History of Traktor

[rayoliver]

Hi
Can anyone tell me if you could use a controller with the first versions of Traktor? ie Traktor DJ and Studio 1? I'm currently writing a paper on digital DJ technology and need this information, which i can't seem to find anywhere.
Thanks

[bi!LY eagle]

Good question, how long ago did Traktor DJ come out? I remember hearing about Traktor Final Scratch in the early-mid 2000's, not sure when it came out exactly. I don't remember ever hearing of DJ controllers at that point tho. It was things like external EFX boxes. I mean maybe you could have hooked some type of midi device to it, but I'm guessing DJ controllers were not out then. Could be wrong tho, let us know.

[DjGriff]

Dj tech tools has a history of Traktor on the web site.
Very interesting to see how far it has come.

http://www.djtechtools.com/2011/02/1...ry-of-traktor/

[DJ Freshfluke]

why not write directly to NI?

to your question: i'm not sure. i started with finalscratch 1.5 / traktor 2.6 and there you could, but there were only very few controllers at all on the market at that time...

[Ali]

I'll get an official quote for you in exchange for a look at the finished paper. How does that sound?