Mixxx 1.8.0 has been released. Mixxx is community-produced, Free and open-source DJ software for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
The latest release of Mixxx includes looping, 32 hot-cues per deck, and a completely re-written library. Mixxx can read your iTunes library or your Rhythmbox library on Linux. This release also includes a suite of 5 new skins that really improve how Mixxx looks. See a gallery here: Skin Gallery.
Mixxx has an advanced mapping system that lets you script mappings for your MIDI devices in Javascript. This leaves options a-plenty for controllerism addicts. The newest release includes new mappings for the DJ TechTools MIDI Fighter, the Hercules DJ Control e2, and the Reloop Digital Jockey 2, and updated mappings for the Hercules MP3/MK2/RMX, Stanton SCS.3 System, M-Audio Xponent, Behringer BCD-300, Vestax VCI-100, and MixMan DM2.
this is interesting. I tried the older version, but it was (to me) not even near to usable.
I find it worth because its free, and there is linux version.
If anyone tries this on ubuntu let me now.
Currently Mixxx is fixed resolution (hopefully by Mixxx 2.0 it won’t be). You can change the skin to something bigger in the Preferences → Interface section.
Just saw this release, looks good. Does anyone know if anyone’s made any headway on actually getting the jogwheels on the VCI-100 working properly with this program? I just upgraded to the newest firmware for the VCI-100. If not, I’d be happy to try to help get this going.
The VCI-100 MIDI Script that comes with Mixxx 1.8.0 has been updated since 1.7.2. The jog-wheels were confirmed working by at least one VCI-100 user, but I’m not sure if they were using the latest firmware or not. I’d appreciate it if you could leave any feedback you have about the VCI-100 mapping in this thread: Mixxx Forums Thread
If you find any problems, they’ll work on a fix. MIDI mappings in Mixxx are handled completely by an XML and Javascript file. Unless the firmware causes the device to be non MIDI-compliant, no changes to Mixxx should be necessary to fix any problems you run into.
Okay, my point of comparison is Traktor. It appears as if the new 1.4 VCI-100 firmware requires the new corresponding .tsi for Traktor – old tsi + new firmware = non-working jogwheels. Thus, it makes sense that the 1.4ified jogwheels don’t work in Mixxx, unless that were to be updated too. I’ll poke around here for any info and see what I can come up with.
The jog wheels still work with the old tsi when running 1.4. You need the new tsi to take advantage of the higher resolution capabilities of the jogs and pitch faders though.
The old tsi’s are supposed to work? They definitely did not in my case- touching the jogwheel caused the music to stop and start, but didn’t actually “scrub” the audio.
