It felt intuitive and I was able to mix a set with ease. After installing Mixxx 2.0, I imported my Traktor library and began mixing tracks. Hands-On: Mixing with MixxxĪfter playing with the software for 15 minutes (without reading any manuals), I was able mix a set with just the keyboard. After seeing student DJs use this software to mix music on my college radio station to what it has become today I can say from first hand experience that Mixxx has grown a lot over the past year. What makes Mixxx 2.0 different from the other DJ software companies out there is that Mixxx is built by the DJ community to be a versatile, light-weight solution for DJs everywhere. stacked waveforms, harmonic mixing, effects, etc.) The team is also talking to the community and engaging with active users throughout the whole process. Mixxx 2.0 is shaping up to be a complete solution for DJs, adhering to today’s unspoken standards of DJ software (i.e. 4 Microphone inputs and 4 Auxiliary Inputs.Effects with 4 effect modules and 5 built-in effects (more to be added soon).The key features that were included in this release and the official 2.0 release coming at the end of this year include: The Mixxx 1.12.0 beta was released in April of this year and since then the team has been improving on the software immensely with bug fixes and more controller support. Originally, the latest Mixxx update was to be just that however so much work is being put into the upcoming release that the team decided to officially announce that the next version of Mixxx will be Mixxx 2.0, an updated expansion of the software bearing new features and major improvements in performance. When it comes to release numbers extensions to the 1.xx typically convey that the release is an update that improves upon the software. After the team announced an updated release of Mixxx 1.12.0, which will become Mixxx 2.0 we decided to take a look at the software and highlight some features that every DJ should know about. Mixx is a freeware DJ software program that has been around for a few years, created by a team of hackers, artists, and translators who are driven to create the best free software for DJs. Mixxx 2.0 hopes to change all of that with, a new update that brings a slew of features to a truly free DJ software. Software for DJs will usually is expensive, and many of the cheap/free options have license restrictions or lack-luster features.
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