Tech blog: Become a superstar DJ with Mixed In Key 5

Automation is a great thing when it works in your favour. For DJs and music lovers alike there is now a brilliant piece of software which will transform your music playlists into a harmonic dream.

Mixed In Key 5 is a harmonic music analyser devised for DJs. If a busy schedule doesn’t allow for you to sift through every track in your collection to clarify what key note the music is written in, then MIK 5 will do it for you.

Simply drag and drop your collections into the Mixed In Key window and the software identifies all the harmonic keys - the intro, breakdowns, finale and so on.

Playlists can be arranged in the same key or by up-scaling the key to make a natural progression through harmonic progression. The professionals use it because it makes the music flow nicely from one track to another.

What is interesting is that if you follow the theory you can make some pretty amazing playlists.

Wow your friends at your next party by mashing up a series of tracks that’ll have them suggesting you buy a set of turntables and become the next Grand Master Flash. Well, maybe not but you get the general idea.

In by-gone days we’d listen to a DJ’s playlist and in some cases their selection made them more important than the music itself, giving rise to the superstar DJ.

This software works on any style of music and for anyone who fancies a new way of listening by key or BPM (beats per minute), MIK analyses the tempo allowing for further organisation of tracks in your library.

Does it work?

Yes, it does, but you still have to pick the songs yourself. It’s only a tool. You have to listen to the tracks and select what works together.

But the potential is there to blow away everyone at your next party, Why not give it a shot? Your playlists will never sound more harmonically sweet.

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