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  • #2006063
    DJ Vintage
    Moderator

    +/- 5 BPM was a biggggggg difference back in the vinyl days LOL.

    Keylock is not based on master or anything. It just means that when you change the speed/pitch of a track the musical key it is in won’t change. Keeping the key the same while changing the speed takes its toll on the hard- and software. The bigger the speed change the harder the work is that needs to be done. Although both hardware and software are getting better at it, in some combinations you can hear the sound quality deteriorate as the key lock has to wrok harder and harder.

    The only reason to take of the keylock would be if you want to change the key as well. At +/- 5 BPM this is clearly audible, but might provide a desired effect.

    Greetinx.

    #2006071
    Stazbumpa
    Participant

    As a rule I stick key lock on when I’m mixing anything more than 3-4 bpm difference. Back in the old days of vinyl a drastic pitch change made it sound like your string section had been plunged underwater.

    #2006106
    Eliah Holiday
    Participant

    Yeah + or – 5 BPM is like absolute max ceiling. I usually stick around 1-3 BPM. I guess if I’m mixing harmonically then I’m just maintaining that relationship with Keylock if I adjust the pitch. Though now that I think about it I suppose I could also use the change in key to my advantage if I need to mix two songs that are not naturally harmonically sound. I think it’s like…One semi tone away from being in key or something I remember from music class.

    #2006109
    DJ Vintage
    Moderator

    Actually Cross (DJ) allows you to change key while keeping the tempo the same 🙂

    #2006335
    Terry_42
    Keymaster

    Yes and it sounds awful…

    #2006413
    DJ Vintage
    Moderator

    You can be such a grumpy old man!

    #2006433
    Terry_42
    Keymaster

    What gave it away? 😛

    #2007742
    Tuomas Helander
    Participant

    Really depends on the next song you cue up and your own mixing style IMO. If you’re doing a beatmatchable mix, and building up the tempo slowly, you should propably keep it on. Harmonic mixing is a good example of a mixing style that benefits from keylock.

    I keep the keylock on most of the time.

    #2007780
    Weaver
    Participant

    Keylock is my waifu. I honestly don’t think I’ve mixed without it since I went digital (save for maybe doing a “crazy” pitch up effect when I was really drunk).

    #2007793
    DJ Vintage
    Moderator

    I know I have never left it off since CDs LOL

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