Tango-aware DJing software for your milonga
Focus on your craft. Not your software.
TangoQ understands the milonga structure, so you can DJ without workarounds.
Four short walkthroughs - from first launch to running a milonga LIVE · Watch on YouTube →
Built for the milonga
What TangoQ adds
TangoQ is Mixxx underneath - your library, analysis and controllers all work. A tango cockpit sits on top for the milonga.
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The Set
Your set, kept in order
The queue holds its order and never deletes a track as it plays.
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Your set, kept in order
TangoQ plays top to bottom and keeps every played track in its place, so that you don't lose your bearing in the TTVTTM flow.
The Cortina
Cortinas fade themselves
Tag a track as a cortina and the fade happens on its own.
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Cortinas fade themselves
The engine fades a cortina up, holds, fades it down, and leaves a clean silence on each side - no more reaching for the crossfader to clear the floor between tandas. Mark a track as a cortina once, and TangoQ remembers it.
The Clock
Know when the night ends
Length, projected end time, and an over/under on your target.
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Know when the night ends
See the set's total length, its projected end time, and the time left at a glance - with an over/under against your target so you can land the milonga right on the hour.
The Floor
Guard the floor
Arm LIVE and a bumped key can't kill the music.
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Guard the floor
Arm LIVE mode and disabling TangoQ takes a deliberate two-step confirm, while the deck play/pause keys go quiet for the night - so a stray keypress can't stop the set.
The Queue
The queue, always in view
Dock the queue in a panel that stays put while you dig.
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The queue, always in view
Float the TangoQ queue into a docked, themed panel that stays put while you dig through your library for the next tanda.
The Booth
Tune the room live
Reach the mid-milonga controls right from the toolbar.
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Tune the room live
Nudge the cortina length in real time to keep up with floor movement when a tanda ends.
The Skin
Legible in a dark booth
A new high-contrast skin for low light.
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Legible in a dark booth
A new high-contrast skin keeps the interface easy to read in the low light of a dark booth.
The Look
Resize the font on the fly
Change font size with Ctrl + mouse wheel.
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Resize the font on the fly
Change the interface font size instantly with Ctrl and the mouse wheel, sized to the booth and your eyes.
The Fade
See the cortina fade
An optional fade envelope on the cortina.
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See the cortina fade
An optional fade envelope draws the cortina's fade in and out on the track, so you can see the shape of the transition.
The Tanda
Group tracks by tanda type
Tag a tanda: T, V, M, Alt/Nuevo.
Hover for detail →The Tanda
Group tracks by tanda type
Optionally group tracks into a tanda by type: Tango, Vals, Milonga or Alt/Nuevo, so the set's structure is explicit.
The Palette
Colour-code the tandas
Colour tandas by type at a glance.
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Colour-code the tandas
Optionally colour-code each tanda by type: Tango, Vals, Milonga or Alt/Nuevo, so you can read the flow of the night at a glance.
The Glance
Tanda progress at a glance
Visualize tanda progress quickly with optional progress pips.
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Tanda progress at a glance
Progress pips show your place in the tanda: already played, now playing, and still to come.
The History
Every milonga, remembered
Each night becomes one History session, named by its date and time.
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Every milonga, remembered
TangoQ logs every track it plays, repeated cortinas included, and tags cortinas and performances as they played. Last month's set reads exactly as it happened.
The Check
Catch a set that doesn't flow
A red ! flags a cortina or tanda out of place.
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Catch a set that doesn't flow
Spot a cortina inside a tanda, a tango marked as a cortina, two cortinas in a row, or two tandas with no cortina between them, before the floor does.
The Change
Rework the set while it plays
Only the playing track and its tanda stay put.
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Rework the set while it plays
Reorder the rest of the tanda, drop a track in to play next, or move whole tandas mid-milonga. Reused cortinas stay safe, and History records what actually played.
Open by design
See exactly what changed
TangoQ is a fork of Mixxx under the GPL. The full modified source is public, and you can read every change against upstream Mixxx, line by line.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Is this the official Mixxx?
No. TangoQ is an independent, unofficial fork of Mixxx - not affiliated with or endorsed by the Mixxx project. It is built on Mixxx and released under the same GPL license; the official app lives at mixxx.org.
Why not just use another DJ app like djay Pro, Traktor or VirtualDJ?
Those apps are built for club DJs who beat-match and blend one track into the next. None of them understand a cortina, or that at a milonga every track stands on its own with no blending between them. TangoQ is built around exactly that tango-specific handling.
Is it still Mixxx underneath? Do I lose anything?
Yes, it is Mixxx under the hood (version 2.5.6), so your music library, track analysis, controller mappings and settings all work just as they do in the official build. TangoQ adds a tango cockpit on top; it doesn't take Mixxx away.
Will my existing library, tracks and controllers work?
Yes. On first launch TangoQ can import your existing Mixxx library into its own separate database, so your music, analysis, mappings and settings come across - and your original Mixxx setup is never modified.
Why does my computer warn me about the installer? Is it safe?
Because these builds are not code-signed (that needs a paid developer certificate this project does not have), Windows SmartScreen and macOS Gatekeeper flag them as coming from an unknown developer. It is not malware: the full source is public and you can build it yourself. Full step-by-step instructions for getting past the warning come with the download.
Which platforms does it run on?
Windows and macOS. Linux users can build from source for now; packaged Linux builds may follow.
Is it free?
Yes, free and open source under the GNU GPL. If it earns a place in your booth you are welcome to chip in via the donate link, but that is entirely optional.
How do I report a bug or suggest a feature?
Open an issue on the fork's GitHub via the Report a bug link. Reports that include your OS and the steps to reproduce are the most helpful.
Support
Support the project
TangoQ is free for the tango community and always will be. If it earns its place in your booth and you'd like to chip in, it's appreciated - and entirely optional.