In honour of its incredible contribution to computer music making, we thought it would be appropriate to celebrate 15 years of Native Instruments with a pictorial guide to its product history, courtesy of NI itself.

NI started way back in 1997 as a software company, but is now also one of the biggest global brands in digital DJing and makes superb studio and DJ hardware, too.

Click through the gallery to take a trip down memory lane and revisit NI's landmark products, and reminisce on how vintage software sounded so much better...