ZOG + Col preferred DJ software Mixxx has had a new release of stable version 2.1

MIXXX 2.1 has arrived

this is now the preferred build to use from the official Mixxx PPA source, so the previous posts about using specific alpha builds or building from source are obsolete.

The Download instructions, including Ubuntu Linux PPA install source, are here:
MIXXX Download Instructions

The ZOG DJ rig is still:

Controller:
Pioneer DDJ SB2

Laptop
Dell Latitude E6410 with i5 M540 CPU
It has been upgraded with a Toshiba OCZ TR150 Series 960GB SSD.

OS
Xubuntu Linux, 16.04 -lowlatency kernel

The last post on MIXXX I made is now out of date, so here’s what I’ve been using recently, as since the MIXXX team are releasing .deb files of their nightly builds, I’ve been trying them instead of the self compiled version.

Installed version of MIXXX
mixxx-2.1.0-alpha-pre-master-git6340-release-xenial-amd64.deb
Downloaded from http://downloads.mixxx.org/builds/master/release/

ZOG DJ rig with DDJ SB2

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