How do you build a track to a certain key?

Music Production Music Tech Discussion
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Hello Ableton Gods. I beg forgiveness for my n00b’ness, but I’m about to sin.



I was given the parts to Paulina Rubio’s latest track, Causa y Efecto. That track is currently #1 on the Billboard Latin Charts and she’s one of Mexico’s biggest pop stars. So getting a hold of her raw material is rare and hard to come by.



[url]http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/genre_index.jsp[/url]



Anyhow, I wanna build an electro trance remix to her song. According to Mixed In Key, the Vox is at 9A but the original song is at 8B/8A.



How do I go about building the track to her key. I’ve never done that before. I’m using Ableton Live 7.



Thanks.

  • Woody
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personally i would use and trust my ears to find key’s, chords or what ever i needed to work with the track but im sure there are many guys with many tricks that could hepl you own on this board.


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[quote]djwoody714 (6/30/2009)[hr]Hello Ableton Gods. I beg forgiveness for my n00b’ness, but I’m about to sin.



I was given the parts to Paulina Rubio’s latest track, Causa y Efecto. That track is currently #1 on the Billboard Latin Charts and she’s one of Mexico’s biggest pop stars. So getting a hold of her raw material is rare and hard to come by.



[url]http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/genre_index.jsp[/url]



Anyhow, I wanna build an electro trance remix to her song. According to Mixed In Key, the Vox is at 9A but the original song is at 8B/8A.



How do I go about building the track to her key. I’ve never done that before. I’m using Ableton Live 7.



Thanks.

  • Woody[/quote]



    Key = Scale



    That is the simplest breakdown of key you can find. So if the vocal is in A, you may use the A scale.



    I’ll personally help you transpose it for a copy of the original tracks;)


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You might want to consider returning whatever software you’re using, because this song is clearly in C.

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djwoody, for a good primer checkout the link below.

[url]http://www.sonicacademy.com/forum/Topic3595-8-1.aspx[/url]


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There’s a util called Melodyne that auto re-pitches vocals to fit a track.