And as far as BPM goes they don't have to be the same by any means. You can pretty easily fluctuate in BPM range by keeping key lock on and slowly adjusting pitch,
And as far as BPM goes they don't have to be the same by any means. You can pretty easily fluctuate in BPM range by keeping key lock on and slowly adjusting pitch,
Probably just reiterating what others have said but tonal mixing is a great tool to have in your shed but it isn't necessary to do every mix in the same or complimentary keys. Coming from vinyl I still just make lists of tracks that sound "perfect" together - the one's you can mix together for 2-3 minutes at a time. These combos aren't just in resonant keys but also have complimentary rhythm parts, or create some kind of call and response between two parts.
Also key lock will degrade the quality of the track faster then just about anything else in digital Djing. It's fine when the BPM of the track you're playing is less than 5% off of the original BPM but quality goes down quickly after that. This becomes a serious problem if you like playing tracks far off of their original BPMs.
With the above said, I was wondering WITHOUT key-lock on what is a tolerable rate, percentage wise, to change or effect a key (in either direction). I am sure this is a fairly broad question which would depend on the quality of the analogue/digital sources, quality of the soundcard used, etc., but could we assume there is a "percentage range" that TRAKTOR does change to the next key?
IE: While using Traktor, If I played a track and moved the bpm(or key) to +/- x%, I would then have either 1A or 3A.... what would "x" be equal to?
Anyone with a keyboard and a good ear wanna try that out? lol...
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I've always stuck to +/- 4% max when playing vinyl, to avoid pitch problems.
This always seems to work when digital DJ'ing too.
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Soooo using virtual dj the keys are displayed as Xm and X#m, which of these is major and which is minor?
Both are minor (m), but the second one is sharp (#)
Yup. Most of our music is in minor keys. Which more often than not, gives more sparkle to the odd major track that you'll drop at some point
+/- 6% is a "whole" semitone. Bear in mind these are not discrete values, though - it doesn't stay in one key all the way through to +6% and then suddenly switch.
The advice is usually to behave as if the key has shifted a semitone at +/- 3% (YMMV).
WARNING: shifting a semitone is _not_ moving + or - 1 on the Camelot wheel. It's + or - 7. So your 2A track would be closest to 9A at a little over +3%.
The reality here is that the best advice has already been given (Didn't check by whom before I started this post, so I'll edit the bigups in later): Don't be a slave. Train and then trust your ears.
As a personal opinion, a key clash can actually be an interesting effect if you're looking to make people uncomfortable. Tension -> Release?
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