Recently made the switch from vdj to Traktor, does traktor have this feature?
Hey guys, as the topic states, I’ve recently made the switch from VDJ to Traktor, and I’m loving it, it’s certainly a more configurable and robust piece of software.
However, there is one fantastic feature of vdj that I can’t seem to find anywhere in Traktor, and I was wondering if you guys could point me in the right direction, or let me know if it’s not possible.
when you analyse your library with vdj, it scans the key of the track as well as bpm. This allows for harmonic mixing by staying in the same key, or by mixing from Abm into Dbm etc. It even has a ‘compatible songs’ browser, mening I don’t need to search my library. however, Traktor doesn’t seem to gather this information about my files.
After some googling I found some software that wil ldo this for me (mix in key - $60) and will write the key information into the mp3 tags. But before I purchase this, I thought I’d ask here, Is there any way to make traktor do this? after purchasing the software to ‘upgrade’ from vdj, it would be an annoyance to have to shell out more cash in order to have a feature I had in the ‘inferior’ software
If there is a way to do this let me know, cheers guys.
(Traktor is still the superior software in other areas regardless, particularly in beatjuggling with hotcues, and by having actual decent effects ^_^)
No, traktor does not have this feature. though i wouldnt spend $60 on a bit of software just to find the key. i think mixmeister writes the key to the mp3 tag when it scans your library, you could probably just use that.
Search the homepage for harmonic mixing and it will show you all the different softwares that do this and compares them against each other. I think there is even a free one.
In a nutshell: There is a time and place for everything, there are times when a good track selection for the crowd is more important than mixing in key.
Agreed. Very useful in finding songs that can be mashed. I use it to find bassy songs and loops that match well with rock tunes. Instantly making them dance worthy.
I have been a MIK user for about 3-4 years. At first I thought it was great but after a while I noticed that it is wrong more often than not. Its a great idea but its just not there yet. I hope it gets better.
I’ve set mixmeister the task of tagging my tracks, and it’s slowly but surely churning its way through my library.7
The downside seems to be that it’s tagging with keys, and not camelot notation. Not a huge deal, just means need to search for keys and not numbers in sequence.