DJ.Studio's answer
Several combined elements inspired me for the idea of DJ.Studio. It was something I had always needed, although I didn’t know exactly what it was going to look like, or how it would be possible."
Siebrand Dijkstra used MixMeister a lot back in the day. This was a type of DJ Software with timeline functionality that was somewhere in-between a DAW-style workflow, and the traditional live mixing approach. It was a DAW for DJs, but it hasn't been updated in the past few years.
One of the developers of Dijkstra's development team worked during COVID on a synthesizer that ran in a web browser, which used the GPU to do some cool stuff. He wanted people to build musical instruments for his new browser-based audio engine.
This was the moment Siebrand Dijkstra had his epiphany: if you could create digital music in the browser, then surely you could also mix music in the browser too?
Siebrand Dijkstra is a serial software entrepreneur with a lot of experience in building software. "In my life, I’ve gone through countless product life cycles. Success is all about execution. If you have a good idea, Google it. Google how other people execute it, learn from it, and come up with a better plan of execution. It's not just about good ideas; it's about execution.
Before I started building DJ.Studio, I Googled and Googled and Googled. When you Google "DAW for DJs", you'll find Ableton, Fruity Loops, and Logic. You'll find all the usual suspects - but they are not DAWs for DJ mixes, they're DAWs for music production.
I could only find MixMeister. I used that software for years, but it has been deprecated for a few years now. "
That's when Dijkstra decided to start building a DAW for DJs with his own developers.
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