![]() (See the 'Welcome Relatives' box for more information on musical keys in general.) Each sector of the wheel has an inner and outer key: the inner and outer sections are simply major keys and the relative minor keys, and each sector contains a key pair, one for each note from C to B. The principle of the Camelot Wheel is very simple. To help us to figure out which keys are related, a very kind chap by the name of Mark Davis has invented something called the Camelot Wheel (named after the round table from Arthurian mythology: see image above). If you put the key at the beginning of the file name, it will also help you when searching for tracks, as all tracks in the same key will be grouped together when you sort the folder alphabetically. To work this out, you can either use your ears and musical knowledge, or (possibly more quickly and easily) use a program such as Mixed In Key ( Once you've worked out the key of a track, it can be very useful to rename the file to include that information for example, 'A minor: Cool Band: Great Track.MP3'. To start with, you'll need to know the key of each track. If you're classically trained, related keys will be second nature to you, but even if you have a limited knowledge of musical theory, you won't have to spend hours studying to be able to start using this idea. The principle behind harmonic mixing is simple: if you play songs that are in the same or harmonically related keys, your mixes will sound much smoother. But to only do this would be to seriously under‑use the facilities available to you as a DJ! Live is capable of so much more, so this time around we'll take a look at a couple of things Live can do that would be difficult, if not impossible, with a more traditional DJ setup. In our first article about DJ'ing with Ableton Live (in the July issue of SOS), we covered the basics of putting together a DJ set that largely resembled the traditional 'two decks and a mixer' setup in Ableton Live. This is an example of the Camelot Wheel, which can help you find harmonically compatible keys quickly and easily for Harmonic Mixing purposes. DJs can really get clever with Ableton Live.
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