Tricks to using the Camelot wheel....?? Please read....

[scotthep]

Im new to djing and mixing in key , at the minute i'm using Traktor's key detection...

Im mixing songs like this :

2m , 2m , 2m , 3m , 3m , 4m , 4m

Is this correct .? is it boosting the energy up .?

If so , if i wanted to die the energy down would i simply go back down e.g.. 4m , 3m , 2m

What happens when you get to 12 , go back to 1 .?

Im a little confused to be honest and probably sound stupid. Also can't seem to find any articles explaing how to use the system...

Any helps welcome thank you

[tilldrop]

A lot of aspects have already been said, but it might be worth swapping the camelot wheel to something more musical: the circle of quints. Especially when producing as well it is useful to not only know how to do things, but why do them. The camelot wheel won't tell you, while the circle of quints does. For example going +7 on the carmelot wheel means going up one semitone (eg. E Major to F Major). This helps me A LOT more than just knowing some numbers and a/b's.

[JayRuss]

Changing the bpm will only effect the key if Pitch lock is turned OFF, or in your case having "master tempo" on your CDJ's off

i think traktor has the pitch lock tuned on by default. so any increase or decrease in BPM will not change the key of the track.

[AllDay]

This is exactly the reason why I dont use MIK an use my ears.

MIK was often wrong anyways when I used to use it.


Best advice I could give would be learn an instrument and understand the keys, chords and what works with eachother.