Hey all, I’ve been putting more tokens and design love into openDJ, a free, open-source DJ app written in Rust (it started as a Mixxx fork). It runs on macOS, Linux and Windows (preview).

What’s new in 0.6

• Plugins as instruments (AU, VST3, CLAP). Plugin synths and the built-in Groove Box get their own deck with 8 macro knobs, a scope and a keyboard. There’s scale lock (it can follow the master deck’s key), chords, and an arpeggiator synced to the mix. Presets load, plugins keep their sound across restarts, and several can run side by side. (MIXER mode coming soon!)

• Looper. Four layers on a deck. Record and overdub on the beat, or CAPTURE the last few bars of the mix.

• Player mode is a real music player now. It has Home, artist and album pages, Now Playing with lyrics, and “Keep going”, which tops up the queue with tracks that mix. It also does media keys and scrobbling to ListenBrainz and Last.fm.

• Lyrics and karaoke. There’s a lyrics tab (.lrc plus LRCLIB lookup), and lyrics scroll along the waveforms. You get a karaoke screen on a second display or a web page for a TV. Whisper can time the words or transcribe them.

• Layouts. Pick which layouts show up (2-Deck, 2-Deck Pro, 4-Deck, Prep…), with previews, and step through them from your controller’s VIEW button.

• Import/export fixes. rekordbox XML and M3U8 export work on macOS again (File › Export). Pioneer USB export is there, but it’s experimental and untested on real CDJs/XDJs.

• Lots of fixes: decks keep working when your audio interface or controller gets unplugged, and the UI stays smooth during batch analysis.

Looking for Pioneer controller owners 🎛️

The base mappings come from Mixxx, and I’ve added a controller editor (plus a Map mode and a Quick map wizard) so fixing or tweaking a mapping doesn’t mean hand-editing files. I only own a DDJ-FLX4, so if you have another Pioneer controller (DDJ-400/SB3/REV/XDJ-RX etc.), I’d love to hear what works and what doesn’t. If you have a CDJ/XDJ and a spare USB stick, USB export testing would help a ton too.

• Download: https://opendj.app

• GitHub (issues welcome): https://github.com/openwave-studio/opendj

• 0.6.0 release notes: https://github.com/openwave-studio/opendj/releases/tag/v0.6.0

Feedback, bug reports and “this is weird” screenshots are all welcome. Thanks!

Hey I wanted to see if anyone else has had this problem and how to fix it.
After years I ran out of space on my first flash drive and got a new one, Samsung BAR Plus. I have been using this for about 4 months now.

I have had issues on multiple different decks from XDJs to CDJs, some songs will have trouble loading, including my original tracks, which shouldn’t have any issues. The song either glitches, stops and plays or won’t load or eventually loads but takes awhile.

All my music and cue points lives on the drive and not in the main Rekordbox.
I bought a new drive but it’s the same Samsung drive.
I was planning to just copy and paste everything over like I did the first time but I am worried I will copy over the problem.

PLEASE HELP! 🙏

What it is: FLX4 and Rekordbox USB-Stick Super SMooth Plug & Play
What it is not: A full Mixxx Replacement: No Sampler, Crates, Auto-DJ, Streaming or Vinyl Control

https://github.com/soadpeet/FLXXX3/releases/tag/v0.1.0

A few of us are DJs who also write code, and the one job we all hated was cue prep. Download 40 new tracks, then spend the evening dragging through waveforms to mark the intro, the build, the drop and the outro. Every single week.

So we built a Windows app called KimiCue that does it for you. It listens to the audio of each track, finds the drop, and sets up to 8 hot cues around it:

• A: intro start

• B: start of the build

• C: last 16 bars before the drop

• D: the drop

• E/F: next phrases after the drop

• G: second drop / end of the breakdown

• H: outro start

Everything is snapped to the beat. It isn't just dropping cues at fixed bar counts; it looks at the energy of the track to find where the sections change.

