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Mixxx DJ Hardware Guide

What kind of hardware should I get to DJ with Mixxx?

Bare minimum equipment for DJing:

Helpful but not strictly necessary:

See the manual for diagrams and descriptions of setups with different kinds of hardware.

See the Beginner DJ Links page for more helpful resources.

Hardware compatibility

Because Mixxx is free software — free as in artistic freedom, not just price — we strive to make it work with as much hardware as we can. Mixxx is collaboratively developed by a community of volunteers and we can only make mappings for controllers that we have. If hardware does not work with Mixxx, that does not mean it is impossible, it only means that no one has made it work with Mixxx yet. Anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to make Mixxx compatible with more hardware.

Controllers

Mixxx can work with any controller that sends MIDI or HID signals to your computer; it just needs a controller mapping to tell Mixxx what to do with the signals. Standards compliant MIDI controllers do not need any special drivers on Linux, macOS, or Windows. Standards compliant HID controllers do not need any special drivers. Most DJ controllers are standards compliant MIDI controllers and so are these in the tables below. Exceptions from the standard are noted in the tables below.

Audio interfaces

Controllers that have integrated audio interfaces often have a USB Audio Class compliant audio interface. Sound cards that aren't USB Audio Class compliant need a driver for each OS. USB Audio Class compliant audio interfaces, both stand-alone and integrated into controllers, do not need any special drivers for Linux or macOS. On Windows, they can be used without any special drivers, but a driver is needed from the manufacturer to use the recommended ASIO sound API. Sound cards that are advertised for use with iOS devices are class compliant.

Unlike some proprietary DJ programs, Mixxx works with any audio interface that your operating system has a driver to use—including for timecode vinyl (DVS) use.

Determining USB class compliance

If you are considering buying a controller or audio interface, the easiest way to tell if it is USB class compliant before you buy it is to search for macOS drivers for the device on the manufacturer's website, even if you do not use macOS. If it is advertised as compatible with macOS but there are no drivers to download for macOS, it does not require drivers from the manufacturer on macOS because it is class compliant. If it is advertised as compatible with iOS, it is class compliant because Apple does not let manufacturers provide proprietary drivers on iOS. USB class compliant audio, MIDI, and HID devices can be used with Mixxx on Linux, macOS, and Windows.

Mixxx Certified Mappings

Click the name of the controller for more information. Note: this list is possibly incomplete! See the Hardware section in the Manual for a complete list of mappings included in mixxx

Device Price (USD) [1] Description Integrated Sound Card Balanced outputs Signal protocol Supported since Mixxx version Released
Allen & Heath Xone K1 $250 2 decks + 2 effect units, or 4 decks, or 4 effect units no - MIDI 2.1 2014
Allen & Heath Xone K2 $270 2 decks + 2 effect units, or 4 decks, or 4 effect units yes no MIDI 1.11 2012
Hercules DJControl Compact $80 basic 2 deck no - MIDI 2.1 2015
Hercules P32 DJ $250 2 deck[^3] without jog wheels yes no MIDI 2.1 2016
American Audio VMS4/4.1 discontinued 4 deck all-in-one yes yes MIDI 1.9 2012
Denon HS5500 discontinued 2-decks-in-1 CD player with motorized platter yes no MIDI 2.0 2008
Denon MC6000MK2 discontinued 4 deck all-in-one yes yes MIDI 2.0 2015
DJ TechTools MIDIFighter Classic discontinued 4x4 spring-loaded arcade button grid [^4] no - MIDI 1.8 2011
Hercules DJ Console Mk2 discontinued 2 deck all-in-one yes no USB Bulk 1.11 2008
Hercules DJ Console RMX discontinued basic 2 deck all-in-one yes yes HID 1.11 2008
Hercules DJ Console RMX 2 discontinued 2 deck all-in-one yes yes MIDI 1.11 2012
Hercules DJ Control MP3 e2 / MP3 LE / Glow discontinued basic 2 deck[^2] no - USB Bulk 1.11 2009
Korg Kaoss DJ discontinued 2 deck controller and standalone mixer (switchable) yes no MIDI 2.1 2015
M-Audio X-Session Pro discontinued 2 deck mixer no - MIDI 1.6 2007
Native Instruments Traktor Kontrol S2 Mk2 discontinued 2 deck all-in-one yes yes HID 2.3 2013
Stanton SCS.1d discontinued 1 turntable [^7] no - HSS1394 (MIDI) 1.9.1 2009
Stanton SCS.1m discontinued 4 deck mixer yes yes HSS1394 (MIDI) 1.7 2009
Stanton SCS.3d discontinued 1 deck control [^5] no - MIDI 1.7 2009
Stanton SCS.3m discontinued 2 deck mixer [^6] no - MIDI 1.7 2009
Vestax VCI-400 discontinued 4 deck all-in-one yes yes MIDI 1.10.1 2012

