What's the best program to find a song's key?

Hi all, so im learning how to do harmonic mixing and mixing in key. Right now im using mixed in key to analyze my tracks.

I know there's a few programs out there that do the same thing but im wondering which one is the most accurate?

you're using it :)

The piano in your living room and your ear will be most accurate.

If not Mixed in Key is you best bet,
Theres a few free open source ones but they're not as good.
DJTT did a comparison not that long ago in the blog, If i wasnt at work and on a shit slow computer id go find it for you, but you can get it yourself

I'm getting more and more fond of a free application called Key Finder, by DJTT member ibsh.

You can find it on Source forge or searching through my own blog, http://journal.ome-les.com

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Originally Posted by tekki

I'm getting more and more fond of a free application called Key Finder, by DJTT member ibsh.

You can find it on Source forge or searching through my own blog, http://journal.ome-les.com

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I second this. If you've already gone the paid rout, might as well try the free one. It stacks up quite well actually. ibsh considers any recommended feature you have too.

hey guys,

so I tried out both programs, im getting different readings?

same tracks, 2 different results....

MIK = 7B

KF = Fm

I'm using latest version of KF and ver. 2.5 for MiK

Not sure if the M there stands for minor or major, but 7B on the Camelot wheel is F major. The key finding algorithms are different and never perfect so different programs won't always give you the same results.

The single fastest and most reliable way to find the key of a song:
http://cdn.mos.musicradar.com/images...rat-460-80.jpg

I'm not kidding. It's damn near 100% accurate and takes maybe 1 minute per song if you're slow and use something buggy like iTunes to do your tagging.

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Originally Posted by fullenglishpint

Not sure if the M there stands for minor or major, but 7B on the Camelot wheel is F major. The key finding algorithms are different and never perfect so different programs won't always give you the same results.

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Little 'm's mean minor. Major keys don't have a designation, eg. Fm vs. F.

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Originally Posted by mostapha

Little 'm's mean minor. Major keys don't have a designation, eg. Fm vs. F.

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Yeh... I think that was in one of the clarinet lessons I always avoided... thanks for the clarification :thumbup:

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Originally Posted by 123xyz

hey guys,

so I tried out both programs, im getting different readings?

same tracks, 2 different results....

MIK = 7B

KF = Fm

I'm using latest version of KF and ver. 2.5 for MiK

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this may help you.

http://i.imgur.com/yFDGY.png