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>GPL DJ Software Its kind of a nuisance that, as a requirement to build Mixxx on MacOS, ones has to use foreign binaries, disable Gatekeeper, run a 'first build', and from that point on .. can treat the project as a regular CMake project. Re-enable Gatekeeper after the 'first build'. Hmm. What are the custom binaries for? Surely not cmake. Not having - yet - done this myself (until I can put it in a VM), I'm neverthe…
I want to do scratching by pushing a button on my laptop keyboard (instead of dragging the spinning record with my mouse-cursor). Can Mixxx do this?
Not sure if that's mappable, but I don't think that would provide enough control to get satisfying results.
I find the mouse-cursor drag very clunky.
Music has fallen out of my life since then, but I am glad Mixxx is going strong.
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To be fair, every commercial competitor (like Rekordbox and Traktor) also supports mapping MIDI devices that are not officially supported. But in my experience, you'll never be able to control the jogwheel as precisely as in officially-supported hardware-software combo.
In Rekordbox's case Pioneer have restricted the jogwheel mapping to Pioneer hardware only. So, you pretty much need Pioneer hardware to use Rekordbox. And seeing as Pioneer decks are almost industry standard in clubs and you need Rekordbox to organise your playlists, they have the DJ hardware market sewn up. Which is very frustrating because Rekordbox has to be the most resource intensive (& therefore inefficient) DJ…
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What did you use for the collaborative music voting - or did you make something yourself? For different use cases, I've seen everything used from collaborative Spotify playlists to Google forms, to those "pay a dollar to bump your song request" kiosks in bars! The parallels to ranked-choice voting in politics are relevant too - as well as how you give people a feeling of agency, even if you as the DJ inevitably have…
I made something custom. I can't share the code for it (see my other reply for why), but here's the general deal: Wedding website was a django site, with accounts for everyone I invited. I had a separate part of it where the guests could choose an RGB colour, and then choose tracks by searching. I used a spotify API for this, so when they chose a track, if someone chose a similar one (say a specific mix) then they co…
Mixx is sneaky good as a TTRPG soundscape mixer. You can queue layer multiple ambiance tracks over tempo-matched music, build soundboards, and hook it all to hardware controls. It's overkill, but a lot of similar tools either lock you into a media ecosystem, lack some power-user functionality, have a subscription, or don't work at all on Linux or macOS.
Is it possible to stream it for an online game? I do both and need something for my creepy Call of Cthulhu game. Music and sound effects work really well with 1920s Call of Cthulhu.
E: I did look at it before but got intimidated by the screenshots.
RekordBox is a well known piece of s** and it's great to see someone try to enter the arena. Now we need a legit competitor to the DJM / CDJ's which cost, all told, >$10k for a standard, club-ready setup.
I didn't know it was well known but that's exactly how I felt when I recently tried to use it. My local bar bought an integrated 2 deck Pioneer DJ player, but turns out it doesn't store analyzed BPMs or waveforms and to get that you need to use RekordBox to analyze your tracks and export that to your USBs. When I tried to install the software it requires signing up for an account and a subscription and what not. I st…
No it does not. It will try to push it on you, but you can export to USB without account or subscription.
Create a playlist with your tracks, insert USB, right click on the playlist and export to USB.
I currently use DJ.Studio so I'm interested how Mixxx compares.
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Would be cool if there is Foss firmware to install on pioneer cdj. It just feels better for a lot DJs. Any projects in this direction? BTW, the DJ collective I'm with has Pioneer CDJ. If anyone need use the hardware let me know. I'm trying to get them to start using open FOSS software, but it is hard.
You could put a lot of time and effort into getting your own firmware for CDJs .. or you could just connect them via USB to an pi running mixxx.
The whole point is that the DJs in my collective are used to play vinal, so the pioneer CDJs just feels nice on the hand.
Yes some of the newer dj controllers r quite nice, but rekorbox just got to all the clubs first, so it's everywhere. Kinda like how Adobe is the defector for graphics.