Community Supported Mappings

All of these devices have mappings included in Mixxx. There may be other mappings more suited to your workflow on the forum.

Do not add mappings to this list until they have been included in Mixxx. If you make a mapping for a controller, please add it to the #Mappings In Development table and refer to the Contributing Mappings page for instructions on how to get it included in Mixxx. When the pull request is merged, move your controller to this table.

Device Price (USD) [8] Description Integrated audio interface Balanced outputs Signal protocol Supported since Mixxx version Released
Akai LPD8 $70 miscellaneous no - MIDI 1.10.1 2010
American Audio VMS2 $250 2 deck all-in-one yes yes MIDI 1.11 2011
Behringer CMD Studio 4a $200 2 deck [^10] all-in-one yes no MIDI 2.1 2013
Behringer DDM4000 $380 4 deck mixer no - MIDI 2.3 2007
Denon MC4000 $400 2 deck controller and mixer yes yes MIDI 2.1 2015
Denon MC7000 $750 4 channel controller with Dual USB yes yes MIDI 2.2.4 2017
DJ Tech Tools MIDI Fighter Twister $220 2 deck controller [^11] no - MIDI 2.1.5 2015
Hercules DJ Control Inpulse 300 $250 basic 2 deck yes no MIDI 2.2.4 2018
Hercules DJ Control Instinct S $100 basic 2 deck yes no MIDI 1.10.1 2015
Keith McMillen QuNeo $250 miscellaneous no - MIDI 1.11 2012
Korg nanoKONTROL 2 $60 miscellaneous no - MIDI 1.11 2011
Native Instruments Traktor Kontrol F1 $200 originally branded as "Remix controller", but very versatile no - HID 1.11 2012
Native Instruments Traktor Kontrol S2 MK3 $300 2 deck controller all-in-one yes no HID 2.2.4 2018
Novation Dicer $100 [9] pads for use with turntables no - MIDI 1.10 2010
Novation Launchpad Mini $75 pad grid no - MIDI 2.0 2013
Novation Launchpad Mk2 $150 pad grid no - MIDI 2.1 2015
Numark Mixtrack 3 $150 2 deck all-in-one no - MIDI 2.1 2015
Numark Mixtrack Platinum $250 2 deck[^12] all-in-one yes no MIDI 2.2.0 2016
Numark Mixtrack Pro 3 $200 2 deck all-in-one yes no MIDI 2.1 2015
Roland DJ-505 $550 2 deck[^13] all-in-one with integrated drum machine yes no MIDI 2.3.0 2017
Akai MPD24 discontinued miscellaneous no - MIDI 1.8 2007
American Audio Radius 1000 / 2000 / 3000 discontinued CD player no - MIDI 1.10 2010
Behringer BCD2000 discontinued basic 2 deck yes no MIDI 1.11 2006
Behringer BCR2000 discontinued miscellaneous no - MIDI 2.3 2006
Behringer CMD MM-1 discontinued 4 deck mixer no - MIDI 2.1 2013
Behringer BCD3000 discontinued basic 2 deck yes no MIDI 1.6 2007
Behringer CMD Micro discontinued basic 2 deck no - MIDI 2.1 2013
Denon SC2000 discontinued 1 deck no - MIDI 1.8 2010
DJ Tech CDJ-101 discontinued 2 deck jog wheel no - MIDI 1.11 2011
DJ Tech DJM-101 discontinued 2 deck mixer no - MIDI 1.11 2011
DJ Tech iMix Reload discontinued 2 deck all-in-one no - MIDI 1.10 2009
DJ Tech Kontrol One discontinued 4 decks no - MIDI 1.11 2009
DJ Tech Mixer One discontinued 2 deck mixer no - MIDI 1.10.1 2009
eks Otus discontinued 1 turntable + 2 deck mixer yes no HID 1.11 2008
Electrix Tweaker discontinued 2 deck[^14] without jog wheels no - MIDI 2.0 2012
Evolution X-Session discontinued knobs + crossfader no - MIDI 1.6 2006
FaderFox DJ2 discontinued 2 deck mixer no - MIDI 1.6 2006
Gemini FirstMix discontinued basic 2 deck no - MIDI 1.11 2011
Kontrol DJ KDJ500 discontinued basic 2 deck no - MIDI 1.10 2003
Korg nanoKONTROL discontinued 2 deck mixer no - MIDI 1.8.2 2009
Hercules DJ Console Mac Edition discontinued 2 deck all-in-one yes no MIDI [^15] 1.7 2004
