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Rafael French
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Software to DJ and listening music

#1 Post by Rafael French » Thu Sep 28, 2017 12:26 pm

Hello all.
It's the fisrt time I post here. Sorry for my poor english, but it's not my mother language.

I would like to know which software you use, for DJing and to work the music.

I'm on Ubuntu Linux and I use two software.

Mixxx
https://www.mixxx.org/
I always use Mixxx for DJing and preparing playlist before the party. It records history of each run. I use an external USB sound board in order to pre-listen during party.
It does all I need, and a lot more that I do not use.

Quod Libet
https://quodlibet.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
I work the tracks to set/correct all mp3 tag, remane the files, record the cover into the mp3 file. I put music during dance classes and free listen music.
Because my music organisation I use its very power full combining search and something similare of smart playlist in iTunes.

And you, what do you use ?

Surreal
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Re: Software to DJ and listening music

#2 Post by Surreal » Sun Oct 01, 2017 5:25 pm

I work almost exclusively with JRiver Media Center and have been using it for years. The smart library management features are a big draw for me, though as with all things there's a bit of a learning curve. Multi-zone playback also lets me cue up songs on one zone and play to speakers on another. I don't have the crossfade-across-zones ability like more traditional dj software, but I've never had a need for that.

Filorarynut
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Re: Software to DJ and listening music

#3 Post by Filorarynut » Wed Jan 24, 2018 2:38 am

Thank you for your advice It is a very good program. I try to use it, it is very useful to me.

Toon Town Dave
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Re: Software to DJ and listening music

#4 Post by Toon Town Dave » Tue Jan 30, 2018 11:23 pm

I've been using Mixxx 1.11 for quite a while now both for dances and radio. Tried 2, found it buggy in a disruptive way, I see there's a new version in the pipeline so I'll revisit it once that reaches final release. The only feature I'd really like is to tell the auto DJ to pause after a certain track or even just at the end of the current track although that's not something I'd use as often at dance gigs.

Rafael French
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Re: Software to DJ and listening music

#5 Post by Rafael French » Wed Mar 14, 2018 2:54 pm

The future new release 2.1 is very useful.
The new Tango Skin allows to hide a lot of controls that I do not use for Swing DJ'ing.

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