Could someone explain the whole "mix in key" concept?

[lethal_pizzle]

It'll work very well for the 'parts without no melody or tone whatsoever', irrespective of key, definitely. But we've all got those songs that fit together like a glove. With melodies going they sound like one tune. Like a new tune entirely. This just makes it more likely to discover these ideal pairs without the tedium of getting the keyboard out or hitting them by chance.

[Glen]

yea good luck mixing a song in f# if its in c... it helps alot, and sounds cool if you mix with the I (III, IV), or V.

[Jichael Mordan]

You're right, it will be easier finding those songs when you with one click can find all the songs in the same key, but at the same time you might miss other songs that would work great. Maybe it just isn't for me, I think i'd only limit myself with such software.

[Jichael Mordan]

Like I told lethal pizzle "Yes, a C tone or chord will not go well with a C# tone or chord, but since alot of songs today have breakdowns and parts without no melody or tone whatsoever, a song in C could very well work together with a C# song."

And what do you mean with the roman numerals?

[polybius]

C scale and Am are exactly the same scale just with a different root note.
If you see it in a piano, the C scale contains ALL the white keys. So does the Am scale.
Thats why they blend in together well.
Every scale major scale has an associated minor scale which is identical just with another base note.
C-Am, D-Bm , and on and on.

[Nicky H]

Could someone explain the whole "mix in key" concept?

Yes



It's a load of old bollocks

[guiltyblade]

you can't just rely on the key to make the song sound good you have to use it as a guide if you want to mix harmonically to the next song. Sometimes even though it says the key is right, it just sounds off, and sometimes it seems likes it way off but it works. So I never solely use the key guide my mixing, I just use it as a reference. Sometime I want to go a different direction and just have to go way out of key to go to the track I want next, so I just wait for no melody.

[Sample Seven]

If you have a halfway decent pair of ears on your head you're going to be able to tell when the keys of songs clash without knowing what the keys actually are.

[Jichael Mordan]

....Yeah I know, why do you think I used that example?

[Jichael Mordan]

That's my point