''eJay'' is a series of

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software, and

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s, primarily for Microsoft Windows. The first edition, ''Dance eJay'', was released in 1997. It supports eight tracks of audio and, as with its successors, permits the arrangement of

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s by a

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interface. Since the original ''Dance eJay'', there have been many releases catering to different music genres and users, including

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and hip-hop, as well as a PlayStation 2 edition. In May 2009, a note posted to eJay's official

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page stated that Empire Interactive Europe Limited, the company that owned and developed the eJay products, was in administration. On 15 October 2010, three eJay products were reissued in editions: ''Hip Hop 5'', ''Dance 6'' and ''DJ Mixstation 4'', with ''Hip Hop 5'' and ''Dance 6'' now having twice the number of sound samples than they had originally (10,000 instead of 5,000). Also on the same date, a new software called ''Video & Music Exchange'' was released. Currently eJay is a registered trademark of Yelsi AG.

External links

Complete series listing at Giantbomb

References

1997 video games Crave Entertainment games Audio mixing software Music video games PlayStation 2 games Turntable video games Video games developed in Sweden Windows games {{Music-software-stub