Did people use DAWs or Trackers first in the 90s?

People did use DAWs in the 90s, but in the early to mid 90s, the few DAWs that existed were generally only used by professionals.

1. When did people start using DAWs?
2. How did people record in the 90s?
3. What DAW was used in the 80s?
4. How did DAWs change the music industry?

When did people start using DAWs?

The first DAWs were conceived in the late 70s and early 80s. Soundstream, which developed the first digital recorder in 1977, developed what is considered the first DAW. Bringing together a minicomputer, disk drive, video display, and the software to run it all was the easy part.

How did people record in the 90s?

By the mid 1990s, these units were going digital, eschewing cassette tape for hard drive and disk-based recording. These digital recorders would only surface towards the tail end of the decade, and it would still be a number of years before computer interfaces and DAWs become ubiquitous in all home studios.

What DAW was used in the 80s?

Highly logical: Emagic Logic

Both trace their roots to the '80s, both originated from small developers in Germany, and both are still made today.

How did DAWs change the music industry?

DAW SOFTWARE

Digital software has arguably been the biggest game changer in the production of music, allowing musicians of all abilities to write, record and produce their own songs to a reasonable quality.