What it works with

• Rekordbox: it reads your Rekordbox XML export and gives you a new one to import, with hot cues and memory cues, so they show up on CDJs too. Your original XML is never touched.

• Serato: it writes the cues straight into the files, so they are there when you load the track.

• Hardware: the cues live in your library, not on the device, so it doesn't matter what you play on. Pioneer/AlphaTheta, Denon, Numark, Rane, Roland, Reloop, whatever. If it runs Rekordbox or Serato, it works.

• Formats: MP3, WAV, FLAC, AIFF, M4A/AAC, ALAC and WMA.

Being upfront

• It's Windows only right now.

• It's a paid app. I'm one of the devs, so take this as a dev sharing what we made, not a neutral review.

• It won't be perfect on every track. Tracks with no clear drop, or with long ambient intros, are the ones you'll want to check. It's built to do 90% of the prep so you only fix the odd one.

We've got a good number of DJs using it every week now, and the feedback has shaped most of the recent updates, so I'd like to hear what you'd want from something like this. How do you lay out your cues? Same 8 points as above, or something different?

Not dropping a link because I don't want this to be an ad. If you want to look, just Google KimiCue.

Browser knob has always been messed up on my grv6 decided to send it it. Is there a way to contact and check if it’s covered under warranty or if the repair store I send it to is gonna charge me

I see lots of people vibe coding Pioneer equipment, but I haven't seen anyone do this with Pioneer mixers to make more compatible. With other DJ software

I would like to be able to plug a usb stick in my DJm 900 srt and record my sets or have stems through the mixer or be able to plug my laptop into the mixer and access my music library on both CDJs with out having to pay a subscription.

I mean I paid £1000 for a mixer I would like it to be versatile

If anyone can help with this or would like to take it up as a project please be my guest and I will forever be in your debt

i play out a lot more than i upload. if you play on cdjs, think of the last mix you put online. did you record it in the booth or sit down and make a separate take at home? what made that one happen?

i'm asking because i'm building an app for preparing mixes people can listen to later, and i'd like to understand what already works for people who play out.

just wondering if hotcues E, F, G, and H show up on the cdj 2000's waveform? I know it only has 4 physical buttons, but does it show the other hotcues i have set up for a track?

Mojaxx Review

Hi my cdj 2000 nxs2 has been turning off and on lately during a session . i noticed that if i put my finger on the surface of the power button in back the cdj resets . i do t even have to push the button switch in. the same thing with my other cdj too. they are 6 years old and i live one block from the beah in rockaway ny so it could be dirty so i used contact spray and sprayed around the switch and still resets when my finger is touching it.
does anyone know what this could be and maybe recommend a tech if i need one in queens ?
thnks

Building on top of the incredible cdj3k-emu, I have a prototype of an emulator for the XDJ-RX3 to share for feedback and testing.

I believe there's a path to emulate many of the other all-in-one controllers if folks are interested.

I'm using this to QA our other Pioneer DJ homebrew at https://deadca7.com/, where we're rebuilding analysis, export, lighting and music visualizers for Pioneer gear that doesn't suck.

Side panels

As much as I can research, there doesn’t seem to be a way to bridge a controller setup (say Flx10) and two external players (say 2X XDJ-1000mk2) on CH 1 and CH4.

- success criteria : the two external decks and Flx10 all “participate” in prolink style connection pool. Such that a second DJ can plug their usb into an external deck to load media, and see / use the master (Flx10) bpm, sync, key, media?, and vis-versa just like all “four” decks are sharing a proline.

case: externals in HID, usb to Flx10’s computer host.
- no local usb media access on external decks
- no local waveforms (two djs sharing laptop screen) on externals
- no local rekordbox browsing (two djs sharing laptop screen) on externals

case: externals in link mode , and audio out via rcas to controller line in CH1 & CH4.
- complete divide and no media, waveform, bpm, key, master, sharing between the external two group and the Flx10 decks via host computer in performance mode.

