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I'm really happy that 2.5 added 'beats until next marker', which together with a USB controller from Numark I have pretty much feature complete DJ setup for under $500 (including cost of laptop & controller) without having to rely on Windows, Mac, subscription licenses or feature-crippled 'lite' versions. And it's surprising how quickly people adapt to it when they're used to other setups, within an hour a few people…
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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…
Dude, that is the true hacker spirit - I am a programmer and frankly that setup you described is more creative than anything I have ever made.
Fight on and keep at it - best wishes to you and your family!
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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?
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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…
> When I tried to install the software it requires signing up for an account and a subscription and what not 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.
Been using Mixxx since 2015, I haven't liked every update they put out, but its always been solid software.
I have also probably used it on and off for 10+ years, but don't recall any bad updates. What did you encounter that you didn't like if I may ask?
Hijacking this thread on a tangential - can folks share some guides on the basics of getting started mixing music? For a total noob who would like to explore this field. Obviously those using open source software (or atleast software that works on Linux) would be the most useful to me.
I used mixxx to DJ my brother's wedding. I think it was 2013 or 2014. The moment I got the signal to switch to a specific track for the bride's first dance with her Father, mixxx locked up my laptop. Guests were staring at me, one offered a hushed, "they're waiting!" Completely unresponsive, I had to hard reboot my locked up computer and boot back into Ubuntu. Then I opened VLC where I played the tracks for the rest…
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.