xwax is open-source vinyl emulation software for Linux. 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.
Latest news
26th February 2010
The new release is now available. Version 0.7 adds a new music selector, improved sound quality and greater pitch stability over long mixes.
4th September 2009
xwax 0.6 is available for download. This release is the first to include a new music library scanning which is modular and extensible.
3rd July 2009
xwax 0.5 is now available. Highlights include: new timecoder decoder with 4× resolution and MixVibes vinyl decoding, and JACK support.
21st June 2009
We're beta testing for xwax 0.5. Contribute by sending feeback via the mailing list or join other users in #xwax on irc.freenode.net.