Hercules DJ Console 4-Mx discontinued 4 deck[^16] all-in-one yes yes USB Bulk [^17] 1.11 2010
Hercules DJ Console Mk1 discontinued 2 deck all-in-one yes no HID 1.11 2003
Hercules DJ Console Mk4 discontinued 2 deck all-in-one yes no USB Bulk 1.8 2010
Hercules DJ Control Air discontinued 2 deck all-in-one yes no MIDI 1.11 2012
Hercules DJ Control Instinct discontinued basic 2 deck yes no MIDI 1.10.1 2012
Hercules DJ Control MP3 discontinued 2 deck all-in-one no - HID 1.11 2006
Hercules DJ Control Steel discontinued 2 deck all-in-one no - HID 1.11 2009
Ion Discover DJ discontinued basic 2 deck no - MIDI 1.8 2009
Ion Discover DJ Pro discontinued 2 deck all-in-one yes - MIDI 2.3 2012
M-Audio Xponent discontinued 4 deck[^16] all-in-one yes N/A MIDI 1.6 2007
Mixman DM2 discontinued 2 decks no - MIDI [^18] 1.7 2001
Mixvibes U-Mix Control 2 discontinued 2 deck all-in-one no - MIDI 1.10.1 2011
Mixvibes U-Mix Control 2 Pro discontinued 2 deck all-in-one yes no MIDI 1.11 2011
Native Instruments Traktor Kontrol S4 Mk2 discontinued 4 deck all-in-one yes yes HID 2.1 2013
Novation Launchpad Mk1 discontinued pad grid no - MIDI [^19] 1.11, 2.1 2009
Novation Twitch discontinued 2 deck all-in-one yes - MIDI 2.1 2011
Numark DJ2GO discontinued basic 2 deck no - MIDI 1.10 2011
Numark Mixtrack Pro II discontinued 2 deck all-in-one yes N/A MIDI 1.11 2013
Numark Omni Control discontinued 2 deck all-in-one yes no MIDI [^20] 1.10 2008
Numark Total Control discontinued 2 deck all-in-one no - MIDI 1.6 2007
Numark Mixtrack discontinued 2 deck all-in-one no - MIDI 1.8.2 2010
Numark Mixtrack Pro discontinued 2 deck all-in-one yes no MIDI 1.10 2010
Numark N4 discontinued 4 deck all-in-one yes yes MIDI 1.10 2012
Numark NS7 discontinued 2 deck all-in-one with motorized wheels yes yes MIDI 1.9 2009
Numark V7 discontinued 2 deck motorized wheel yes no MIDI 1.10 2010
Pioneer CDJ-350 discontinued CD player no - MIDI or HID 1.8.2 (MIDI) 2010
Pioneer CDJ-850 discontinued CD player yes no MIDI or HID 1.10 (MIDI), 1.11 (HID) 2010
Pioneer CDJ-2000 discontinued CD player yes no MIDI or HID 1.10 (MIDI), 1.11 (HID) 2009
Pioneer DDJ-SB discontinued 2 deck[^21] all-in-one yes no MIDI 2.0 2014
Pioneer DDJ-SB2 discontinued 2 deck[^22] all-in-one yes no MIDI 2.0 2015
Pioneer DDJ-SX discontinued 4 deck all-in-one controller/mixer yes yes MIDI 2.1 2012
Pioneer DDJ-SX2 discontinued 4 deck all-in-one controller/mixer yes yes MIDI 2.1 2014
Reloop Beatmix 2 discontinued 2 deck all-in-one yes no MIDI 2.1 2014
Reloop Beatmix 4 discontinued 4 deck all-in-one yes no MIDI 2.1 2014
Reloop Beatpad discontinued 2 deck all-in-one yes yes MIDI 2.0 2014
Reloop Digital Jockey 2 Controller Edition discontinued 2 deck all-in-one no - MIDI 1.8 2009
Reloop Digital Jockey 2 Master Edition discontinued 2 deck all-in-one yes yes MIDI [^23] 1.8 2009
Reloop Jockey 3 ME discontinued 2 deck[^24] all-in-one yes yes MIDI [^25] 2.1 2011
Reloop Terminal Mix 2 discontinued 2 deck[^26] all-in-one yes yes MIDI 1.11 2012
Reloop Terminal Mix 4 discontinued 4 deck all-in-one yes yes MIDI 1.11 2012
Stanton DJC.4 discontinued 2 deck[^2] all-in-one yes yes MIDI 2.2.4 2012
Tascam US-428 discontinued mixing console yes no MIDI 1.6.2 2001
Vestax VCI-100MKI discontinued 2 deck all-in-one no - MIDI 1.6 2007
Vestax VCI-100MKII discontinued 2 deck[^27] all-in-one yes no MIDI 2.0 2011
Vestax VCI-300 discontinued 2 deck all-in-one yes yes MIDI 1.11 2008
Vestax Typhoon discontinued 2 deck all-in-one yes no MIDI 1.9 2010
Vestax Spin discontinued 2 deck all-in-one yes no MIDI 1.9 2009

