Beatunes key accuracy software#
Beatunes key accuracy code#

Its a niche app, but I think DJs who are already manually keying their new tracks could find it useful. I put a torch on it - bit random I know - but I always forget to bring one, and end up groping around plugging my kit into mixers in the dark.

Beatunes key accuracy code#

It gives the standard music notation and the key code notation used by some DJ software. It also displays the other musical keys that will mix with the selected key with the least number of discordant notes (based on the circle of fifths). I wrote an app that does the same, in effect: it will play a chord from any of the 24 major and minor diatonic scales so you can compare with a song you’re listening to. I used to key my own songs with a synth to act like a tuning fork.

Beatunes key accuracy software#

I also note that Beatport and other sites supplying key information seem to use the same automatic software to do so.Įd.: That’s en excellent DJ TechTools write-up, covering Mixed in Key 5, Rapid Evolution 3, and BeaTunes 3: Key Detection Software Showdown: 2012 Edition D JTechTools did a recent article, and their tests between 20%-40% accuracy for the three products tested. I found automatic key recognition software to be too inaccurate for my needs. It is something I wrote for myself maybe a year ago, and I use it so much, I thought it might be useful for others. I’ve recently published an app for the iPhone called DJ Tools. (I can also imagine this being useful to remixers tracking a lot of tunes, as well as DJs.) Pete writes:

Whether you’re obsessive about mixing in key or new to some of these ideas, the answers reveal what this app might do for you, as well as how Pete DJs. I asked Pete to explain not only what the software does, but what it means in his DJ workflow. He turns the ever-popular iPhone into a handheld, pocketable companion for DJ sets. One DJ and developer, Pete Simpson, decided to solve that problem – and like a lot of software ideas, initially built that solution for himself. What would you want in your pocket for DJing? How about some key recognition and tracking, key mixing aid, BPM tap - and a flashlight (torch)?įor the DJ who cares about mixing songs together in key and precise tracking of BPM, automatic recognition may just not cut it.