Mixxx 1.7.1 is a Music Mixer product from mixxx.sf.net, get 4 Stars SoftSea Rating, Mixxx is an open source DJ tool designed for both professional and amateur DJs alike.
Mixxx allows DJs to mix music live with a clean, simple interface. Futhermore, Mixxx has a number of key features to help DJs in the mix: Beat estimation, parallel visual displays, and support for various DJ hardware controllers.
Whats New in version 1.6.0:
* New MIDI mappings for Tascam US-428, M-Audio X-Session Pro, Evolution X-Session, FaderFox DJ2, and the M-Audio Torq Xponent, Vestax VCI-100, Akai MPD24, Behringer BCD3000 (including LEDs), Numark Total Control
* Many Hercules MK2 improvements
* Support for the Hercules DJ Console RMX
* Support for the Hercules DJ Console Mac Edition
* Slick sliding VU meter peaks - Screenshots dont do this justice (download it and check it out).
* Added the new Natt skin, from Natt from the forums.
* Completely rewritten waveform view by Russell Ryan through Google Summer of Code. This will provide better performance for some users.
* Some very under-the-hood improvements that should fix the odd crash-at-startup and improve performance.
* Fixed keyboard cue keys to use whatever cue behaviour is selected in the preferences.
* MP3 parsing fixes for files with cover art (fixes blips at the start of some songs)
* OGG parsing improvements, fixes some library scanning problems
* Fixed OGG playback on Intel OS X machines
* Completed drag-and-drop support in the library. You can now import tracks to the library by drag-and-dropping a track from outside Mixxx onto the library view. You can also reorder tracks in a playlist or the library.
* Option to disable the BPM detection.
* Added BPM reading from MP3/OGG files which have it embedded in them (ID3), one of several enhancements by Martin Sakmar
* Various accuracy improvements to the BPM detection
* Improvements to the vinyl emulation and pitch-independent time stretch sound quality
* Wave recording support
* Vinyl control with support for Serato, Traktor, and FinalScratch vinyl, as well as Serato CD.
* Added support for multiple inputs on a single soundcard for vinyl control
* Build flags are now cached automatically
* Improved flanger effect, thanks to Enry
* Configurable cue behaviour, which now defaults to CDJ-style cueing. (Thanks to Tom Care)
* Enabled realtime priority with ALSA, improves performance with Linux RT kernels.
* FLAC support for Linux and OS X users (much requested)
* Tons and tons of bug fixes.
* Fixed crashes due to vinyl emulation mode
* Improved compatibility with JACK (some users were experiencing choppiness)
* Players should now only pull from the play queue if in NEXT mode
* Search functionality:
* Search box now selects all text when clicked (easier to make a new search now)
* When the search box is cleared, the library view will scroll back to its previous position.
* Search now properly filters directories out
* Library stuff:
* Double-clicking on a song now sends the song to the first stopped player.
* Right-click menu cleaned up, much nicer now
* Library directory rescans on startup when its been modified (*doesnt work when subdirectories are modified yet)
* Library view now shows directories first
* Columns in the library view are proportioned intelligently now
* Renamed the "Playlist" menu to "Library"
* Added "Rescan Library" menu item.
* Can select multiple songs (hold shift) and send them to the play queue or a playlist
* Playlist support:
* Can create, import, delete, and rename playlists
* Added "Playlists" to library drop-down box
* Can right-click to send a playlist to the play queue.
* Fixed some bugs in the track properties dialog, and set default values
* Fixed a soundcard channel selection bug when the second device had more channels than the first.
* Added BPM Schemes (need to make some presets still)
* Minor speed optimization
* OS X/Leopard package for Intel users!
* A few build system (dependency checking) fixes
* MIDI LED control on Linux
* A few MIDI tweaks here and there
* Right-clicking on a knob/slider no longer moves with your mouse (it just centers the value)
* Using your mouses scroll wheel now changes the values of sliders and knobs (this is cool for laptop users with the little scroll bar at the side of their trackpads)
* DirectSound is now the default API on Windows
* ALSA Sequencer MIDI support courtesy of Cedric Gestes
* A couple of MIDI bug fixes (knobs now center properly, thanks to Sacha Berger)
* Added support for 14-bit MIDI pitch wheel controllers (thanks to Adam Sugerman)
* Hercules support on Linux improved (jog wheels work again)
* Big stability improvements
* Multiple soundcards can now be used for output (master/headphones), in case you dont have a soundcard with 4 outputs on it.
* Adams wicked colour scheme support for skins
* Can now change skins without restarting Mixxx (more hard work from Adam)
* Channel VU meters are now pre-fader
* VU meters are now much more smooth
* Added clipping indicators (courtesy of John Sully)
* Higher quality EQs and other sound quality improvements (also from John Sully)
* Adjustable EQ shelves
* New MIDI mapping format now in XML, supports controlling LEDs
* Better Hercules support on Windows and Linux
* New BPM detection algorithm (Micah Lee/GSoC 2007)
* New media library (Nathan Prado/GSoC 2007)
* LADSPA effects support (not yet enabled - Pawel Bartkiewicz/GSoC 2007)
* BPM Tap tempo
* Ported to Qt 4
* Moved build system to SCONS
* Redesigned preferences dialogs
* Rewritten audio core (Albert)
* Vinyl control support for Serato, Traktor Scratch, and FinalScratch (FS needs work, but the others are good)
* Software preamp for vinyl control (can use turntables without a preamp)
* Track info editor (double-click in library)
* New library browse mode (CTAF)
* Starts in fullscreen mode if launched with the -f flag.
* Several MP3 decoder performance and stability improvements (John Sully)
* Support for merengue
* Reorganized "File" menu
* NEXT mode now works as expected (plays the next track in the table)
* Lots of little OS X improvements
* Improved consistency of fullscreen mode
* Customizable constant power crossfader curve
* Slow fade and fast cut crossfader curves
* Play queue, for creating an on-the-fly playlist
* Revamped playlist interface, editing
* Reasonably intelligent library rescanning The license of this audio & mp3 software is Freeware, you can free download and free use this Audio & MP3 software.