Esoteric controllers

These are devices that were not designed for controlling music software but have been mapped to Mixxx anyway.

Device Price (USD) Description Integrated audio interface Balanced outputs Signal protocol Supported since Mixxx version Released
Nintendo Wiimote $25 game console controller no - HID 1.11 2006
Sony SixxAxis $25 game console controller no - HID 1.11 2006

Mappings In Development

These controllers have Mixxx mappings under active development. If you are considering getting one of these controllers, you are encouraged to do so. You can help the development of the mapping by testing it and providing feedback to the developer. You can also edit the mapping yourself. Click the name of the controller for more information.

When a mapping is included in Mixxx, please move it to the #Mixxx Certified Mappings or #Community Supported Mappings table above.

Device Price (USD) [^28] Description Integrated Sound Card Balanced outputs Signal protocol Released
[Akai AMX](Akai AMX) $250 2 deck mixer yes no MIDI 2014
[Faderfox DJ44](Faderfox DJ44) €499 2/4 deck[^29] mobile controller no - MIDI 2013
[Gemini G4V](Gemini G4V) $350 2 deck[^30] all-in-one yes yes MIDI 2013
[Pioneer DDJ-400](Pioneer DDJ-400) $279 2 deck controller all-in-one yes no MIDI 2018
Pioneer DDJ-1000 1199 4 deck controller all-in-one yes yes MIDI and HID 2018
[Pioneer DDJ-SB3](Pioneer DDJ-SB3) $249 2 deck controller [^31] all-in-one yes no MIDI 2018
[Pioneer DDJ-WeGO](Pioneer DDJ-WeGO) discontinued 2 deck controller yes n/a MIDI 2012
[Pioneer DDJ-WeGO3](Pioneer DDJ-WeGO3) $300 2 deck controller yes no MIDI 2014
[Pioneer XDJ-RX](Pioneer XDJ-RX) discontinued all-in-one DJ system(2 deck controller) yes n/a MIDI 2015
[Behringer CMD PL-1](Behringer CMD PL-1) $100 1 deck controller no - MIDI 2013
[JBSystems DJ-kontrol 3](JBSystems DJ-kontrol 3)
[(Resident DJ-kontrol 3 identically?)](Resident DJ-kontrol 3)		 $200 2 deck controller yes yes MIDI 2012
[Behringer CMD Studio 2a](Behringer CMD Studio 2a) $100 2 deck controller yes no MIDI 2014
Denon DJ Prime 4 $1,899 4 deck standalone unit + controller yes yes MIDI 2019
[Hercules DJ Control Instinct P8](Hercules DJ Control Instinct P8) €90 2 deck[^33] all-in-one yes no MIDI 2016
[Hercules DJ Control Jogvision](Hercules DJ Control Jogvision) $250 2 deck all-in-one controller yes no MIDI 2015
[Hercules Universal DJ](Hercules Universal DJ) $250 2 deck all-in-one controller yes no MIDI 2014
[Hercules DJ Control Starlight](Hercules DJ Control Starlight) $99 2 deck all-in-one compact controller yes no MIDI 2018
[Hercules DJControl Inpulse 200](Hercules DJControl Inpulse 200) $129 2 deck all-in-one controller yes no MIDI 2018
Hercules DJControl Inpulse 500 $300 2 deck all-in-one controller yes yes MIDI 2020
[Hercules DJControl AIR Plus](Hercules DJControl AIR Plus) Discontinued 2 deck all-in-one controller yes no MIDI 2013
[Hercules DJ 4set](Hercules DJ 4set) Discontinued 2 deck[^34] all-in-one controller yes no MIDI 2011
[Native Instruments Traktor Kontrol Z1](Native Instruments Traktor Kontrol Z1) $200 2 deck compact yes no HID 2013
[Native Instruments Traktor Kontrol F1](Native Instruments Traktor Kontrol F1) $200 originally branded as "Remix controller", but very versatile no - HID 2012
