While the Traktor Kontrol X1 was out first, it was the first Kontrol S4 that put Native Instruments on the controller map. And three versions later, it's still around.
Many of you will have done a nostalgia-filled dig into your old DJ gear. But what have you got? Have you missed it? And do you wish it would be remade?
In what could accurately be described as a one-hit-wonder of DJ gear land, Zomo pushed out the very Pioneeresque MC-1000 controller. It deserved to do better.
The 4MidiLoop was a serious balls on the table piece. It was a mixer in controller form... or was that a controller in mixer form? Either way it was epic, both in features and price.
When NI released the Traktor Kontrol X1, the DJ world was changed forever, never the same again, or some other clickbaity headline. It was definitely important though.
Today's #djgearfromyesteryear is the Numark NS7. It was, is, and always will be my favourite controller. Please make us an updated version, with a Rane logo. Ta.