{"id":48773,"date":"2025-04-28T08:13:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T08:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=48773"},"modified":"2025-04-28T08:13:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T08:13:16","slug":"mixxx-2-5-1-more-midi-controllers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2025\/04\/mixxx-2-5-1-more-midi-controllers\/","title":{"rendered":"Mixxx 2.5.1 Added Several More MIDI Controllers Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/mixxx-icon.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-37245\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/mixxx-icon-250x250.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/mixxx-icon-250x250.webp 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/mixxx-icon-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/mixxx-icon-600x600.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/mixxx-icon-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/mixxx-icon.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mixxx, the free open-source DJ software, released new 2.5.1 version one day ago.<\/p>\n<p>Although this is a first minor update for the 2.5 branch, it includes new features such as mapping support for several new MIDI controllers. They include:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DJ TechTools MIDI Fighter Spectra.<\/li>\n<li>M-Vave SMC-Mixer.<\/li>\n<li>Numark NS6II.<\/li>\n<li>Hercules DJControl Inpulse 500.<\/li>\n<li>Reloop Digital Jockey 2 Interface Edition.<\/li>\n<li>Numark Platinum FX.<\/li>\n<li>Behringer DDM4000 &amp; BCR2000.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_48774\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Gemini-Midi-controller.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48774\" class=\"size-large wp-image-48774\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Gemini-Midi-controller-700x380.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Gemini-Midi-controller-700x380.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Gemini-Midi-controller-300x163.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Gemini-Midi-controller-768x417.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Gemini-Midi-controller.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-48774\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">image by Google Gemini<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Besides new controller mappings, it also added M-Vave SMK-25 II piano keyboard mapping, and toneplay, slicer, and beatmatch functionalities for Hercules Inpulse 300, as well as fixes and improvements to other MIDI controllers.<\/p>\n<p>The controller backend in the release has also been updated with many fixes and learn control menu updates.<\/p>\n<p>Other changes include use <code>Ctrl+Shift+C<\/code> instead of <code>Ctrl+C<\/code> to copy the content of the selected cell(s), change &#8220;Engine DJ Prime&#8221; menu to &#8220;Engine DJ&#8221;, as well as following changes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fix MusicBrainz lookup on Windows and macOS.<\/li>\n<li>Fix AutoDJ &#8220;Remove Crate&#8221; action.<\/li>\n<li>Update libdjinterop to 0.24.3.<\/li>\n<li>Multi-word search, no Tab navigation in controls table.<\/li>\n<li>Bring back library in regular view.<\/li>\n<li>Add Ubuntu 25.04 support.<\/li>\n<li>Raise support macOS 11 and higher due to minimum Qt requirement.<\/li>\n<li>And more, see the official <a href=\"https:\/\/mixxx.org\/news\/2025-04-27-mixxx-2_5_1-released\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">release note<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/mixxx-dark.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-48775\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/mixxx-dark-700x443.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/mixxx-dark-700x443.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/mixxx-dark-300x190.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/mixxx-dark-768x487.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/mixxx-dark-1320x836.webp 1320w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/mixxx-dark.webp 1356w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>How to Install Mixxx 2.5.1<\/h3>\n<p>Mixxx offers official packages for Windows 10+, macOS 11+, Linux, which are available to download at the link below along with source tarball:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple-gradient-background has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/mixxx.org\/download\/#stable\" target=\"_blank\">Download Mixxx<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>For Ubuntu 22.04 and higher on modern Intel\/AMD platforms, the package is available in the <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~mixxx\/+archive\/ubuntu\/mixxx\" target=\"_blank\">official PPA<\/a>. To add PPA &#038; install Mixxx, open terminal and run commands:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mixxx\/mixxx\r\nsudo apt update\r\nsudo apt install mixxx<\/pre>\n<p>While, there&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/flathub.org\/apps\/org.mixxx.Mixxx\" target=\"_blank\">Flatpak package<\/a> runs in sandbox environments for all Ubuntu and most other Linux distributions.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mixxx, the free open-source DJ software, released new 2.5.1 version one day ago. Although this is a first minor update for the 2.5 branch, it includes new features such as mapping support for several new MIDI controllers. 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