[Numark DJ2GO2 Touch](Numark DJ2GO2 Touch) $79 2 deck pocket dj controller with capacitive touch jog wheels yes no MIDI 2019
[Numark iDJ Live II](Numark iDJ Live II) discontinued basic 2 deck no - MIDI 2014
Numark Party Mix $119 USB-powered 2-deck portable dj controller with built-in light show yes no MIDI 2016
[Roland DJ-202](Roland DJ-202) $300 2 deck[^32] all-in-one yes no MIDI 2017
[Soundless Studio joyMIDI](Soundless Studio joyMIDI) $85 2 deck controller no no MIDI 2019

Not mapped controllers

There are too many DJ controllers out there to list. Some of these controllers may have mappings (of unverified quality and may be incomplete) posted on the forums that have not (yet) been included with Mixxx. If a controller you own or are interested in getting is not listed here, search the forum to see if anyone has posted a mapping. If you are willing to put in the effort to map one of these controllers, please get the controller, map it, and contribute the mapping to Mixxx.

Note regarding Native Instruments controllers

Native Instruments' newer DJ controllers are USB HID class compliant devices (source). The Windows and macOS drivers can translate the HID signals to MIDI, but this is not available on GNU/Linux. So, if you make a mapping for these controllers, please make an HID mapping so it is compatible with every OS that Mixxx runs on.

Native Instruments' first generation DJ controllers use a proprietary protocol called NHL that Mixxx does not support. The Windows and macOS drivers can switch these controllers to a MIDI mode by pressing certain buttons (see the Native Instruments website for the button combination for each controller), which could be mapped to Mixxx. Unfortunately, because this is done by the driver and not the controller firmware, these controllers cannot be used as MIDI controllers on GNU/Linux. However, the snd-usb-caiaq driver in Linux supports the audio interfaces in at least some of these devices. It also registers the signals from some of the controllers as generic Linux input events. To get these devices to work with Mixxx on GNU/Linux, either the driver would need to be modified to translate these signals to HID or MIDI, Mixxx would need to be able to read Linux input events, or a program would need to translate the Linux input events to HID or MIDI.

Audio interfaces

To be able to hear the next track you want to mix in before your audience hears it, you need two separate sound outputs. Most computers come with an audio interface built into the motherboard with only 1 stereo 1/8“ headphone output (2 mono channels). Onboard audio interfaces built into computers generally have bad sound quality and may pick up interference from other devices in the computer, especially the charger or power supply. It is recommended to use one audio interface with at least 4 mono output channels (2 stereo channels). For vinyl control, it is recommended to use an audio interface with phono preamplifiers.

Compatibility

As stated above, Mixxx can use any audio interface that your OS has a driver to use. All USB audio interfaces listed in the table below work with Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Thunderbolt audio interfaces can operate at lower latencies than USB or Firewire audio interfaces, but are generally only compatible with macOS.

