13. Appendix
13.1. Keyboard mapping table
Shortcuts let you work more efficiently. This table lists the default keyboard shortcuts for accessing Mixxx with an English keyboard layout. Depending on your language settings the defaults may be different.
New in version 2.0: Passthrough, Vinylcontrol Mode, Vinylcontrol Cueing, and Single Deck Vinylcontrol Toggle shortcuts
Changed in version 2.0: Auto DJ shortcuts, Esc key exit search and leave focus
Function |
Deck 1 |
Deck 2 |
Master |
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Mixer |
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Crossfade Left |
G |
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Crossfade Right |
H |
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Small Crossfade Left |
Shift + G |
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Small Crossfade Right |
Shift + H |
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Activate/Disable Effects Unit |
5 |
0 |
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Headphone Cue (Pre-fader listen) |
T |
Y |
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Bass Kill |
B |
N |
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Playback |
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Load selected track to deck |
Shift + left |
Shift + right |
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Unload track from deck |
Alt + Shift + left |
Alt + Shift + right |
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Playback |
D |
L |
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Seek Backwards |
A |
J |
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Reverse Playback |
Shift + A |
Shift + J |
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Seek Forwards |
S |
K |
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Tempo Adjust Down |
F1 |
F5 |
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Tempo Adjust Up |
F2 |
F6 |
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Small Tempo Adjust Down |
Shift + F1 |
Shift + F5 |
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Small Tempo Adjust Up |
Shift + F2 |
Shift + F6 |
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Temporary Tempo Adjust Down |
F3 |
F7 |
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Temporary Tempo Adjust Up |
F4 |
F8 |
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Small Temporary Tempo Adjust Down |
Shift + F3 |
Shift + F7 |
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Small Temporary Tempo Adjust Up |
Shift + F4 |
Shift + F8 |
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Tempo (BPM) Sync |
1 |
6 |
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BPM Tap Tempo Adjust |
Shift + ! |
Shift + ^ |
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Cue and Loop |
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Set Cuepoint |
Shift + D |
Shift + L |
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Cue |
F |
; |
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Cue Go-to-and-stop |
Shift + F |
Shift + : |
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Activate 4 Beat Loop |
Q |
U |
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Halve Beat Loop Size |
W |
I |
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Double Beat Loop Size |
E |
O |
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Set Loop In Point |
2 |
7 |
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Set Loop Out Point (Activates Loop) |
3 |
8 |
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Toggle Loop On/Off |
4 |
9 |
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Set Hot cue 1 |
Z |
M |
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Set Hot cue 2 |
X |
, |
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Set Hot cue 3 |
C |
. |
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Set Hot cue 4 |
V |
/ |
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Clear Hot cue 1 |
Shift + Z |
Shift + M |
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Clear Hot cue 2 |
Shift + X |
Shift + < |
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Clear Hot cue 3 |
Shift + C |
Shift + > |
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Clear Hot cue 4 |
Shift + V |
Shift + ? |
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Microphone |
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Microphone Talkover |
` |
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Auto DJ |
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Shuffle Auto DJ playlist |
Shift + F9 |
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Skip next track in Auto DJ |
Shift + F10 |
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Fade to next track in Auto DJ |
Shift + F11 |
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Toggle Auto DJ on/Off |
Shift + F12 |
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Preview Deck |
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Load Selected Track And Play |
Alt + Return |
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Start/Stop |
Return |
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Seek Backwards |
Alt + Left |
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Seek Forwards |
Alt + Right |
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Vinyl Control |
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Passthrough |
Ctrl + J |
Ctrl + K |
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Vinylcontrol Mode |
Ctrl + Shift + Y |
Ctrl + Shift + U |
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Vinylcontrol Cueing |
Ctrl + Alt+ Y |
Ctrl + Alt + U |
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Single Deck Toggle / Swap Decks |
Ctrl + T |
Ctrl + T |
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Search bar |
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Focus |
Ctrl + F |
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Clear input |
Ctrl + Back |
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Exit search and leave focus |
ESC |
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Library |
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Select all files in current list |
Ctrl + A |
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Select group of files in current list |
Click first item, hold Shift key, click last item |
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See also
Mixxx allows you to customize the keyboard shortcuts. For more information, and to download a keyboard mapping image, go to Using a Keyboard.
13.2. Application shortcuts
Use these shortcuts to access features available in the menu on top of the application window.
New in version 2.0: Added Show Effect Rack, Maximize Library, and Show Cover Art shortcuts. Added a Developer Tools option to the Developer menu which provides various useful debugging tools.
Changed in version 2.0: Shortcuts for Enable Vinyl Control 1-4.
Function |
Key |
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File menu |
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Load Track to Deck 1 |
Ctrl + O |
Load Track to Deck 2 |
Ctrl + Shift + O |
Library menu |
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Add new Playlist |
Ctrl + N |
Add new Crate |
Ctrl + Shift + N |
View menu |
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Show Samplers |
Ctrl + 1 |
Show Microphone Section |
Ctrl + 2 |
Show Vinyl Control Section |
Ctrl + 3 |
Show Preview Deck |
Ctrl + 4 |
Show Effect Rack |
Ctrl + 5 |
Show Cover Art |
Ctrl + 6 |
Maximize Library |
Space |
Full Screen (Windows & Linux) |
F11 |
Full Screen (Mac OS X) |
Shift + Command + F |
Options menu |
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Enable Vinyl Control 1 |
Ctrl + T |
Enable Vinyl Control 2 |
Ctrl + Y |
Enable Vinyl Control 3 |
Ctrl + U |
Enable Vinyl Control 4 |
Ctrl + I |
Enable Live Broadcasting |
Ctrl + L |
Record Mix |
Ctrl + R |
Enable Keyboard Shortcuts |
Ctrl + ` |
Open Preferences (Windows & Linux) |
Ctrl + P |
Open Preferences (Mac OS X) |
Ctrl + , |
Exit Mixxx |
Ctrl + Q |
Developer menu |
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Reload skin |
Ctrl + Shift + R |
Developer Tools |
Ctrl + Shift + T |
Stats: Base Bucket |
Ctrl + Shift + B |
Stats: Experiment Bucket |
Ctrl + Shift + E |
Debugger Enabled |
Ctrl + Shift + D |
Hint
The Ctrl key on Windows & Linux is equivalent to the Command key on Mac OS X. The Alt key on Windows & Linux is equivalent to the Option key on Mac OS X. Application shortcuts are not customizable.
