DubStemMix is made for dub: one tune’s stems on six faders of the Akai MIDImix, a tape echo and a spring on sends, the throws ready. Free. Traktor Pro 4 is Native Instruments’ DJ software, with stem separation and Stem Decks.
Facts about Traktor Pro come from native-instruments.com (Traktor Pro 4), checked in October 2026.
Why DubStemMix for a dub version
- Six faders for the parts: drums, bass, skank, keys, horns, vocal from your own multitracks (a split gives four): The board.
- Dub sends, shared buses: tape echo, plate or spring, phaser, patchable into each other.
- The dub moves: throw, drop, hold, crash, pull-up.
- Free and open source: MIT.
At a glance
| DubStemMix | Traktor Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | a dub console for one tune’s stems | a four-deck DJ app |
| Stems | up to 6 strips; split built in (4 stems) or your own audio files | 4 stems: drums, bass, instruments, vocals; Stem Decks for .stem.mp4 files |
| Effects on stems | 3 sends per strip: tape echo, plate or spring, phaser | volume, filter and effects per stem, 4 FX units |
| Akai MIDImix | factory mapping, nothing to set up | custom mappings |
| Platforms | macOS 15+, Apple Silicon | macOS and Windows |
| Price | free, open source (MIT) | $149 once |
What Traktor Pro does well
Four-deck club DJing with Stem Decks, Remix Decks and DVS, stem separation powered by iZotope, and deep custom mappings.
Which one for you
- Pick DubStemMix to dub one tune at a time on a MIDImix, part by part, for free.
- Pick Traktor Pro to DJ on four decks, with remix and stem decks, DVS and your own mappings.
Cut your dub versions in DubStemMix, record them, and mix them in your Traktor sets.
Try DubStemMix
Free, one line in the Terminal, on an Apple Silicon Mac:
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yoanbernabeu/DubStemMix/main/install.sh | shThen follow your first dub, step by step: ten moves, from the stems to your recorded version.