Mixxx

Colored, 3-band Waveforms
Don't miss a beat. These waveforms make every kick, snare, and thumping beat stand out.

Brand New Beat Detector
With a brand new beat detection system based on the latest academic research at Queen Mary University, Mixxx's beat detection is now deadly accurate. This means your loops, hotcues, and beatsyncing will be spot-on.

HID and Bulk Controller Support
Mixxx now supports non-MIDI devices using its powerful scripting system.
Mixxx 1.11.0 comes with HID presets for the following devices:
EKS Otus
Traktor Kontrol F1
Hercules DJ Console Mk1
Hercules DJ Console Mk2
Hercules DJ Control MP3 e2 (driver no longer necessary on Linux)
Nintendo Wiimote
Pioneer CDJ 850/900/2000
Sony SixxAxis

Session History
Whether you need to report your setlists to ASCAP or just remember the tracks you played last night, the new Session History feature keeps track of every tune you drop so that you don't have to.

Beatloop Rolls
This stunning new effect works just like a beatloop except when you release the button the deck jumps to where it would have been if you hadn't started the loop. Try it out by right-clicking on a beat-loop button.

Preview Deck
A highly-requested feature, the new preview deck allows you to preview tracks in your headphones without having to load them into a main deck. Just click preview on any track in the library and it will start to play in your headphones.

Advanced Search
The library search box received some much-needed love. Try out these example queries:
bpm:100-120 rating:>4
All tracks between 100 and 120BPM with rating greater than 4.
artist:"Aphex Twin"
All tracks with "Aphex Twin" in the artist column.
genre:electro bpm:>115
All Electro tracks with BPM greater than 115.
For full details, see the Mixxx manual.

Improved AutoDJ
Now you can customize the crossfade period, re-queue tracks instead of removing, and more.

Point-and-Click MIDI Mapping
Getting your controller mapped is now easier than ever. Just click on the button or knob you want to map in Mixxx and then wiggle the control on your MIDI controller to wire it up.

New Sample Grid skin
With 16 sample decks, this skin is perfect for radio DJs and advanced beat-jugglers alike.

Time Widgets
Skins now show the time so you can keep your eye on the clock while in full-screen.

Sample Deck Improvements
Sample decks now have sync buttons.
When there is room skins now include more sample decks.

New and Improved User Manual
Not sure what that knob does? Read the fine manual!

New Controller Support
Mixxx Certified Support
Allen & Heath Xone K2
EKS Otus
Keith McMillen Instruments QuNeo
Vestax VCI-400
Mixxx Community Support
Akai LPD8
American Audio VMS2
Behringer BCD2000
DJ-Tech CDJ-101
DJ-Tech DJM-101
DJ-Tech Mixer One
DJ-Tech Kontrol One
Gemini FirstMix
Hercules DJ Console Mk1
Hercules DJ Console 4-Mx
Hercules DJ Control AIR
Hercules DJ Control Instinct
Kontrol Dj KDJ500
Korg nanoKONTROL
Korg nanoKONTROL 2
Korg nanoPAD2
MixVibes U-Mix Control 2
MixVibes U-Mix Control Pro 2
Nintendo Wiimote
Novation Dicer
Novation Launchpad
Numark DJ2Go
Numark MIXTRACK Pro
Numark N4
Numark Omni Control
Numark V7
Reloop Terminal Mix 4
Sony Sixxaxis
Traktor Kontrol F1
Vestax VCI-100 3DEX Edition
Vestax VCI-300

Other Highlights
Hamster / Reverse mode for the crossfader now supported.
Track analyzer has better prioritization of work and feedback.
Controller presets now include wiki/forum links, authorship info and a description.
The View menu toggles for skin elements (Vinyl Control, Microphone, Samplers, etc.)
View settings are now saved across restarts.
New latch mode for microphone talk-over button and kill switches.
Removed tracks now appear in the "Hidden Tracks" section of the library.
Locale selectable via preferences.
MixVibes support for Vinyl Control.
Quick Links section in Browse mode allows you to save favorite browse locations.
The --controllerDebug command-line option auto-reloads controller scripts when they change.

Hundreds of bug fixes and performance improvements!

