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9·2 months agoNebula exists. Curiosity Stream exists. PeerTube exists. Odysee exits. The people I value on YT already have footholds on all four. More will arrive soon enough.
Exactly my thoughts too.
I fully made the switch 6 years ago, and that was after using Traktor for 10 years, and various other software from 2005 to 2010. I think I’ve used Serato Scratch Live, M-Audio Torq, Virtual DJ, Serato Itch, and etc.
Part of me leaving Traktor was me being fed up with Microsoft (as they were becoming Microslop). I saw the trend with what Windows was doing, and Windows 11 broke the ‘camel’s back’ for me: ads, TPM requirements, forced updates, surveillance, and etc.
Traktor was also pushing me to leave their software too: dumb release of MK3 controller series (except S4), subscription model for Traktor Plus, now they’re in financial solvency, and so on.
So, I jumped onto Linux, and started using Mixxx around v2.2.4. I’ve known of Mixxx since the early 2010s. I just never had a reason to leave until 2020, but it was probably the best decision I made. Using Open Source software has helped expanded my DJing, especially in the file organizing part of music files.
Bottom line: If you depend on a software company to DJ or do anything with art, be prepared for when that company takes a dive and quits being a company. I didn’t want that dependency, so I jumped to open source.
when freestyle mixing with random song this helps save you so much times
It does, right? I’m glad I’m not the only one that feels that way.
But I think I’ll move forward with selling the unit. It’s definitely a fun one, but I’m not a fan of the FX lay out when compared to Traktor’s units.
Plus, I have touch screen laptops, so that could suffice for now. I just hate how laptop screens bounce when you touch them, haha!
To be honest, ever since the 2.5.2 or 2.5.3 release, I feel like they made some good major updates.
My favorite one: complete overhaul and rewrite for the timecode support.
The previous timecode system was pretty bad… Like, beatmatching and accuracy were pretty bad, but also, it sent a very weak audio signal and made my audio output sound pretty bad.
2.5.6 is the last release before 2.6
Bobby Brown - That’s the Way Love Is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1GLB2IBPiE Club version blows compared to original. You can barely feel the “melody” kick in this one during the hook.
Clazziquai - Futuristic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWZVr2CbA3U Despite the album version already being a House track, this Extended House edit sounds weaker than the latter.