![]() I also found that Mixed In Key correctly analyzed 100% of all of my tracks in A minor! It guessed 25 out of 25 of my tracks in A minor correctly. ![]() 88% of the tracks in major keys were guessed correctly while 87% of the tracks in minor keys were guessed correctly. I found that the program was just as accurate for major and minor keys based on my results. 11% of the tracks incorrectly analyzed by Mixed In Key were guessed to be in relative minor/major keys, subdominant/dominant major or minor keys, which are also harmonically compatible. For example, 5A or C minor was analyzed in M.I.K. Out of the tracks that were incorrectly guessed by Mixed In Key, 32% were guessed to be in a subdominant or dominant key, which are harmonically compatible with each other. However, I found that out of the tracks that were incorrectly guessed, 59% of those tracks were guessed to be in harmonically compatible keys. Mixed In Key incorrectly guessed the keys of 14% of my tracks. I was actually expecting a lot less than this based on an old test I did with an older version of Mixed In Key, which was 37% accurate for Techno. Techno was least accurate out of all of the genres and was 70% accurate. It was most accurate for Breaks which were 93% correct. Genre-wise, I found that it correctly guessed 85% of my House, Progressive House, and Tech House. Mixed In Key is 86% Accurate for Dance Music. After collecting all the data from 200 Dance Music tracks, I discovered the following interesting facts. I also looked up each tracks genre on Beatport just for fun, and to get genre specific data. I double-checked all of the tracks to make sure my results were completely accurate by comparing the Mixed In Key’s results with my results from using the piano to figure out the key. I was able to gather some very interesting data about how accurate the program really is for the music I play. I made a spreadsheet that compared all of my results with Mixed In Keys results. I took 200 of my best House, Tech House, Techno, Progressive House, and Breaks tracks, and keyed them all one-by-one manually on a piano. What I wanted to see was how accurate Mixed In Key was for Dance Music. There have been studies out there comparing Mixed In Key’s results with musical databases, but the studies were mostly done for Rock, Alternative, Pop, and Top 40 songs. ![]() While all of this is a dream come true for some, a lot of people argue about how accurate Mixed In Key really is. You literally run your music collection overnight and the next day you are reborn as a harmonic mixing DJ that will never turn back! This affordable software can save you a lifetime of sitting in your DJ room with a piano writing all the keys on your record sleeves. This indispensable software allows DJs to sort their playlists by key so they can quickly find tracks that are in harmony with each other. It even writes the song’s musical key directly into the audio file so you can view the musical keys in programs such as iTunes, Traktor, Ableton Live, Serato, and more. By analyzing your digital music files, Mixed In Key can detect the musical key of each one of your songs. Mixed In Key is changing the face of the DJ world as we know it. In this third part of harmonic mixing, Dubspot instructor and contributor to the ‘Mixed in Key’ algorithm, DJ Endo examines the accuracy of detecting the correct musical key using Mixed In Key.
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