Mixxx 1.10.1 is a bugfix release that fixes some minor issues that have come up since the Mixxx 1.10.0 release.

Rewritten and Improved Vinyl Control Support
Completely rewritten vinyl-style pitch-bending for clean, analog-like sound.
Absolute, relative, and constant vinyl modes.
Rock-solid support for Serato Vinyl/CD or Traktor Vinyl at 33 or 45 RPM.
Single-deck Vinyl Control
End-of-record Mode
Improved needle skip prevention.
Can use different vinyl types on each deck!
Improved audio quality when scratching.
Support for track selection using the lead-in area of the vinyl and needle-drop hotcues.
Track lead-in for scratching before the start of songs.
Waveform smoothing to prevent wobbly waveforms.
New built-in vinyl signal analyzer.
4 Sampler Decks
Beatloops, Loop Halve/Double Buttons
Handy beatloop buttons let you quickly throw down an 8-beat loop as you transition from one song to the next.
Quantized Loops, Hotcues and Beatloops
Turn on quantization mode for a deck and all of your loops, hotcues, and beatloops will snap to the nearest beat when you place them.
Phase Synchronization
Sync button now synchronizes both the BPM and phase of beats.
Beatgrid Adjust Feature
Is your beatgrid misaligned? Easily adjust it with one click.
Microphone Support
Streaming and club DJs alike will love this feature. Plug in your microphone and MC your show, all without the need for an external mixer.
Spinning Turntable Widgets and Waveform Scratching
Skins now come with juicy spinning turntables that you can scratch to your heart's delight.
If vinyl control is enabled, vinyl signal quality can also be rendered to the spinning widgets.
Waveform overviews now act as a progress bar for track analysis.
M4A Support for Windows Vista and Windows 7 users.
Mixxx previously could not support M4A on Windows due to licensing issues, but that restriction is now lifted with our new Windows Media Foundation M4A plugin. Mixxx on Mac OS X already supports M4A.
Library Improvements
Traktor Library Support.
New and improved Browse Mode.
Recording Improvements
Integrated with the library.
Automatically splits files into pieces to avoid large files.
CUE files of tracks played.
Much faster iTunes and Rhythmbox support.
Import and export of crates and playlists as M3U/PLS playlists.
Playlists and crates are lockable and rename-able.
Dragging to library sidebar auto-expands closed sections and is easier to aim.
Track play count is more accurately measured.
Reload track metadata from context menu in library.
Auto-scrolling in playlists is fixed.
Shuffle AutoDJ Queue feature.
Add Playlist to AutoDJ feature.
Brand New and Updated Skins
Deere
1280x800 WXGA
1280x1024 SXGA
1440x900 WXGA+
1920x1080 FullHD
1920x1200 WUXGA
LateNight / LateNightBlues
1280x800 WXGA
1280x1024 SXGA
1366x768 WXGA
Shade / ShadeDark
1024x600 Netbook
1024x768 XGA
Phoney / PhoneyDark
1600x1200 UXGA
1680x1050 WSXGA
Outline
1024x600 Netbook
1024x768 XGA
800x480 WVGA
Accessibility Improvements
Mixxx should play nicer with screen-readers now. It's not perfect, but a step in the right direction.
Limited Support for Internationalization
Beta translations for Spanish, Catalan, French, German, Italian, Russian, Finnish, Czech, Dutch, Polish, and Japanese
Thanks so much to the awesome Launchpad translators!
Alpha translations for many other languages.
Better support for UTF-8 filenames.
Revamped and Rewritten User Manual
Mixing engine improvements
Major efficiency and latency improvements.
Netbook users report latency improvements of up to 4x.
Sound quality is now much improved.
Improved support for multiple soundcards. Synchronization problems should now only affect the headphone outputs. See Bug #667651 for more details.
Soft-takeover support for MIDI mappings.
JACK now recognizes ports as Mixxx instead of PortAudio.
Updated MIDI Mappings
American Audio RADIUS 2000 (new)
American Audio VMS4
DJ-Tech i-Mix Reload (new)
Hercules DJ Console Mk4
Hercules DJ Console RMX
Ion Discover DJ
Numark Total Control
Pioneer CDJ-2000 (new)
Pioneer CDJ-850 (new)
Reloop Digital Jockey 2
Stanton SCS.1m
Stanton SCS.3d
Vestax Typhoon
Wireless DJ (new)
Hundreds of bug fixes and improvements!

