Xone Mixed In Key 5 is the latest version of Mixed In Key’s harmonic-mixing software, adding features including multi-core support, an on-screen audio player, multiple-key recognition and a new key-detection algorithm.

Used by DJs including David Guetta, Pete Tong and Kaskade, Mixed In Key quickly and accurately identifies the keys and tempos of digital music files.

Xone Mixed In Key 5 offers multi-processor support for both Mac and Windows, allowing the software to take full advantage of the blazing speeds possible on multicore CPUs. The new Audio Player enables auditioning of key-detected songs and samples from within the software. In addition to existing support for MP3 and WAV file formats, Xone Mixed In Key 5 adds M4A and MP4 (video file) support.

The new key-detection algorithm can detect key changes within songs. Key changes are clearly shown in the waveform display of the Audio Player, allowing users to see where in a song the change occurs. Whereas the key detection in previous versions looked at a song-file as a single entity, the new algorithm analyses it as a series of beat-aligned segments. This ability to analyse short audio files means that remixers and producers can use Xone Mixed In Key when working with sample and loop libraries, making it easier to find files in the same key.

As with previous versions, Xone Mixed In Key 5 uses the Camelot Wheel system, which displays key names on a circular chart that is numbered and colour-coded. This graphically shows which songs are compatible with each other. In v5, a clickable Camelot Wheel offers a new way to see key-detected material. Once the software has analysed, a collection of songs (for example, an iTunes library), clicking on a key name on the Camelot Wheel instantly brings up a list of all the files in that key, making song selection a snap.

‘Mixed In Key 5 is a powerful DJ tool that connects with your favorite DJ software and DJ hardware, and makes it possible to mix harmonically regardless of your medium,’ says, Mixed In Key President, Yakov Vorobyev. ‘We love it when people use Mixed In Key with Traktor, CD-Js, Serato Scratch Live, and all other DJ and sequencer apps – it works perfectly with them and takes your DJ sets to the next level.’

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