USB audio interfaces

These devices allow a computer to output and input sound. Any audio interface that your operating system has a driver to use can be used with Mixxx. All the USB audio interfaces in the table below are compatible with Windows, macOS, and Linux unless otherwise noted. It is possible to use just an audio interface plus a keyboard & mouse to use Mixxx, but a separate controller makes using Mixxx easier, more intuitive, and more fun.

An audio interface with at least 4 mono output channels (2 stereo pairs) is recommended for most uses. Refer to the Mixxx manual for details. If your audio interface does not have 4 output channels, it is possible to use multiple audio interfaces. However, this increases latency. On Windows, it can be tricky to configure Mixxx to use both of them at the same time depending on the sound APIs supported by each audio interface's driver.

Surround sound (5.1 or 7.1) cards are not recommended. They sometimes do signal processing in hardware or in the driver to split a stereo signal into multiple components. It may be possible to configure them to output separate master and headphone stereo signals, but it is often tricky to do so.

This table only lists a handful of available USB audio interfaces that are currently in production and suitable for use with Mixxx. There are many more options available that may be better for you depending on your input and output needs and the sound quality you can afford. You generally get the sound quality you pay for with audio interfaces. The Mixxx manual has more information to help decide on an audio interface to use.

Device Price (USD) [^36] Channels out Balanced outputs Channels in Microphone input with direct monitoring Phono preamp Notes
Generic USB audio interfaces < $10 2 no 0-2 no no These look similar to USB flash drives. They tend to be poor quality, sometimes even worse than onboard audio interfaces. Splitter cables are another option in this price range.
Behringer U-Phono UFO202 $40 2 no 2 no yes Cheapest option for vinyl control, but requires using 2 of them and making a small hardware modification. Not to be confused with the Behringer U-Control UCA202 & UCA222, which do not have phono preamps and cannot be used for vinyl control.
Behringer U-Phoria UMC204HD $130 4 yes 2 yes no Cheapest option for broadcasting with a microphone input and independent main & headphone outputs. However, it has no loopback input, so it is more complicated to configure the microphone input. Sound quality is adequate but not great.
ESI Maya 44 USB+ $140 4 no 4 no no Does not have phono preamps on the inputs, but has been reported to work for vinyl control.
Roland Rubix24 $200 4 yes 2 yes no Good balance of sound quality and price with independent main and headphone outputs. Has microphone inputs with direct monitoring and loopback for easy setup. Also, the microphone inputs have compressors that can be used with direct monitoring.
Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 $230 4 yes 4 yes no Good balance of sound quality and price with independent main and headphone outputs. Has microphone inputs with direct monitoring but no loopback input. Also has an additional stereo pair of line inputs. Direct monitoring cannot be controlled on Linux without an out-of-tree kernel patch. Linux users may consider getting a used Scarlett 2i4 instead (the 2i4 was discontinued in favor of the 4i4).
Native Instruments Traktor Scratch Audio 6 $320 6 no 6 no yes Higher quality option for vinyl control. Has an extra stereo pair of inputs for recording or broadcasting with an external hardware mixer. The included Traktor Scratch Mk2 timecode vinyl are not compatible with Mixxx; compatible control vinyl can be purchased separately.
Denon DS1 $350 4 no 4 no yes Higher quality option for vinyl control. Comes with a pair of Serato timecode vinyl that are compatible with Mixxx.
RME Babyface Pro FS $900 4 yes 4 yes no Very high sound quality. Requires an out-of-tree kernel patch for full control of direct monitor routing on Linux < 5.8 (in particular, direct monitoring mono inputs on both sides of stereo outputs).
Rane SL-1 Discontinued (< $70 on second-hand markets) 2 no 2 no yes High quality sound card produced initially for vinyl emulation to use with Serato Scratch Live. Can be used as a simple sound card. Requires Linux 6.0 to correctly work.

Mixers with audio interfaces

These are devices that can mix audio from different sources without needing a computer. They also have a built-in USB audio interface to connect directly to a computer without needing a separate audio interface. They tend to be much more expensive than comparable #controllers and #USB audio interfaces. They are often found installed in venues for multiple DJs to use.

