2.3,
2.3.1,
release announcement
We are happy to announce the release of Mixxx 2.3.1! Head over to the download page and download it on Windows, macOS and Linux.
This release fixes a handful of bugs and packaging issues plus adds several controller mappings.
Mixxx now includes mappings for the Numark DJ2GO2 Touch …
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2.3,
2.3.0,
release announcement
We are proud to announce the release of Mixxx 2.3.0! If you want to give it a spin, you can download it now on Windows, macOS and Linux.
This release brings a lot of new features and bugfixes:
Prepare your DJ set using hotcue colors & labels, mark intro …
Read MoreStarting with the 2.3, Mixxx will integrate support for the excellent KeyFinder library by Ibrahim Sha'ath.
KeyFinder is a pretty accurate open-source key detection tool. It's been in the top 3 of the 2020 key detection comparison on Reddit and performs considerably better than the key analyzer from the …
Read MoreSince we published Mixxx 2.3 beta in June 2020, you may have been wondering what has taken so long to get the 2.3.0 release out. Well, we have been very busy the past few months building a more sustainable technical infrastructure for the Mixxx project. We have …
Read MoreAs all of you probably know, Mixxx is the best DJ software in the market. However, we've recently been made aware that a minor competitor has emerged and tries to steal that title from us - Serato DJ Pro. The hardware support is nice, but since Serato is neither open-source nor …
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development,
2.3,
beta,
cmake,
scons
If you wanted to compile a recent version of Mixxx 2.3 beta or 2.4 yourself, you may have already noticed that we removed our old and rusty SCons setup in favor of CMake.
A few months ago we said that we were planning to ship Mixxx 2.3 …
Read MoreDeck cloning (also called "instant doubles" in some other DJ software) is a highly anticipated feature added in Mixxx 2.3. In short, it does what it says on the tin. When activated, the currently loaded song, playback state, pitch adjustment, and any playing loop will be cloned from one …
Read MoreAs a DJ your most important job is to find and cue the track you're going to play next to make the crowd go wild. In Mixxx 2.2 you already had plenty of options to organize and add information to the tracks in your library to make this task …
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2.3,
library,
hotcue,
color,
controller
Hotcues are a neat thing and one of the major benefits of digital DJing. On analogue vinyl decks, you had had to put stickers to mark the different sections of a song and physically pick up, move and drop the needle to move to it. With the move to digital …
Read MoreDo you rock your gigs armed only with your cans and a Rekordbox prepared USB flash drive? Ever been tempted to play your carefully curated tracks on something other than a CDJ or Rekordbox, on something that is free and open-source? We have news for you!
Mixxx 2.3 will …
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