Mix Club - The Remedial Class

gcw did you get this fixed in the end? I was gonna suggest that it might be out of phase audio.

Just a general pointer here, but getting tracks in key with each other can absolutely save a mix. Have just listened back to something I did earlier, knew something was not quite right; shifty shifty pitchy pitchy, and it now sounds sweet as a nut.

Amps how can this be done with vinyl? How do you know what key something is in in? It’s always baffled me

gcw
I always thought that if two tunes go well together then they are in Key.

Old-Dutch
I’m the same. Thought many times of getting rid of all my vinyl & decks. I think I’m just bored of it all to be honest.

Dubman

Have you thought of buying some new vinyl?

gcw I have no idea what the key is, but I know when tracks flow. And I’m a musical muppet.

Echo
No. Got to much already.

Along_the_Wire
Doesn’t the key show up on your screen for each tune you load in on your mixer

Dubman I’ve only ever noticed it in Rekordbox on my laptop prepping tracks, but I’ve got no idea what any of the keys mean f sharp into c minor?

Oh yeah. The coloured rings. The thing about vinyl is when you pitch it up or down it changes the Key. Whereas with digital you can use Key lock.

I’ve tried learning that ring, but it just doesn’t stick - gave it up years ago. I’m not right all the time by any stretch

Dubman Key lock is limited. The further you stretch the track away from its original tempo the more it can affect the quality of the signal. Some tracks can be ok, but others can be very noticeable.

gcw you have to go analogue old old skool or get a read on the key on a digital version of the track on mixed in key or rekordbox. old skool is basically with a keyboard and trying to find the root note - its quite easy and there are some youtube videos on how to do it - you can actually do it manually on the mixed in key programme as there is a little keyboard on there to help. then just write the key and Carousel wheel code on the vinyl for future use.

baggers44
Or go on beatport and see if it’s been released as an MP3.

baggers44 thanks. I bet I’d be surprised by the results. So many times I have been playing track, picked out the next track thinking ‘I bet this will go well with this ’ only to find they don’t go that well!

…sometimes I despair about the prep time I spend with music, creating folders, scanning, tagging. Then I remember what I used to go through when I learned to pitch mix, faffing with pitch pipes/keyboards, stickers and marker scribbles on vinyls and sleeves.

Along_the_Wire …in Rekordbox switch to the Camelot settings (6A, 6B, 7A, as opposed to G minor, B-flat major, D Minor etc.), it’s a piece of piss. I can walk you through it if you like.

gcw Yeah, what Baggers said, but basically for vinyl it’s trial and error. Find tunes that don’t clash, then try and create something worth listening to from them.