- Xwax
Infobox Software
name = xwax
operating_system =Linux
developer = Mark Hills
license =GNU General Public License
website = [http://www.xwax.co.uk/ xwax: Digital Vinyl on Linux]xwax is
open source vinyl emulation software [cite web|title=xwax: Digital Vinyl on Linux|url=http://www.xwax.co.uk/|accessdate=2008-01-02] . It was initially developed in 2006 as proprietary software. In May 2007 xwax was licensed under theGNU General Public License [cite web|title=xwax development|url=http://www.xwax.co.uk/devel/|accessdate=2008-01-02] , making it the first open source software of this kind.Unlike the software supplied with some proprietary packages for vinyl emulation, xwax is hardware independent. Notably, it can be used with the audio device and timecode recordings supplied with
Scratch Live andTraktor Scratch packages [cite web|title=xwax: Overview|url=http://www.xwax.co.uk/overview.html] , and the interface audio interface supplied with the original Final Scratch [cite mailing list|url=http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=alpine.BSO.0.9999.0709021512510.32425%40metheny.ijneb.com&forum_name=xwax-devel|title=ALSA and the Rane SL 1 interface|date=2007-09-04 |mailinglist=xwax-devel|last=Hills|first=Mark] .The xwax source code is used to decode timecodes for vinyl control in
Mixxx [cite mailing list|url=http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=1187785910.7571.6.camel%40Jupiter.home&forum_name=mixxx-devel|title=Vinyl Control and New Audio Core in Trunk|date=2007-08-22 |mailinglist=mixxx-devel|last=Santoni|first=Albert] [cite web|title=Vinyl Control - MixxxWiki|url=http://mixxx.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Vinyl_Control|accessdate=2008-01-02] .References
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