory lane back to the origins of digital DJing, the software and hardware that started it all.
While most people would recognize Final Scratch and Traktor as the start of digital DJing in a professional capacity the first PC base dj software I can remember was Carrot Innovations Virtual TurnTables (VTT) released in 1996. http://web.archive.org/web/200002260...eenshots.shtml.
While the windows based program wasn't really up to a performance level, it did allow you to manipulate mp3s in a similar way you could with turntables or CDJs and mix tracks together via a software mixer with channel and cross faders, EQs and VTS effects, at the time I was blown away by the possibilities it created.
I also recall a hardware controller being available, although I never owed one and can not recall the details of it.
Your input. Was this the birth of digital DJing or was there early software? What was the first dedicated DJ DAW or MIDI controller?
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