You own a DDJ-400 from Pioneer? Why not trying to mix with it straight into your browser? No need for a fancy configuration, clone this repo, install dependancies, scan your playlists and mix the sh*t out of your tracks! This project is meant to be used locally in order to be always fast and available, regardless your internet connection.
You don't own a DDJ-400? Ok, not a problem! DM me so I can learn about your controller (brand and model mostly), and create the mapping file for it!
This project works on Windows, Linux and OSX. To make it work, ensure you've installed the famouso npm, python3 and the python's package mutagen. You also need a chroium-based web browser, because of its support for the MIDI API (Firefox, I'm waiting for you). Once those requirements are met, clone this repository, and install node packages using npm install. You can now start a local web server to host your Meax instance, using npm run web-server. Grab your chromium-based browser at 127.0.0.1:1337 to start the app.
You'll now need to scan your tracks, in order to load them into the user interface. For this, launch the PlaylistScan.py script with your playlist path:
python PlaylistScan.py -s /path/to/playlist/
For huge playlists, you may use the --minify flag to compress the JSON output. The script will copy your tracks into assets/playlist directory and will create a JSON file next to it that will make Meax able to use your tracks and their metadata. Back in the browser, click on the New playlist button, and drop that JSON file in the planned location. Meax will perform a bpm detection on each playlist's file. Unfortunatly, you'll need to manually fill the key tag in your tracks if you want to retrieve this information in the app (help wanted on that topic). You can now mix!
NB: You must ensure that your controller is set as the audio interface of your computer, in order to have an audio feedback in your headphones.
mutagen, AudioVisualizer, BeatDetect.js, CustomEvents.js
Meax - 2020/2021