I'm waiting for the 2.6 overhaul, hoping then I can find it a more comfortable place to work and make the switch!
this post was submitted on 03 Apr 2026
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To be honest, ever since the 2.5.2 or 2.5.3 release, I feel like they made some good major updates.
My favorite one: complete overhaul and rewrite for the timecode support.
The previous timecode system was pretty bad... Like, beatmatching and accuracy were pretty bad, but also, it sent a very weak audio signal and made my audio output sound pretty bad.
2.5.6 is the last release before 2.6
I have tried it on and off for the last probably 10 years, maybe more. It has definitely improved a lot more quickly in the last few years and it is getting really close to where I think I can make the switch.
Part of it for me is definitely just not wanting to alter my work flow as I am so set in my ways with Traktor and where everything is / how it operates but I'm definitely getting very fucking sick of being forced to run a windows setup so that I can keep using Traktor and that is my main driving force in the hope I can switch.
I fully made the switch 6 years ago, and that was after using Traktor for 10 years, and various other software from 2005 to 2010. I think I've used Serato Scratch Live, M-Audio Torq, Virtual DJ, Serato Itch, and etc.
Part of me leaving Traktor was me being fed up with Microsoft (as they were becoming Microslop). I saw the trend with what Windows was doing, and Windows 11 broke the 'camel's back' for me: ads, TPM requirements, forced updates, surveillance, and etc.
Traktor was also pushing me to leave their software too: dumb release of MK3 controller series (except S4), subscription model for Traktor Plus, now they're in financial solvency, and so on.
So, I jumped onto Linux, and started using Mixxx around v2.2.4. I've known of Mixxx since the early 2010s. I just never had a reason to leave until 2020, but it was probably the best decision I made. Using Open Source software has helped expanded my DJing, especially in the file organizing part of music files.
Bottom line: If you depend on a software company to DJ or do anything with art, be prepared for when that company takes a dive and quits being a company. I didn't want that dependency, so I jumped to open source.