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#1

Hello! I'm looking for a live dj/mashup software for ubuntu similar to ableton live for mac or audiomulch for windows that has:

  • Beat syncing (of course)
  • A potentially infinite amount of players, with the ability to play more than 2 at a time (hopefully up to 10)
  • A good amount of audio effects
  • And, in a perfect world, midi sync capabilities

If anybody can point me towards something like this that is available for linux, it would be greatly appreciated :)

#2

I had some good fun playing with a piece of software called Mixxx. I am not a dj and have no idea what i'm doing, but Mixxx appears (imo) to be quite a high quality DJing app that works on Linux, Windows and Mac.

Think it might only give you two players though. Still definitely worth checking out.

#3

yeah, mixxx is good, but it's more of a vinyl emulator, with 2 players, and the way the speed changer works. For my purposes, I need to be able to play at least 6 tracks at a time (as weird as that may sound)

#4

vakyoomluigi said:

  • Beat syncing (of course)
  • A potentially infinite amount of players, with the ability to play more than 2 at a time (hopefully up to 10)
  • A good amount of audio effects
  • And, in a perfect world, midi sync capabilities

I wouldn't really describe this as DJ software, more like loop-based audio production software. but that's a hazy line

Hmm, this is actually one region that has yet to be well developed on the Linux platform. You might want to look into these packages: freewheeling, lmms, terminatorx, or freecycle.

Your best bet may just be to run Audiomulch in Wine. According to the wine appDB it works flawlessly: http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=13100 and > Audiomulch has been designed by its creator, Ross Bencina, to be fully Wine-compatible. My experience with it a couple of years ago was that it was a very well-engineered and stable piece of software regardless of which OS was hosting it.

hmm... sounds like I need to go download me some audiomulch...

#5

I run audiomulch on my mac with crossover currently (I use a triplebooted macbook) and it works great, I'm just expanding my musical horizons here :D Thank you for the info, I'll look into those