Hi everybody

I read the thread, this is fucking amazing and i now want to work on key mixing.

I have three questions.

1 : My track is CM at pitch 0; if i increase the pitch by 4%, i know i won't be on the following key ( C#M) cause the pitch is less than 5%.

But am i still on CM with the increase of 4%, or is it a GM ( CM= 6a, GM =7a)?

I guess it's still a CM but i am not sure .


2:If my first track is CM, and the incoming track is CM too, but has to be pitch up because of a slower BPM, until where can i pitch it and still be in key mixing ? 3% ? 4%? 6%? I guess if there is a semi tone change it will sound bad?

So, until where can i pitch the incoming track?


3: Cm to C#M lift the mix ( +7); so C#M to CM ( -7) slow down the mix right ?

Thanks !!!

Last edited by ichi the killer on Dec-07-2006 at 15:24

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Originally posted by ichi the killer Hi everybody I read the thread, this is fucking amazing and i now want to work on key mixing. I have three questions. 1 : My track is CM at pitch 0; if i increase the pitch by 4%, i know i won't be on the following key ( C#M) cause the pitch is less than 5%. But am i still on CM with the increase of 4%, or is it a GM ( CM= 6a, GM =7a)? I guess it's still a CM but i am not sure . 2:If my first track is CM, and the incoming track is CM too, but has to be pitch up because of a slower BPM, until where can i pitch it and still be in key mixing ? 3% ? 4%? 6%? I guess if there is a semi tone change it will sound bad? So, until where can i pitch the incoming track? 3: Cm to C#M lift the mix ( +7); so C#M to CM ( -7) slow down the mix right ? Thanks !!!

1: It's not Cm nor Gm. If you increase the Pitch by 6 % it will be C#m (A semi-tone difference in camelot it's represented by +7, and -7).
Now if you have a song at Cm at Pitch 0, and you increase it by 4%, that's going to be somewhere between Cm and C#m, but it will be near C#m, so I would better consider it at C#m rather than Cm.

Think like this,

Bm(-6%)---(-5%)---(-4%)---(-3%)---(-2%)---(-1%)---Cm(0%)---(+1%)---(+2%)---(+3%)---(+4%)---(+5%)---C#m(+6%)


2:I wouldn't go over 3%, and if you have MAster Tempo you can use it, and you can change the tempo without changing the Key.


3:Correct. Just pay atention to your songs, song might be in key but it will not always sound good, and you might bring (+7) mixes, but they will not always increase the energy.


Here is a link so you can understand the chromatic scale:

http://www.ezfolk.com/guitar/Tutori...atic_scale.html


Hope that helps you


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everytime i think im getting to know this harmonic mixing i find new shit out

think ill stick to the master tempo.

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Thanks pinokio for ur answers !!!

U are the man !!!

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Originally posted by ichi the killer Thanks pinokio for ur answers !!! U are the man !!!

You are welcome Mate

Cheers =)

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Originally posted by dj_kane everytime i think im getting to know this harmonic mixing i find new shit out think ill stick to the master tempo.

thats only gonna help you if you know what key youre in in the first place.

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I cant even think about not using key lock or master tempo it just complicates things too much. If i want to play harmonically I either stay with the 2.5-3% range or use key lock or both.

I have found that master tempo on the CDJ1000 can actualy be quite handy and does open up quite a few mixing options.

Cheers
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Does anyone know if the cdj 800 mk11 or cdj 200 have the key lock feature? i want to add a cdj and the 800 is in my price range at the moment

Last edited by Allayla on Dec-15-2006 at 00:51

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Originally posted by starboy Does anyone know if the cdj 800 mk11 or cdj 200 have the key lock feature? i want to add a cdj and the 800 is in my price range at the moment

the Mk11 doesnt but the MK15 does.

yea both the 800 and 200 have keylock

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can anyone tell me if A#1 is the same as A#m?

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No, when you see numbers like that next to the note it usually is refering to the octave that the note is in. In this instance you would find this towards the far left of the key board so it's quite a bassey sound.

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