May 2nd, 2008The Right Mixxx
I have to say straight away that the last time I did any DJ-ing, record players still had a 78rpm speed setting. I freely admit to being a bit out of touch with current trends, but I’m reliably informed that this free Open Source program, called Mixxx is just the job for all of you hep cats out there who enjoy mixing your tunes and generally fiddling around with musical tracks. Key features, so I’m told, include the ability to read new fangled music formats, like MP3, Ogg Vorbis and Wave (something to do with turntable speed, I suppose…), it can import M3U and PLS playlists, whatever they are, and it has Beat Estimation and Pitch Independent Time Stretch features, which is probably a good thing. It’s compatible with MIDI devices and the Hercules DJ Console Mk2, there’s a waveform display so you can see the dynamics of the tacks you’re working with oh yes, and it’s available in Windows, Mac and Linux versions.
Tags: display, dj, free, Linux, Mac, MID, MIDI, Mixxx, MP3, music, playlists, record, Speed, Vorbis, Windows
