Mixed In Key

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Mixed In Key LLC
Type Privately held company
Founded 2006
Headquarters Washington DC, United States
Industry music software
Products Mixed In Key, Platinum Notes
Employees 3
Website www.mixedinkey.com

Mixed In Key (also known as MIK) is Windows and Macintosh software that simplifies a DJ technique called harmonic mixing. The latest version of Mixed In Key analyzes MP3 and WAV files and determines the musical key of every file. Knowing the key, DJs can use music theory (such as the Circle of Fifths) to play songs in a harmonically-pleasing order. The software helps to eliminate dissonant tones while mixing songs together using a technique such as beatmatching.

Mixed In Key software was created by Mixed In Key LLC, a software company based in Washington DC, United States. The company was established in 2006 to release the software to the world-wide DJ audience. Mixed In Key has also spawned a supplementary product, Platinum Notes which corrects audio problems with MP3 and WAV files using iZotope and zplane.development technology.

As of December 2006, Mixed In Key LLC became a partner of Allen & Heath, the UK-based company known for its high-end audio mixing consoles.

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[edit] History

"Browse Collection" window of Mixed In Key 3.0 (Original version)
"Browse Collection" window of Mixed In Key 3.0 (Original version)

Mixed In Key software was developed to provide a Windows interface for the tONaRT key detection algorithm created by zplane.development. The original tONaRT algorithm created by zplane.development had a simple Windows-based demo which could not process multiple audio files at once. Yakov Vorobyev created a simple C# .NET Windows application that could batch-process multiple files. The first version was released on March 25th, 2006. Mac OS X development started shortly thereafter, and the first Mac OS X version was released on June 4th, 2006.

Since May 2007, Mixed In Key LLC has improved the key detection algorithm by combining tONaRT with a custom in-house algorithm. The new algorithm was released in Version 3.0.

[edit] Community Interest

Grammy-winning producer Ali 'Dubfire' from Deep Dish, Pete Tong from BBC Radio 1, trance producers Blank & Jones, and other notable people in the DJ community are known to use Mixed In Key products for harmonic mixing.[1].

Ali 'Dubfire' Shirazinia from Deep Dish was a big influence on the development of the Mac OS X version by providing feedback to the development team. After the Mac OS X version was released, Ali used Mixed In Key to help sequence songs for his Global Underground 31 Taipei album[2].

[edit] Allen & Heath Partnership

On December 22nd, 2006, Mixed In Key LLC announced a partnership with Allen & Heath to provide co-branded versions of Mixed In Key known as XONE Mixed In Key[3]. Mixed In Key continued to sell "Original" versions of the software. Color scheme is the only difference between the two versions[4].

[edit] Award Nominations

DJ Magazine nominated Mixed In Key for the "Most Innovative Product" award in 2007[5]. I-DJ Magazine has reviewed the product in Summer 2007 and gave it the "I-DJ Approved Innovation" award[6].

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[edit] References

  1. ^ DJ Testimonials. Mixed In Key (2007-01-01). Retrieved on 2007-09-15.
  2. ^ Dubfire - Global Underground GU31: Taipei. Discogs.com (2007-03-15). Retrieved on 2007-09-15.
  3. ^ Allen & Heath News. Allen & Heath (2007-12-22). Retrieved on 2007-09-15.
  4. ^ The difference between Original and Xone Mixed In Key. Mixed In Key Blog (2007-09-06). Retrieved on 2007-09-15.
  5. ^ Tech Awards 2007. DJ Magazine (2007-09-15). Retrieved on 2007-09-15.
  6. ^ I-DJ Magazine Review. I-DJ, Summer 2007 (2007-07-15). Retrieved on 2007-09-15.