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Re: Mixxx: GPL DJ Software

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Post by helboi4 »

wayvey wrote: post #84
ericzawo wrote: post #53

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…

Beatmatching by ear is great fun but you get rekorbox for free with any pioneer controller, which you should want for practicing anyway?

Re: Mixxx: GPL DJ Software

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Post by helboi4 »

ericzawo wrote: post #53

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.

It's never going to work. It would require all clubs in the world to throw away their expensive Pioneer gear.

Re: Mixxx: GPL DJ Software

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Post by helboi4 »

diggan wrote: post #9
cies wrote: post #7

I've been using this for the few DJ sets I do per year. Very complete software, very stable also. Sadly I have to use RekordBox now that I want to not bring the laptop + DJ controller, but just a USB stick. And RekordBox does not run well on Linux (tried VirtualBox and Wine, both failed attempts). Sadly there's no RecordBox clone, or "export to RekordBox USB" feature on Mixxx.

> And RekordBox does not run well on Linux RekordBox doesn't even run well on Windows, so hard to imagine what worse looks like. But yeah, if Mixxx (or other FOSS software) could offer writing playlists into USB sticks, I'd get rid of RekordBox yesterday because few software out there works as bad as RekordBox.

Somehow Rekordbox seems to run much better on my Ryzen 5 8gb ram windows laptop from 2019 than on my i7, 64gb ram macbook. It seems to only like windows?

Re: Mixxx: GPL DJ Software

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Post by ctm92 »

I stumbled across Mixxx many years ago when I wanted to get started with digital vinyl systems (timecode vinyl records). It was the really hot shit back then and Serato and Traktor were the market leaders.

Back then Mixxx didn't feel like a finished product, everything was not ready to actually use it in a "production" setting.

Then I found xwax [1], which uses the same timecode library as mixxx iirc. Very unspectacular UI, no mouse support, but super stable and easily as good as the commercial Serato Scratch Live. Just needed a 4i4o audio interface for around $100 and it was good to go, awesome software!

[1] https://xwax.org/

Re: Mixxx: GPL DJ Software

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Post by cechmaster »

bfmalky wrote: post #89
input_sh wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

So many issues with Rekordbox and their vendor lock-in. I can't even reliably export songs on a flash drive and have it showing up in their CDJ. It's honestly time to take the Pioneer giant down.

Re: Mixxx: GPL DJ Software

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Post by diggan »

radley wrote: post #65
ThatMedicIsASpy wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been setting up a few radio stations with playlists for azuracast for home use. The auto DJ with auto cue is amazing. Next stop is create a radio with a raspberry pi maybe with an amp hat as well.

How does the auto DJ compare to something like Pacemaker?

Are you referring to this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pacemaker

I haven't tried that myself, but used the AutoDJ feature of Mixxx a couple of times. It's fairly basic, you have a playlist, setup how you want it to fade, and how fast, hit Play and off it goes matching the beatgrids and whatnot.

Re: Mixxx: GPL DJ Software

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Post by hnlmorg »

bfmalky wrote: post #89
input_sh wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

It’s amazing just how badly Technics dropped the ball.

At one point they were the industry standard but they shot themselves in the foot with their reluctance to release a CD turntable until after Pioneer had already got themselves into nearly every club.

Though I can’t say I’m surprised. I never thought 1210s was a particularly good vinyl turntable either.

Re: Mixxx: GPL DJ Software

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Post by apt-get »

VagabundoP wrote: post #97
starkparker wrote: post #27

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.

I've been looking for something like this. 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.

Mixxx can stream to an icecast output or similar, you'll need to setup the stream server separately though.

Re: Mixxx: GPL DJ Software

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Post by dleeftink »

bfmalky wrote: post #89
input_sh wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

A good retrospect on how Pioneer got here [0] and a 'feature' overview of CDJs pre/post buyout[1].

[0]: https://youtu.be/LcbKcmfFCc4

[1]: https://youtu.be/-4DZ47HCYWA

Re: Mixxx: GPL DJ Software

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Post by Mashimo »

ctm92 wrote: post #114

I stumbled across Mixxx many years ago when I wanted to get started with digital vinyl systems (timecode vinyl records). It was the really hot shit back then and Serato and Traktor were the market leaders. Back then Mixxx didn't feel like a finished product, everything was not ready to actually use it in a "production" setting. Then I found xwax [1], which uses the same timecode library as mixxx iirc. Very unspectacu…

Impresive that xwax still gets updated.
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