# Mixed In Key > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mixed_In_Key > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mixed_In_Key.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed_In_Key > Source revision: 1282213206 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Windows and Macintosh software This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages) This article contains promotional content. Please help improve it by removing promotional language and inappropriate external links, and by adding encyclopedic text written from a neutral point of view. See our advice if the article is about you and read our scam warning in case someone asks for money to edit this article. (December 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this message) This article needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Mixed In Key" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (December 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this message) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Mixed In Key LLC Type Private Industry Music software Area served Worldwide Products Mixed In Key, Platinum Notes, Mashup Website www.mixedinkey.com **Mixed In Key** (also known as MIK) is [Windows](/source/Microsoft_Windows) and [Macintosh](/source/Macintosh) [software](/source/Software) that simplifies a [DJ](/source/DJ) technique called [harmonic mixing](/source/Harmonic_mixing). Mixed In Key analyses [MP3](/source/MP3) and [WAV](/source/WAV) files and determines the [musical key](/source/Key_(music)) of every file. Knowing the key, [DJs](/source/DJs) can use [music theory](/source/Music_theory) (such as the [Circle of Fifths](/source/Circle_of_Fifths)) to play songs in a harmonically-pleasing order. The software helps to solve Mixed In Key's software was developed to provide a [Windows](/source/Microsoft_Windows) interface for the toner 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](/source/Audio_files) at once. Yakov Vorobyev created a simple [C#](/source/C_Sharp_(programming_language)) [.NET](/source/.NET_Framework) [Windows](/source/Microsoft_Windows) application that could batch-process multiple files. he first version was released on March 25, 2006. Soon after, work on [Mac OS X](/source/Mac_OS_X_Snow_Leopard) began, and on June 4, 2006, the first version of Mac OS X was released. Since May 2007, Mixed In Key, LLC has improved the key detection algorithm by combining tONaRT with a custom in-house algorithm. Mixed In Key was granted a patent on this algorithm. The new algorithm was released in Version 3.0. The latest version (in April 2022) is 10.0. Ali "Dubfire" Shirazinia from [Deep Dish](/source/Deep_Dish_(band)) 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](/source/Global_Underground) [31](/source/Global_Underground_031) [Taipei](/source/Taipei) album.[1] ## Products All three suites of Mixed In Key's software, Mixed In Key, Platinum Notes, and Mashup, are available for both PCs and Macs. *Mixed In Key* is the original software from Mixed In Key LLC, the software analyzes the harmonies and melodies of the selected music. For every track, it shows the musical key and helps choose tracks that are harmonically compatible with each other. Mixed In Key works with Traktor, Serato, Pioneer CDJs, Ableton Live and all other DJ apps. The software is used by the likes of [David Guetta](/source/David_Guetta) and [Kaskade](/source/Kaskade). Other artists include [Paul van Dyk](/source/Paul_van_Dyk), [Armin van Buuren](/source/Armin_van_Buuren), [Sebastian Ingrosso](/source/Sebastian_Ingrosso), [Sasha](/source/Sasha_(DJ)), [Grammy](/source/Grammy)-winning producer Ali "Dubfire" from [Deep Dish](/source/Deep_Dish_(band)), [Pete Tong](/source/Pete_Tong) from [BBC Radio 1](/source/BBC_Radio_1), trance producers [Blank & Jones](/source/Blank_%26_Jones), [Above & Beyond](/source/Above_%26_Beyond_(band)), [High Contrast](/source/High_Contrast), [Nick Warren](/source/Nick_Warren), and [BT](/source/BT_(musician)). *Platinum Notes* was the second software suite release. It allows the user to drop in music files. Platinum Notes then makes the tracks acoustically perfect, by using studio filters to process the files. The software corrects for pitch, improves volume, and makes the file ready to play anywhere. *Mashup* is Mixed In Key's most recent addition to its offerings. The software helps beatmatch tracks and saves results to new MP3 files. Files then can be made into a podcast. ## Controversy Mixed In Key has faced criticism over its decision to require an internet connection in versions following Version 2.5.[2] While numerous users have identified this as a deterring and unfair form of [copy-protection](/source/Copy-protection), Mixed In Key employees have responded, claiming that the new requirement has nothing to do with piracy, stating, "an internet connection is needed to analyze new files because Mixed In Key uses very expensive technology that is not available in 'offline' mode."[2] ## Allen & Heath Partnership On December 22, 2006, Mixed In Key LLC announced a partnership with [Allen & Heath](/source/Allen_%26_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](/source/Color_scheme) is the only difference between the two versions.[4] ## Award Nominations [DJ Magazine](/source/DJ_Magazine) awarded Mixed In Key "Best DJ Tool of 2008" award, and previously nominated Mixed In Key for the "Most Innovative Product" in 2007.[5] I-DJ Magazine has reviewed the product in Summer 2007 and gave it the "I-DJ Approved Innovation" award.[6] In 2009, Mixed In Key was nominated for Best New Product of the Year for the 24th Annual International Dance Music Awards, losing only to the [iPhone 3G](/source/IPhone_3G).[7] ## See also - [Harmonic mixing](/source/Harmonic_mixing) - [Music Theory](/source/Music_Theory) - [DJing](/source/DJing) - [Music software](/source/Music_software) - [Mashup](/source/Mashup_(music)) ## External links - [Mixed In Key's Official Website](http://www.mixedinkey.com) - [Harmonic-Mixing.com](http://www.harmonic-mixing.com) - [zplane.development](http://www.zplane.de) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Dubfire - Global Underground GU31: Taipei"](http://www.discogs.com/release/981294). Discogs.com. 2007-03-15. Retrieved 2007-09-15. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-community.mixedinkey_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-community.mixedinkey_2-1) ["Can't use MIK 4 without internet connection"](http://community.mixedinkey.com/Topic.aspx?ID=6095). Mixed In Key Community. Retrieved 2010-03-09. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Allen & Heath News"](https://web.archive.org/web/20071222125030/http://www.allen-heath.com/cn/news_story.asp?view=220). Allen & Heath. 2007-12-22. Archived from [the original](http://www.allen-heath.com/cn/news_story.asp?view=220) on 2007-12-22. Retrieved 2007-09-15. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["The difference between Original and Xone Mixed In Key"](http://community.mixedinkey.com/Topic.aspx?ID=3153). Mixed In Key Blog. 2007-09-06. Retrieved 2007-09-15. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Tech Awards 2007"](https://web.archive.org/web/20100210030558/http://www.mixedinkey.com/press/djmag_awards.jpg). DJ Magazine. 2007-09-15. Archived from [the original](http://www.mixedinkey.com/press/djmag_awards.jpg) on 2010-02-10. Retrieved 2007-09-15. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["I-DJ Magazine Review"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110714103024/http://www.mixedinkey.com/press/idj_full.jpg). I-DJ, Summer 2007. 2007-07-15. Archived from [the original](http://www.mixedinkey.com/press/idj_full.jpg) on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2007-09-15. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["24th Annual International Dance Music Awards"](http://dancemusic.about.com/od/conference/a/2009IDMA24th_2.htm). About.com. Retrieved 2013-03-21. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Mixed In Key](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed_In_Key) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed_In_Key?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.