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favorite keys to mix
i'm not entirely sure why this is, but i get such a turn on whenever i mix stuff in the key of E minor. when i key out my tracks and realize that my favorite tunes are in that key i just get so excited. obviously mixing anything that's harmonically compatible with that sounds good too, but for some reason E minor is my favorite. B minor is probably a close 2nd.
does anyone else have any favorite keys? or combinations of compatible keys?
Re: favorite keys to mix
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| Originally posted by l�cid i'm not entirely sure why this is, but i get such a turn on whenever i mix stuff in the key of E minor. when i key out my tracks and realize that my favorite tunes are in that key i just get so excited. obviously mixing anything that's harmonically compatible with that sounds good too, but for some reason E minor is my favorite. B minor is probably a close 2nd. does anyone else have any favorite keys? or combinations of compatible keys? |
dork!
A, D, G (all minor). don't ask me why.. i like Ab too. a lot of my favorite tunes just happen to be in those keys though, so it's natural that i like to mix within them.
Definitely don't - for me it's more in what specific combinations of keys sound like, but I haven't noticed any preference at all for a specific key.
i have a massive amount of c g and d minor for some reason.
my favorites though are c#m, f#m, and bm.
it sounds absurd to say but it's true. I find that a lot of my c#m tracks are especially emotional, which is why the last track i made is in that key.
may be a mild form of synaesthesia, i don't know
most of my fave tunes are in 8A or 2A.
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| Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN most of my fave tunes are in 8A. |
different scales and modes inpart a different set of emotions... some are dark, some are uplifting, sad, happy, whatever... the Greeks had that all figured out thousands of years ago.
But that said, I really don't find particular keys interesting so much as the relationships between them and what happens when you go from one key to another during a mix.
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| Originally posted by ClearVision But that said, I really don't find particular keys interesting so much as the relationships between them and what happens when you go from one key to another during a mix. |
OMG you people are putting WAAAAAAY too much thought into harmonic mixing. This has become a fad and it's out of control.
I know LOTS of really, REALLY great local DJ's who don't "mix in key" by the formula and their mixes are amazing.
It's tool, not a rule. Hey that rhymes.
This isn't about harmonic mixing, this is about favorite keys. besides that there is a lot more to key mixing than picking complementary tracks. For instance I often try to end in a key similar to where I started because I feels it gives a more cohesive feel to the entire mix and a sense of finality and closure.
if you deny the importance of key in a composition you're denying hundreds of years of music
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| different scales and modes inpart a different set of emotions... some are dark, some are uplifting, sad, happy, whatever... the Greeks had that all figured out thousands of years ago |
i've been listening to 12-tonal composition and it absolutely messes with your emotions...i'll soon be applying this technique to my productions for effect...as for my favorite keys C#m, Gm and A major.
as far as what Adam is saying, I don't find it hard to believe that as we open up our perception through producing or other means we become borderline synaesthetes. When you think about it, getting into that mode where your left and right cerebral hemispheres are working at the same time all kinds of aural phenomenon can take place (and in fact there have been various threads in the production forum about such things).
personally I find that in the past year or so, I've been gradually making associations between tones, frequencies, chords and keys with tactile feelings, kinesthetics, emotions and bizzare associations that I cannot even explain that I feel is a direct result of really getting INTO sound itself.
as a sound sculpturist i think we have an appreciation for the depth of sound as it is. an example of this is the other day i was conversing with my flatmate and he started to respond to me...but in place of hearing the words filtered and formulated and identified by my brain, i heard the sound as it truly is, just a matter of noise, unfiltered by perception and I had to ask him to repeat himself. this could just be me tripping out 
but im making my point.
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| Originally posted by Ryan0751 OMG you people are putting WAAAAAAY too much thought into harmonic mixing. This has become a fad and it's out of control. I know LOTS of really, REALLY great local DJ's who don't "mix in key" by the formula and their mixes are amazing. It's tool, not a rule. Hey that rhymes. |
Haha, it's just a little weird.
What about eastern music that's not in A440? Whoa. Discuss.
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| Originally posted by l�cid like Adam said, this thread isn't about harmonic mixing. i was just curious if anyone else had this extreme appreciation/obsession for songs that are in certain keys. |
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| Originally posted by Ryan0751 OMG you people are putting WAAAAAAY too much thought into harmonic mixing. This has become a fad and it's out of control. I know LOTS of really, REALLY great local DJ's who don't "mix in key" by the formula and their mixes are amazing. It's tool, not a rule. Hey that rhymes. |
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| Originally posted by Ryan0751 Haha, it's just a little weird. |
Oh come now... sure it's a GREAT tool and it's nothing new... but it's a "fad" because now those that can't be bothered to learn anything about music theory can pump their tunes through a program and assume that it'll make them a good DJ.
I've never noticed any trends in the keys of tracks I play. I only buy and play "good" music. Is that a key?
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| Originally posted by Omega_Blue wow, you missed the point of this thread. and the claim that harmonic mixing has "become a fad" is outrageous. |
As much as i pay attention to keys and all im not sure i can relate to this thread.
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| Originally posted by Ryan0751 Oh come now... sure it's a GREAT tool and it's nothing new... but it's a "fad" because now those that can't be bothered to learn anything about music theory can pump their tunes through a program and assume that it'll make them a good DJ. I've never noticed any trends in the keys of tracks I play. I only buy and play "good" music. Is that a key? |
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| Originally posted by Ryan0751 I only buy and play "good" music. Is that a key? |
We aren't huh... how would you know the keys of your tracks if you weren't keying them? And the only reason you'd be keying them would be if you were mixing harmonically
Which is why I said I've never noticed a trend on track-goodness to keys.
And the title of the thread is "favorite keys to mix".
So I fail to see how this thread doesn't relate to harmonic mixing.
Bitching about it, probably not 
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| Originally posted by ClearVision What we are talking about here is not that however. |
This thread doesn't make any sense ;Q
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| Originally posted by Ryan0751 We aren't huh... how would you know the keys of your tracks if you weren't keying them? And the only reason you'd be keying them would be if you were mixing harmonically Which is why I said I've never noticed a trend on track-goodness to keys. And the title of the thread is "favorite keys to mix". So I fail to see how this thread doesn't relate to harmonic mixing. Bitching about it, probably not |
Why are we still talking about this?
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| Originally posted by ClearVision I think we have a disagreement re: what harmonic mixing means... As far as I know, its mixing between keys that are resonant with your tonic... unison, perfect fifth and perfect fourth... The simple act of keying your tracks could mean you intend to mix harmonically, OR you might apply a bit more music theory and realize that you can create alterations in the energy/mood of a mix by changing to keys that are not resonant, but go up or down X semitones. That is not harmonic mixing however... What's being talked about here is how certain keys affect you emotionally. Certain keys apparently appeal to certain people, and the thread starter was just asking what everyone's favorites were. |
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| Originally posted by Ryan0751 Why are we still talking about this? |
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