I too am confident that whatever Microsoft named Crossfade in the past is irrelevant. I can't even find what you are referring to when I search the web. The only thing I know of that is remotely related and goes by the name Crossfade are the headphones made by V-MODA, but it is not easy to confuse headphones with an operating system (although it seems that many DJs don't understand the difference between a controller and software...).
This OS exists specifically to be a platform to use Mixxx for those times when "some[one] breaks something spills drinks or WE do both". As I wrote before, I am not modifying Mixxx at all on this. This is not a fork. I do intend on eventually learning C++ and Qt so I can contribute to Mixxx and then those changes will be available in this live distribution. Do the Mixxx developers want this to be an official Mixxx project? I would like it to become one. I am not trying to create a whole new thing with this distribution; I intend to make a portable platform for Mixxx. I am including a handful of other applications, namely Clementine, Midori, Hydrogen, SooperLooper, Giada, and a handful of small desktop programs from XFCE, but the point of the project is Mixxx. (When Midori 0.6.0 is released using GTK3, that will remove the huge dependency of gtkwebkit (2) and I'll put Guitarix and Rakarrak on there.) If you do want this to an officially endorsed Mixxx project, the name "Live Mixxx GNU/Linux" would make sense. The background of this project is that my friend volunteered to teach an electronic music production workshop at Girls Rock! Camp last August. I tried to get some free music software together that I could put on DVDs and my friend could give to the girls in the workshop. It's messed up that my friend couldn't share the software she uses (Ableton) out of fear that illegally sharing it would not go well with the organization or the girls' parents. It's messed up that girls' voices are stifled because they can't afford software to make music. I started from the development version of the Kickstart file for the Fedora Jam Spin (https://spins.fedoraproject.org/jam-kde/ ) because Ubuntu Studio's version of Mixxx (1.10) is outdated. At the time Fedora Jam had not published a stable release yet. I wouldn't be comfortable giving them DidJiX because it's not very useful for people not familiar with GNU/Linux already without a window manager. As I went forward with the project, I realized I didn't know how most of the software on Fedora Jam works and neither does my friend, so it would be futile and maybe counterproductive to give the girls software that is not simple to use without anyone to teach them. Also, Fedora Jam, Ubuntu Studio, and KXStudio are already available as comprehensive GNU/Linux distributions for musicians. I don't need to make another one. So I decided to narrow the focus to making a live OS for DJing, primarily for putting on USB drives. In addition to being a great backup system, this live OS can be a great way to introduce people to free software and to DJing. On 02/10/2015 10:21 AM, Ronald Stewart wrote: > hi there its Ron Stewart from Indamixx I'm on the email thread so if I can > chime in on any of this. > My situation for our new product Indamixx DJ Stick (just bumped out a indiegogo page a week ago) > uses a custom (overly complicated resource heavy-It's Intel thats them) build route that allows us to kick out our own ROLLED distro. This release is drastically different than any other from Indamixx Labs in that were using Yocto and building right on the ARM targets (ballsy){this yocto thing from Intel is our old Meego plus Tizen were just familiar with these usual suspects which is funny cuz Intel listened to Me and Gabe 4 years ago and adopted many of our suggested ways to handle all this legacy code OS etc etc} what is different than previous releases is that we are only putting Mixxx on the stick some custom light guis some forced kernel work adhoc patches for whats broken then fixes same ol same ol. > > sorry for the 3 long sentences didn't mean to be long in the tooth..... > I mentioned our change because it bums me out that we've put out laptops netbooks tablets that was mega packed with open source software plus pay ones too but over and over again the customer was not savvy enough to realize they really had an entire studio in the computer so this time were going with one trick pony. > We can post how to's on a wiki if one wants to add like LMMS which runs awesome on our tiny CPU board. > > ok so there is some current and past established before I say this: > We sold some product, Mixxx and Indamixx won an important industry award in 2009. Samsung paid for a commercial for Mixxx and Indamixx with Cut Chemist (I personally saw the expense it was nearly 127K from Samsung, MONEY SPENT WRONG but spent on the boys LOL) I spent way over 350K trying to make the world better using open source so I am comfortable writing to you and providing encouragement. First you're gunna have many changes plus were DJs and the party don't start til we get there and until some breaks something spills drinks or WE do both LOL. > I don't know what you guys are up to but I'm sure its cool. Mixxx is special. Mixxx has their own goals and milestones that DO NOT sometimes pair up with my goals. Mixxx sometimes is like restoring an old car its a labor love that is why we offered the Adopt A DJ and hard money for dev on Mixxx. I was shocked no one chipped in but they will. > We're entertainers and I'm LA LA land (Los Angeles) so the show must go on and that goes for all of us. > Think about this.... stick with Mixxx see if you can just come along side Mixxx and work within the method that is available to all of us. Maybe Im off here or I don't entirely know your scope for your project but someone did say stay within and it doesnt seem like you're entirely a real FORK maybe you can stay in the Mixxx lane for dev and for your installation/OS/distro that takes its course or destiny. > Besides in 10 years you might not be on the project as someone asked if the original cats are still around... they are Im sure Garth and Albert and (geez I think age is catching up to me hehe) are still around. > > Lastly I would look deeper into name rights with the word Crossfader as I know for a fact that this word is a DJ and audio brain child of Microsoft (I'm not MS guy guys shit I got fired from there when I was 21 in 1990). > But Crossfader lost alot of money is the MS pro audio division at MS. Might not even matter but I would hate to know that name was heavily funded and failed and not tell you guys. That isn't how its done in Seattle where I grew up. > > Maybe for all the spinoff projects like the ones we have out we can attach a common meeting point on the platform call it Respun. Radio announcer "Respun its still Mixxx with a twist!, batteries not included" :) > > Thank you > > Ron Stewart > Indamixx ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming. The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Get Mixxx, the #1 Free MP3 DJ Mixing software Today http://mixxx.org Mixxx-devel mailing list Mixxx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mixxx-devel
