mixxx — A Digital Disc Jockey Interface
mixxx is free DJ software that gives you everything you
need to perform live DJ mixes. Blend songs together with automatic BPM
matching and remix on-the-fly with looping and hot cues. Whether you're a
pro DJ or just getting started, Mixxx has you covered.
mixxx works with ALSA, JACK, OSS and supports many popular DJ
controllers.
This manual page documents briefly the mixxx command line
options. It does not describe all of the features of mixxx or how to use it;
Instead, it has a documentation in pdf format; see below.
KEY FEATURES
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- Parallel or split scratchable waveform displays.
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- MP3, OGG, WAVE, FLAC, and optional AAC (M4A) playback.
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- WAVE, OGG, and optional MP3 recording.
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- Fast, database-powered library.
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- Crates and playlists for organizing your music.
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- Reads iTunes, Traktor, and Rhythmbox libraries.
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- Cross-platform - works on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.
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- Shoutcast and Icecast broadcasting.
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- Support for many DJ MIDI & HID controllers out-of-the-box.
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- Advanced MIDI scripting engine for maximum flexibility.
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- Vinyl emulation with Serato,Traktor, and Mixvibes timecode support.
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- Bulk BPM and beat detection.
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- ReplayGain volume normalization.
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- Automatic crossfading with Auto DJ.
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- Skinnable interface with several skins bundled.
For a full list of features go to: (link to URL
http://mixxx.org/features/) .
mixxx does not have AAC (M4A) playback support enabled by default
due to licensing restrictions. To enable playback of unprotected AAC (M4A)
files, you can build mixxx from source. See also: (link to URL
http://www.mixxx.org/wiki/doku.php/compiling_on_linux#build_with_m4a_file_support)
Mixxx is designed to be as user-friendly as possible. As such, its
command line options are only useful for development or debugging, as they
make these tasks easier. mixxx accepts the following case-sensitive
options on the command-line:
- <FILE>
- Load the specified music file(s) at start-up. Each file you specify will
be loaded into the next virtual deck. Supported file types: mp3, ogg,
aiff, aif, wav, flac
-
--resourcePath <PATH>
- Top-level directory where Mixxx should look for its resource files such as
MIDI mappings, overriding the default installation location.
-
--pluginPath <PATH>
- Top-level directory where Mixxx should look for sound source plugins in
addition to default locations.
-
--settingsPath <PATH>
- Top-level directory where Mixxx should look for settings.
-
--controllerDebug/--midiDebug
- Causes Mixxx to display/log all of the MIDI/HID controller data it
receives and script functions it loads.
- --developer
- Enables developer-mode. Includes extra log info, stats on performance, and
a Developer tools menu.
- --locale
<LOCALE>
- Use a custom locale for loading translations (e.g 'fr').
- --f --fullScreen
- Starts mixxx in full-screen mode.
- -h --help
- Display a help message and exit.
/usr/share/doc/mixxx/Mixxx-Manual.pdf
The manual in pdf format should have come with your copy of mixxx,
however there is an online copy available: (link to URL
http://mixxx.org/wiki/doku.php/manual) .
- ~/.mixxx/
- The directory where mixxx stores its user data.
- ~/.mixxx/mixxx.cfg
- The mixxx configuration file.
- ~/.mixxx/mixxxdb.sqlite
- The mixxx library file. Warning: Deleting your library will lose
all of your metadata. This includes saved hotcues, loops, comments,
ratings, and other library related metadata. Only delete your library if
you are fine with losing these.
- ~/.mixxx/analysis
- The directory where mixxx stores any additional analysis data that can't
fit into the library file. Currently only the waveforms are saved here. If
you delete your library file you should also delete this folder as the
waveforms around 1MB each and are unusable without the library that
generated them.
- ~/.mixxx/controllers
- The directory where mixxx stores user controller mappings. All mappings
that are created with the MIDI learning wizard are saved here. If there
are mappings for a controller in the default resource directory and this
directory mixxx will use the one saved here.
- /usr/share/mixxx
- The directory where mixxx stores its default resources like skins,
MIDI/HID controller mappings, keyboard mappings, and translations.
- /usr/share/doc/mixxx/Mixxx-Manual.pdf
- The mixxx manual in pdf format.
To report a bug or request a feature, go to the mixxx bug tracker:
(link to URL http://bugs.launchpad.net/mixxx)
Since 2000, over 150 developers, artists and translators have
helped create mixxx. The current mixxx development team is led by RJ Ryan
rryan@mixxx.org.
This manual page was written by S.Brandt s.brandt@mixxx.org for
the Debian system (and may be used by others). Permission is granted
to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU
General Public License, Version 2 any later version published by the Free
Software Foundation.
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public
License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2.
- April 12, 2013
- Completely revised for mixxx 1.11 by Max Linke and S.Brandt
s.brandt@mixxx.org
- November 26,
2004
- Initial version by Paul Brossier piem@altern.org.