YAyacin·May 18, 2026Submission
Mixxx: FOSS DJ Mixing Software
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Mixxx is Free DJ software that gives you everything you need to perform live mixes.
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Mixxx is Free DJ software that gives you everything you need to perform live mixes.
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5 sources> I don't have a physical controller
There are a lot of really cheap USB based controllers on the second hand market - I've got an old Vestax USB 1.1 based controller that was state of the art in 2007 and was used by some famous DJs back in the day for 50€ and it's working perfectly fine - it's only midi - you can dump the hex values using midi tools in Linux when you turn the nobs.
Surprisingly for me latency and interactivity are no problem. Eq'ing, pitch, jogwheel feels like analog. However I'm not a professional but I didn't recognize any noticable delay.
You can even scratch using the jog. I'm sure there is a reason for the price difference to modern hardware but from a haptics and sound perspective it's perfectly fine. Mixxx is doing all the hard work.
Mixxx has a really long list of supported devices: https://github.com/mixxxdj/mi
Read the rest
xxx/wiki/Hardware-Compatibility
You probably need another soundcard for headphones, there also exist lots of cheap old USB soundcards for that - there are also controllers with an audio interface like Vestax VCI-300.
Then it's up to you to practice. I'm also struggling to get better but it's really all you need to DJ. I'm also yt-dlp'ing my collection which feels strange but is budget friendly :)
I've used to DJ as a hobbyist using vinyl ages ago and I'm not missing anything. You can ignore the sync button, hide the bpm on the screen and mix only using your ears like you'd do with vinyl only. Matching the beat using pitch fader and gently pushing the jogwheel is very similar to like you'd do it with the platter on a turntable. Of course it's not the same but for me it's close enough.
Maybe don't tell your vinyl snob friends or other fundamentalists but it's lots of fun for little money.
Using a PREEMPT_RT kernel is recommended to get low/predictable audio latency in Mixxx (this player also decodes timecode vinyls): https://github.com/mixxxdj/mixxx/wiki/Adjusting-Audio-Latenc...
In Real-time Linux is officially part of the kernelThis is awesome! Bookmarking this for sure!
I really dig your dj.app, it looks a lot like an app I sometime I use called Mixxx[1], which is open source[2]. But I think it's built using QT instead of wxWidgets. Anyways, now that I know there's a similar web-app available I might start trying dj.app out! thanks!
1. https://mixxx.org/
2. https://github.com/mixxxdj/mixxx
In Show HN: Wavvy – web-based audio editor (Audacity port)I think i see what you mean and as far as i know there are some realisations with mixxx that look close to your idea.
https://github.com/mixxxdj/mixxx/wiki/Portable-Mixxx
I did something similar with an arch linux running kde and only the packages i needed for using reaper, carla and a few vst synths. This page could be usefull for configuring your distro :
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Professional_audio
Using it live with many plugins at the same time on my 2015 mid-budget laptop and it's working pretty well.
In Ask HN: Is there any Linux distro dedicated to music performance?