Each conversion of a signal between digital and analog forms adds noise and distortion. So, if the mixer's processing is done digitally, it is best to use the audio interface built into a mixer (or a digital input if the mixer has one). When analog outputs of a separate audio interface are plugged into a digital mixer, the audio interface converts the digital signals to analog, then the mixer converts the analog signals back to digital for its processing. If the input to the mixer is digital, those two conversions do not occur.

However, some of these mixers are analog mixers and the built in audio interface converts the digital signals from the computer to analog for the mixer's analog processing. In that case, using the mixer's built in audio interface may or may not sound better than a separate audio interface, depending on the quality of each of the audio interfaces.

Many of these mixers also send MIDI signals to the computer over USB, which could be mapped to control Mixxx.

Most of these have a single USB port, but some have two. Two USB ports allows two different DJs to use the mixer's audio interface at the same time with their own computer for collaborative DJ sets and easy, seamless transitions between DJs.

Device Price (USD) [37] Decks Phono preamps USB ports Analog or digital mixing Linux
Allen & Heath Xone 23C $400 2 2 1 analog yes [38]
Native Instruments Traktor Kontrol Z2 $600 2 2 1 ? likely [39]
Allen & Heath Xone 43C $1000 4 4 1 analog no [40]
Pioneer DJM-750 $1000 4 2 1 digital ?
Pioneer DJM-5000 $1000 4 0 1 digital ?
Allen & Heath Xone DB2 $1500 4 4 1 digital no
Pioneer DJM-850 $1500 4 2 1 digital ?
Rane TTM57MkII $1750 2 2 2 digital likely [41]
Rane MP2014 $2000 4 2 2 digital likely [42]
Allen & Heath Xone DB4 $2000 4 4 1 digital no
Pioneer DJM-900NXS $2000 4 2 1 digital ?
Rane Sixty-Two $2000 2 2 2 digital no
Pioneer DJM-900NXS2 $2200 4 4 2 digital ?
Rane Sixty-Four $2200 4 4 2 digital no
Pioneer DJM-900SRT $2300 4 2 1 digital ?
Pioneer DJM-2000NXS $2500 4 2 1 digital likely [43]
Rane MP2015 $2900 4 4 2 digital likely [44]

  1. Prices listed on this page are the prevailing prices for unused devices found from searching Google Shopping in the United States. Prices may vary in other parts of the world, but the relative prices of different devices in USD should still provide a rough guide. You may be able to find hardware available for sale cheaper. Devices are marked as discontinued if the manufacturer has declared them as discontinued, the manufacturer has gone out of business, or new units are not widely available online. They may or may not still be available used online. If the price of a device has dropped or it has been discontinued, please update this page.

  2. 4 deck control available by toggling between decks 1/3 and decks 2/4

  3. 4 deck control available by toggling between decks 1/3 and decks 2/4

  4. The default Mixxx mapping has this mapped to hotcues.

  5. Mapping supports 4-deck switching

  6. Mapping supports 4-deck switching

  7. Mapping supports n-deck switching

  8. Prices listed on this page are the prevailing prices for unused devices found from searching Google Shopping in the United States. Prices may vary in other parts of the world, but the relative prices of different devices in USD should still provide a rough guide. You may be able to find hardware available for sale cheaper. Devices are marked as discontinued if the manufacturer has declared them as discontinued, the manufacturer has gone out of business, or new units are not widely available online. They may or may not still be available used online. If the price of a device has dropped or it has been discontinued, please update this page.

  9. The Novation Dicer is priced per pair.

  10. 4 deck control available by toggling between decks 1/3 and decks 2/4

  11. This controller could potentially be mapped many ways. The mapping included in Mixxx maps it as a 2 deck mixer.

  12. 4 deck control available by toggling between decks 1/3 and decks 2/4

  13. 4 deck control available by toggling between decks 1/3 and decks 2/4

  14. 4 deck control available by toggling between decks 1/3 and decks 2/4

  15. This device is not USB MIDI class compliant. Its signals are translated to MIDI by special drivers on macOS. On Linux, hdjd can be used.

  16. 4 deck control available by toggling between decks 1/3 and decks 2/4

  17. This device is not USB MIDI class compliant. Its signals are translated to MIDI by special drivers on Windows and macOS. There is no driver available for Linux.