Note
The Developer menu is available if Mixxx is started using the Command line options.
13.3. Command line options
Mixxx is designed to be as user-friendly as possible. As such, its command line options are only useful for development or debugging, as they make these tasks easier. Command line options are case-sensitive.
New in version 2.0:
Show debug tooltips
Provide extra skins when developer mode is enabled.
Adds the debugger during skin parsing in
--developermodeAdds “Enable Base” and “Enable Experiment” option in
--developermodeAdded
--safeModeoption.
Option |
Description |
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[FILE] |
Load the specified music file(s) at start-up. Each file you specify will be loaded into the next virtual deck. Supported file types: mp3, ogg, aiff, aif, wav, flac, and optional unprotected aac (m4a) |
–resourcePath PATH |
Top-level directory where Mixxx should look for its resource files such as MIDI mappings, overriding the default installation location. |
–pluginPath PATH |
Top-level directory where Mixxx should look for sound source plugins in addition to default locations. |
–settingsPath PATH |
Top-level directory where Mixxx should look for user settings files such as the library database and preferences configuration file. |
–controllerDebug |
Causes Mixxx to display/log all controller data it receives and script functions it loads. |
–developer |
Enables developer-mode. Includes extra log info, stats on performance, a Developer tools menu, extra developer skins, and provides useful information for skin writers in widget tooltips and logs . |
–safeMode |
Disables risky things at start up. This should help troubleshoot crashes at startup or if Mixxx won’t boot.
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–locale LOCALE |
Use a custom locale for loading translations (e.g ‘fr’) |
-f, –fullScreen |
Starts Mixxx in full-screen mode |
-h, –help |
Display this help message and exit |
13.4. Developer tools
To start Mixxx in Developer mode from a custom resource directory with MIDI and HID logging enabled, type the following line into the terminal and hit return:
./mixxx --controllerDebug --developer --resourcePath res
13.4.1. Experiment modes for rapid development and testing
New in version 2.0:
Adds a static Experiment class with a tri-state mode flag that indicates whether the experiment mode is OFF, BASE, or EXPERIMENT.
Adds and . Each one toggles between OFF and BASE/EXPERIMENT so you can choose exactly what time spans you would like to collect in your base and experiment buckets.
Updates StatsManager to segment collected stats into a base and experiment bucket. This allows you to quickly measure the difference a code change has on relevant counters / timers within the same execution of Mixxx.
This is useful for quickly enabling and disabling a code change without a re-compile/re-run cycle to get an anecdotal sense of how it “feels” as well as a quantified sense of how it differs in terms of stats Mixxx collects.
All stats collected via the usual Counter/Timer/ScopedTimer/etc. tools are segmented into a BASE STATS and EXPERIMENT STATS section printed to the log on exit.
13.5. Version History
v2.0.0 (2015-12-31)
4 Decks with Master Sync
New Effects Framework with 4 Effect Units and 5 Built-in Effects: * Flanger, Bit Crusher, Reverb, Echo, Filter * More to come!
Configurable, Resizeable User Interface with 3 Brand New Skins
Cover Art Display
Music Key Detection and Shifting
Vinyl Audio Pass-Through
4 Microphone inputs and 4 Auxiliary inputs
MIDI Mapping GUI and Improved Learning Wizard
MusicBrainz metadata fetching
RGB Musical Waveforms
Hundreds of Bug Fixes and Improvements
New Pitch-Independent Algorithm for Better-Sounding Key-lock
For a full list of new features and bugfixes, go to: https://launchpad.net/mixxx/2.0.
v1.11.0 (2013-05-09)
Completely revamped Waveforms
Direct HID controller support
Point & Click Controller Mapping
Next Generation Beat Detection
Library History Feature
Improved AutoDJ
Beatloop Rolls
Preview Deck
Advanced Search
New and Improved User Manual
New Controller Support
For a full list of new features and bugfixes, go to: https://launchpad.net/mixxx/1.11.0.
v1.10.1 (2012-06-30)
Bugfixes
For a full list of bugfixes, go to: https://launchpad.net/mixxx/1.10.1.
v1.10.0 (2011-12-25)
Rewritten and Improved Vinyl Control Support
4 Sampler Decks
Quantized Loops, Hotcues and Beatloops
Phase Synchronization
Beatgrid Adjust Feature
Microphone Support
Spinning Turntable Widgets and Waveform Scratching
M4A Support for Windows Vista and Windows 7 users
Brand New and Updated Skins
Accessibility Improvements
Limited Support for Internationalization
Revamped and Rewritten User Manual
Mixing engine improvements
Updated MIDI Mappings
For a full list of new features and bugfixes, go to: https://launchpad.net/mixxx/1.10.0.
See also
For an overview of previous versions, take a look at the timeline.