xwax is vinyl emulation software for Linux. It allows DJs and turntablists to playback digital audio files controlled using a normal pair of turntables via timecoded vinyls.

It allows DJs and turntablists to playback digital audio files (MP3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, AAC and more), controlled using a normal pair of turntables via timecoded vinyls.

It's designed for both beat mixing and scratch mixing. Needle drops, pitch changes, scratching, spinbacks and rewinds are all supported, and feel just like the audio is pressed onto the vinyl itself.

The focus is on an accurate vinyl feel which is efficient, stable and fast.

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New in v1.4

• Fully scalable UI for high-res displays
• Software pre-amp
• Various minor fixes

New in v1.3

• Navigate your music library by tempo (BPM)

New in v1.2

• Added MIDI controller
• Scan directories only for known file extensions
• Support Novation 'Dicer' controller
• Cue points, including 'punch' feature
• Extra protection against skips: optionally lock memory into RAM

New in v1.1

• Bug fix: incorrect display of track time remaining
• Instant loading of duplicate tracks
• Optionally protect decks during playback
• Improvements to music selector
• Increase speed building look-up tables

New in v1.0

• Changing of timecode at runtime
• Improved parsing of vinyl track numbers
• Bug fix: affecting multiple decks with different sample rates
• Optimise timecode error checking during scratching
• Require realtime priority; don't start without it
• Internal restructuring