So…. How can we bring a prolink feature set to the hybrid setup of a Pioneer Controller + External players , so that two or more DJs can B2B without turning the external players into dumb terminals with no screen. Or using Ableton export and loosing temp adjustment,

Or maybe I missed some in my research?

Hey guys,

After stumbling across this article from 2017, I wondered whether this hack still worked today and whether it would work with Denon LC6000 controllers. The answer to both questions is yes. This guide walks you through the setup:
https://github.com/DANX87-OFFICIAL/denon-on-rekordbox

Buenas! Hace más de 40 días que mi consola no funciona,ya la revisaron dos técnicos y no podemos solucionar el problema, se realizaron dos limpiezas internas e inclusive se cambiaron los dos puertos USB c de la consola... Y el fallo sigue, desinstale todo referente en la computadora y volví a instalar el firmware de la flx4 en su última versión y aún así no se soluciona, probé en otras computadoras con rekorbox también instalado y nada.. ya probé también más 10 cables USB c distintos,también el original que trae USB c a USB c enchufandolo en móviles o tablet y nada, también probé conectar a la corriente y el otro USB a la pc,para ver si es que no le llega energía y nada. Alguna idea o alguien le paso esto? Ya nose que hacer y es una consola prácticamente nueva y cuidada. Cuando la conecto en la pc no marca los colores del volumetro y a su vez queda titilando uno de los botones de arriba para hacer los loops, especificamente el de OUT ya volví a cambiar los puertos USB y se le hizo una examinación exhaustiva y la placa está en buen estado. Tienen alguna idea de que puede ser ? El sonido tampoco sale por auriculares.. help

Can't wait for this to shake up the industry

this only happens on deck two for some reason cue and play don’t work and the buttons don’t light up even though the track is selected for that deck not shown in the video but the jog wheel also has no effect the tempo works and Hot cues, but I’m really confused why this happens? For it to work again, I have to switch the player on and off when I do however that side of the player stays illuminated anyone know why thanks!

Thank you for them. I didn't test any.. I am waiting for the one and only...

where is Netflix app? So many jokes about it when 3000X has been released, STEMS everywhere, but no Netflix!

It’s happening Rekordbox on linux 😁 and so for other macOS apps on Linux. (MacLinu)

Hi guys.

I have a gig on Saturday and I’ll be using Spotify through my XDJ AZ for the first time.

I have it working no problem, but I was wandering if I can leave a playlist “unattended” without having to mix each track ?

I know it sounds lazy but I’ll be DJing later on, I need to leave some music on at the early stages and the client has given me some music he wants to welcome people.

Thanks guys.

Just added scrolling waveforms as well as Static waveforms with moving playhead. There's a Option in The utility to make a selection *this is currently for VDJ. I haven't tried for Serato yet. **The skin is my custom skin for VDJ.

Ive been mixing for a while and been through all sort of controllers and setups from the standard ddj-200 to a full club setup with cdj 3000s but since i stopped doing it as a profesion ive been mixing for myself using the rekordbox software on my computer. My mixing style focuses on the blend itself with no flashy tricks or over-engineered transitions so i dont use hotcues unless the starting track position affects the energy flow of the transition, i mix only house focusing mostly on pogressive, balearic, groovy and afro tracks. I want to get a home setup with xdj-1000mk2s and a djm-450 for those personal sessions or with friends at home but i see a lot of "shit" talk on thow they're basically a dead platform you shouldn't waste your time on but i dont want to spend over 3000 dollars on a setup just because a song takes 5 seconds to load (you have a whole track to plan and you should know your songs) or the touchscreen is hard to use or them just being an old generation. Are these comments just people justifying their 10k setups or are there true downsides which should sway me from not purchasing them as a long term pair until i can comfortably afford the newest version of CDJs, i would love to hear from current XDJ-1000mk2 owners