TigerTango
An interface designed for tango DJs
A customized VirtualDJ skin built for the needs of tango DJs — clean layout, safety features, semiparametric EQ, and fade-out buttons for cortinas.
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DJ Tools
Tools for tango DJs — from The Tango Toolkit and the wider tango community. Know a tool that belongs here? Tell us at tangotoolkit@gmail.com.
DJ Players
Software for playing music at the milonga — reliable, tango-focused interfaces.
El Eje Player
A native macOS player built for tango
A native macOS app that organizes, understands, and plays Golden-Age tango the way a DJ works a milonga: key & BPM detection, pitch-preserving tempo, per-track EQ, tanda building, synced lyrics with translation, a lunfardo thesaurus, and built-in learning decks. Comes with an iOS companion app. Currently in free private beta.
Virtual Tango DJ
Your always-ready Tango DJ
A music app that automatically creates authentic tango tandas based on your preferences, giving you real dance flow whether you are practicing at home or hosting a pop-up milonga. Currently in beta.
TangoDJ
Prepare faster. DJ milongas with confidence.
Built by a tango DJ for tango DJs, and shaped around how milongas actually run, TangoDJ brings library management, tanda building, precise playlist timing, private preview, playback safeguards, and sound control into one focused workspace. The included iOS and Android companion lets you control playback, playlists, and sound from anywhere in the venue. One-time purchase with a 14-day refund period.
TangoQ New
Tango-aware DJing for your milonga
A free, open-source DJ app built on Mixxx for milonga DJs, with an ordered queue, automatic cortina fades, set timing, and live playback safeguards. Optional donations support the project.
TangoDisplay
Track info on a second screen, with cortina detection
A fully featured tango-centred audio player and clean, live dancer display in one. Use Setlist, the built-in player or your favourite music player. Auto-detects cortinas and shows track info, album art and custom backgrounds. Free and open source.
Displays & Projections
Show dancers what is playing — orchestra, singer, year, and tanda info on a second screen.
TigerTango Video
Song and tanda display for the dance floor
Companion video skin for TigerTango to project the current song, orchestra, and tanda info.
TangoDisplay
Track info on a second screen, with cortina detection
A fully featured tango-centred audio player and clean, live dancer display in one. Use Setlist, the built-in player or your favourite music player. Auto-detects cortinas and shows track info, album art and custom backgrounds. Free and open source.
Milonga
Put the song on screen. Let every dancer know the tanda.
Reads the current track from Traktor or VirtualDJ and projects the orchestra, singer, genre, and year onto a second screen, using a tango database to fix incomplete tags. Tracks tandas automatically and records session stats for later review. English, French, and Spanish interfaces. Free.
Beam
Clean live song display for milongas
Project the current song and next tango information. Reads from a wide range of players (VirtualDJ, foobar2000, Mixxx, Spotify, and many more). Works on Windows, macOS, and Linux, with customizable backgrounds and layouts. Free and open source.
The Windows build is unsigned, so Windows SmartScreen will flag it. Click “More info” → “Run anyway” to accept and install.
Tanda Builders
Find songs that belong together and build killer tandas faster.
TigerTanda
Find the tracks for the perfect tanda
VirtualDJ plugin that shows which songs in your library work well with the selected song, with filters for artist, singer, genre, and year.
Tanda Builder (Web)
Build tandas right in your browser
Free online tool using the same logic and data as TigerTanda to help you find songs that work well together — no installation needed.
Plugins & Sound Quality
Audio plugins and utilities to clean up old recordings and keep your library in shape.
Plugin Play
Run your DJ software through a live VST3 effect chain
Routes any app — your DJ software, a browser, Spotify — through a chain of VST3 effects (EQ, de-hissers, limiters) in real time, then out to your speakers. One-click app routing, drag-to-reorder effects, floating plugin windows, and a built-in safety limiter. Free and open source.
Hisstory
Keep the music, ditch the noise
Real-time spectral gating plugin (VST3/AU) that removes hiss from old recordings while keeping music and transients intact. Full and Lite editions.
Hisstory Lite
Real-time de-hissing, streamlined
The compact edition of Hisstory: the same de-hissing engine in a fixed, simplified view. Upgrade to the full version anytime for $30.
ShellacFilters New
Declick and dehum for 78 rpm transfers
Declicker and dehummer to remove surface crackle and low-frequency rumble found in many transfers. Tuned on TangoTunes and Tango Time Travel tracks. Available as a foobar2000 DSP and a VirtualDJ plugin. Free and open source.
TigerTag
Tag your tango tunes
Batch-tag your tango library with correct title, orchestra, singer, year, and genre from a database of more than 15,000 songs.
Made something for tango DJs?
This directory is growing. If you built (or love) a tool that should be listed here, email tangotoolkit@gmail.com and we’ll check it out.