The Mixxx 1.9.0 beta includes Shoutcast/Icecast broadcasting, library improvements, and more!

* Reduce glitches on track load (major improvement for some users)
* Waveform generation speed drastically improved on Windows
* Stability fix when using vinyl emulation
* Adjustable EQ shelves can no longer be equal
* UTF-8 fixes for Rhythmbox track source
* Fixed duplicate promotional tracks from appearing in library
* Fixed MIDI learning wizard on OS X
* Fixed minor delay in setting hot cues with MIDI controllers during playback
* BPM tap activates on mouse-down instead of mouse-up.
* Read ID3 tags in FLAC files on Windows
* Reduce crackling during playback for some Windows users

* Looping
o Loop-in, Loop-out, and Reloop/Exit buttons added to our main skins.
o Loop point indicators on main waveforms and waveform summary displays.

* Hot cues
o Most of our skins gained 4 hot cue buttons, and Mixxx now internally supports up to 32 hot cues per deck.

* A brand new database-powered library, with:
o iTunes library and playlists access (Windows and Mac OS X)
o Rhythmbox library and playlists access (Linux)
o A brand new, faster library scanner
o Crates!
o A simple Auto DJ mode, which crossfades to the next track in the Auto DJ queue.
o Analyze view, which allows you to run bulk BPM detection on your songs
o Featured Artists bundle (Windows and Mac OS X)
o Revamped Song Properties dialog
o Re-arrangeable, hide-able columns
* Tons of new artwork:
o New Deere, Shade, Phoney, and LateNight skins
o Better descriptions in tooltips and snazzy new look

* MIDI
o New PortMidi-based MIDI device backend, supports using multiple devices at once
o Timers in the MIDI scripting engine
o New MIDI mappings:
# Hercules DJ Control e2
# DJ TechTools MIDI Fighter
# Reloop Digital Jockey2
o Updated MIDI mappings:
+ Hercules DJ Control MP3, RMX, MK2
+ Stanton SCS.3d, SCS.3m
+ M-Audio Xponent
+ Behringer BCD3000
+ Vestax VCI-100
+ MixMan DM2

* Other stuff:
o A massive rewrite of our internal mixing engine
o More intelligent disk access to help optimize audio latency
o Optimized waveform rendering at 30 fps
o Ramping pitch-bend option, smoothly applies temporary pitch adjustment for nudging
o Import comment tags from MP3, Ogg Vorbis, and FLAC/WAV metadata.
o New library and preferences icons
o Improvements to UTF-8 handling

* Over 50 bug fixes and more!

* Library:
o Massive optimization of the new SQLite database-powered library, including:
+ Faster searches
+ In-memory caching layer which minimizes hard disk access
+ Faster library scanning
o Fixed some Auto DJ bugs
o Added tooltips to library table
o Polished up song Properties dialog
o Library search now looks at album names too
o Fixed minor library rescanning bugs
o Fixed crate and playlist creation bugs
o Fixed drag-and-drop from network shares on Windows
o Show iTunes playlists as sorted
* Audio:
o Added plugin architecture for audio playback
o Fixed some cueing bugs with pitch-independent time stretch
o Improvements to vinyl emulation sound quality
o Improved performance by optimizing hard disk access for audio decoding
o Legacy 1.7 library importer now imports cue points
o Faster MP3 loading
o Improved reliability with certain MP3s and OGGs
* MIDI:
o Improved scratching with the SCS.3d
o Timers now available in MIDI scripts
* Fullscreen key changed to F11 to conform to de-facto standard.
* Tons of other bug fixes!

* Improved saving of ordered playlists
* Fixed MIDI support on OS X
* Optimize latency settings. This should improve compatibility with certain soundcards/APIs.
* Improved stability and error handling when loading certain songs.

* Fixed a memory leak causing degraded performance during long sets.
* The headphone "main" cue now takes master balance into effect.
* Fixed a rare issue with the Hercules DJ Control MP3 on Windows.
* Some Stanton SCS.3d bugfixes and improvements to the SCS.1m mapping