Ask HN: Looking for a DJ Program

Mixxx

Mixxx is excellent and has pretty wide hardware support.

FYI the "limited" functionality of Rekordbox can be hardware unlocked with some Pioneer controllers.

https://mixxx.org/

https://rekordbox.com/en/support/hardware-unlock/

I still preferred some of the functionality of atomixmp3 that was ruined when they turned into virtualDJ.. Sad since then they are mostly all the same to me and not much different than winamp and musicmatchJukebox (7.5 not the yahoo taken over version) once was.. (20 years ago?)

Recently stumbled into some info with "DJ Studio" I think they are branding as.. ( https://linktr.ee/dj.studio )and it's got enough interesting bits (from what I saw via youtube'd talk..) they are trying to do to make me feel it's actually modern/future tech.

Have not used it yet, but plan to give it try.

Traktor.

If you're on HN it has to be Traktor. Nothing comes close in terms of configurability.

Assign any control to almost any function. (e.g. assigning loop out marker position to a knob then dialling the length down)

Set inc / Dec rates, static values.

Trigger / toggle / one-shot etc.

Define behaviours based on conditions (e.g. jog wheel when playing vs paused) Like many audio companies, it's now in the hands of psychopaths and so I can't vouch for recent versions.

I've been using Traktor2 for years and it's solid as these treacherous machines can be.

Most “professional” techno djs in Germany use Traktor, if they are not using Ableton or the CDJs