type private industry music software founded washington dc united states 2006 headquarters miami beach united states area served worldwide products mixed in key platinum notes mashup 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 . contents 1 history 2 products 3 controversy 4 allen & heath partnership 5 award nominations 6 see also 7 external links 8 references history edit 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 25 2006 . mac os x development started shortly thereafter and the first mac os x version was released on june 4 2006 . 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 is 7 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 . 1 products edit all three suites of mixed in key s software mixed in key platinum notes and mashup are used by world renowned artists . all three software suites 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 and kaskade . other artists include paul van dyk armin van buuren sebastian ingrosso sasha grammy winning producer ali dubfire from deep dish pete tong from bbc radio 1 trance producers blank & jones above & beyond high contrast nick warren bt . 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 edit 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 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 edit on december 22 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 award nominations edit 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 . 7 see also edit harmonic mixing music theory djing music software computer dj mashup external links edit mixed in key s official website harmonic mixing.com zplane.development references edit dubfire global underground gu31 taipei . discogs.com . 2007 03 15 . retrieved 2007 09 15 . a b can t use mik 4 without internet connection . mixed in key community . retrieved 2010 03 09 . allen & heath news . allen & heath . 2007 12 22 . retrieved 2007 09 15 . the difference between original and xone mixed in key . mixed in key blog . 2007 09 06 . retrieved 2007 09 15 . tech awards 2007 . dj magazine . 2007 09 15 . retrieved 2007 09 15 . i dj magazine review . i dj summer 2007 . 2007 07 15 . retrieved 2007 09 15 . 24th annual international dance music awards . about.com . retrieved 2013 03 21 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mixed in key & oldid 705239334 categories audio mixing softwareos x multimedia softwarewindows multimedia software navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 16 february 2016 at 09 13 . 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