Most Accurate Song Key Finder

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  1. GoldenEar

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    Whats the most accurate song key finder (apart from "your ears", mixed in key and songkey finder (the free one))

    Im looking for the most accurate one to speed up my workflow.
     
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    Yeah MiK is still the best, but how do you use this key information?
     
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    Theres no demo available though so I cant demo it nor any use before you buy.
     
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  6. Clayton123

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    Personally the Antares Auto Key has always worked well for me.
     
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    just search and you will find a try before buy version
     
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    Mixed in Key the best, worth the buy.
     
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    Yes, Mixed In Key does the job, even better as Rekordbox or download portals (Beatport etc.)
    I think it's possible to test it when you ask them for a temporarily key. As in license unlock code that is, not a G# or Bm :winker:
     
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    I still use IRCAM The Snail (can be described as a polyphonic tuner), shows visually in realtime what is going on in the song.
    Have a piano patch up and play along, good to quickly work out the chord changes and borrowed (spicy) chords etc... which you won't know by the finding the song key.
     
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    have tried all plugins mentioned in this topic till now,
    I think Antares is best one at the moment (def. better then hornet or mixed in key)

    IRCAM The Snail is the best companion for doing it by hand.
     
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    +1 for Hornet
     
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    I am surprised nobody has mentioned the human ear. The human ear is the most accurate key finder. Indeed, all the software and hardware key finders are measured against the human ear for their accuracy.
    I am also surprised that nobody mentioned Melodyne. I will match Melodyne against all of the programs mentioned above , and be confident with its results.
     
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    the human ear lacks batch processing and automatic file rename tag writing, besides that it is superior :)
     
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    True but the OP is ask for the most accurate key finder. I would never trade accuracy for any extra features in a key finder.
     
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  19. FrankWhite23

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    Meloodyne and autokey... i check with auto key if I'm not confident ill throw it in melodyne
     
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