![]() Lets assume that we are DJing and playing a track that’s in the key of A minor or 8A. You will find that a lot of western music and particularly electronic music will be in a minor key and therefore represented with the letter A. A represents tracks in a minor key and are on the inside of the wheel while major keys are marked B and on the inside of the wheel. The Camelot Wheel groups tracks into Major and Minor Keys which are represented by the letters A and B. If your key detection software doesn’t give you this option then don’t worry, you can still use the Camelot Wheel for harmonic mixing, its just not quite as user friendly. ![]() Working numerically and alphabetically like this makes thing much easier when it comes to track selection. The Camelot Wheel system works on the basis that it exchanges the traditional key system of music for a number and letter combination. So now that we have an idea of the basic music theory and we have analysed our music collection through our key detection software, its time to look at the actual process of harmonic mixing. (The number and letter is used in the Camelot Wheel system which we will use in our example latter on.) The Process Of Mixing In Key The next step is to analyses your tracks in your key detection software so that your tracks are tagged with either a key or a number and letter. This will help you when you want to perform harmonic mixing in a time sensitive live environment. Set up your interface so that you can easily view batches of tracks that are in a particular key.
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