What "FreeMix" means for us

The Free part of FreeMix means, for us developers:

Free as in "artistic freedom"

FreeMix doesn't limit you to a predefined approach. Take different input files of the genre you like the most (or of different genres), as many as your hardware (or you :)) can handle. Connect a sampler and your favourite sequencer, or a software synth. Stream music from an external device, via a line input. Connect some MIDI hardware and control the entire thing. Put some crazy effect at the end of your chain. Do your own mix.

Free as in "Free Software"

Look at our source code. Modify it to your liking (add a new effect module, port it to your platform, add support for your crazy  input device or fix the bug that crashes your session while you're mixing in front of thousands of people). Share your modifications with others (following our  GPL license). Include part of it in your application or hardware device (a  cheap auto-DJing wireless router, some kind of radio automation package, or your shiny new Linux-powered kitten-killing robotic tank.). Do what you couldn't do with proprietary software.

Free as in Free Beer

We distribute it for free. You're allowed to mirror the code if and when this site will go down, and continue its development. We're developing it in our free time - we're just  scrathing our own itch.  Just for fun. But we can do it because we're standing on someone's else shoulders - the developers of the packages we depend on, which expect that we release our code as Free Software. Download and copy it as much as you want, to everybody you want.