  18. macOS driver; Linux MIDI Driver, Alternate Linux MIDI driver (unfinished), dm2linux on sf.net

  19. This device is not USB MIDI class compliant. Its signals are translated to MIDI by special drivers on Windows and macOS. There is no driver available for Linux.

  20. This device is not USB MIDI class compliant. Its signals are translated to MIDI by special drivers on Windows and macOS. There is no driver available for Linux.

  21. 4 deck control available by toggling between decks 1/3 and decks 2/4

  22. 4 deck control available by toggling between decks 1/3 and decks 2/4

  23. This device is not USB MIDI class compliant. Its signals are translated to MIDI by special drivers on Windows and macOS. There is no driver available for Linux.

  24. 4 deck control available by toggling between decks 1/3 and decks 2/4

  25. This device is not USB MIDI class compliant. Its signals are translated to MIDI by special drivers on macOS. There is no driver available for Linux or Windows.

  26. 4 deck control available by toggling between decks 1/3 and decks 2/4

  27. 4 deck control available by toggling between decks 1/3 and decks 2/4

  28. Prices listed on this page are the prevailing prices for unused devices found from searching Google Shopping in the United States. Prices may vary in other parts of the world, but the relative prices of different devices in USD should still provide a rough guide. You may be able to find hardware available for sale cheaper. Devices are marked as discontinued if the manufacturer has declared them as discontinued, the manufacturer has gone out of business, or new units are not widely available online. They may or may not still be available used online. If the price of a device has dropped or it has been discontinued, please update this page.

  29. 4 deck control available by toggling between decks 1/3 and decks 2/4

  30. 4 deck control available by toggling between decks 1/3 and decks 2/4

  31. 4 deck control available by toggling between decks 1/3 and decks 2/4

  32. 4 deck control available by toggling between decks 1/3 and decks 2/4

  33. 4 deck control available by toggling between decks 1/3 and decks 2/4

  34. 4 deck control available by toggling between decks 1/3 and decks 2/4

  35. 4 deck control available by toggling between decks 1/3 and decks 2/4

  36. Prices listed on this page are the prevailing prices for unused devices found from searching Google Shopping in the United States. Prices may vary in other parts of the world, but the relative prices of different devices in USD should still provide a rough guide. You may be able to find hardware available for sale cheaper. Devices are marked as discontinued if the manufacturer has declared them as discontinued, the manufacturer has gone out of business, or new units are not widely available online. They may or may not still be available used online. If the price of a device has dropped or it has been discontinued, please update this page.

  37. Prices listed on this page are the prevailing prices for unused devices found from searching Google Shopping in the United States. Prices may vary in other parts of the world, but the relative prices of different devices in USD should still provide a rough guide. You may be able to find hardware available for sale cheaper. Devices are marked as discontinued if the manufacturer has declared them as discontinued, the manufacturer has gone out of business, or new units are not widely available online. They may or may not still be available used online. If the price of a device has dropped or it has been discontinued, please update this page.

  • Needs a udev rule to configure it as a 4 input + 4 output mixer for DVS. When installing from your distributions repository, it should already be located at /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/69-mixxx-usb-uaccess.rules. If not, see this gist.
  • Between kernel 5.4.0.33 and 5.4.0.37, Linux changed USB initialization scheme causing Xone:23C to not be detected as a 4 input + 4 output mixer anymore. You need to switch back to old scheme before plugin the mixer either temporarily using echo Y >/sys/module/usbcore/parameters/old_scheme_first or definitely using the usbcore.old_scheme_first=1 kernel parameter. See this page on how to add a parameter to your kernel.

  1. This device is USB class compliant, so it should work without any special driver. However, there is no information about anyone using it with Linux online.

  2. The device shows up as 2 input + 2 output via the USB interface, see http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2106.0/02532.html

  3. This device is USB class compliant, so it should work without any special driver. However, there is no information about anyone using it with Linux online.

  4. This device is USB class compliant, so it should work without any special driver. However, there is no information about anyone using it with Linux online.

  5. This device is USB class compliant, so it should work without any special driver. However, there is no information about anyone using it with Linux online.

  6. This device is USB class compliant, so it should work without any special driver. However, there is no information about anyone using it with Linux online.

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