Of course Traktor is a great software for digital djing, but it has one major problem : its closed source.
Everytime you think “hmm, would be great to have a better tsi editor” or “would be great to customize the UI”, your next thought will be “hope they implement it in the next version”.
Wouldn’t it be great to have an open source competitor for traktor that allows you to fully customize the UI, integrate 3rd Party Software directly into the DJ Software, basic VJ features and stuff ? This would be a little bit like when the internet explorer has been market leader and then firefox came out and became more and more popular.In the following, the internet explorer became better and better.competition is allways good imho !!!
There is, it’s called Xwax. Mot really a competitor but it’s a cool light open source DVS. http://www.xwax.co.uk/ It’s meant for linux but I think they have a windows version now, it’s a DVS through so not like Traktor Pro or any internal programs.
There is also Mixxx - very nice open-source DJ software. By no means a competitor to Traktor but it is very much being actively developed and has a great list of features →
Parallel waveform displays
Waveform summaries
MP3, OGG, WAVE, and FLAC playback
Pitch-independent time stretch (key lock)
Vinyl emulation
Wave recording
Free, open source software
BPM detection and estimation
Supported MIDI controllers:
Hercules DJ Console MK2
Hercules DJ MP3 Control
Hercules DJ Console RMX
Hercules DJ Console Steel
Stanton SCS.3d
Stanton SCS.1m
Mixman DM2
Tascam US-428
M-Audio X-Session Pro
M-Audio Xponent
Evolution X-Session
FaderFox DJ2
Vestax VCI-100
Numark Total Control
Multichannel soundcard support (playback and capture)
Multiple soundcard support
Cross-platform (Windows XP and Vista, Mac OS X, Linux)
Adjustable EQ shelves
Crossfader curve control
Skinnable interface with extra skins bundled
Advanced MIDI scripting engine
Adjustable pitch range
Multi-core CPU support (Traktor doesn’t have this)
24-bit/96000 Hz playback and capture
Crystal clear audio
Hardware video acceleration
Vinyl control support for:
Serato CV02 vinyl
Traktor Scratch vinyl
FinalScratch Standard vinyl
FinalScratch Scratch vinyl
Serato CD
Next version (1.8) will have looping features. Check out the change list from the current version (1.7)–>
Improved MIDI device support:
MIDI learning wizard
MIDI mapping editor
Upgraded, faster mapping system
MIDI output now fully supported on Windows, OS X, and Linux.
QtScript/JavaScript-based MIDI Scripting Environment - Script complex behaviour for your MIDI controller!
Added full support for the Stanton SCS.3d and SCS.1m on all platforms.
Hercules MK2 and RMX improvements
Added Mixman DM2 mappings for Linux and OS X.
Vinyl Control:
Scratching responsiveness improved, with needle-skip prevention option added.
Signal quality indicators added to vinyl control preferences.
Improved support for soundcards with multiple stereo inputs
Convenience features:
The default skin is now widescreen, and fits nicely on netbook sized screens.
Stereo master VU meter added.
Cue points are now saved in the library for each track, with “auto-recall” cue option added to preferences.
Support for more platforms: 64-Bit Windows and a Universal OS X package for 10.4+!
Nice to see open source projects out there. I’m also a software developer and would be great to work with DJ and development together. I wish I had time to do that, but I have to pay my bills
@Empolo : Mixxx looks very nice, I’ll try it. Would be interesting to see something thats not a traktor clone but something with some interesting innovative concepts.
