How to find Camelot-compatible keys so your AI track mixes with your set

Club Ready Music shows the keys that blend with your choice under the Key · Camelot select as Mixes with chips: the number one below and one above in the same letter, plus the same number on the other letter. For the default 8A that is 7A, 9A and 8B. To make a track that fits a specific point in your set, look up the key of the record before and after it, pick a key from their shared compatible list, and set it in the studio before you render.

Steps

1. Find the keys of the records around the slot

In your DJ software, note the Camelot key of the track you will mix out of and the one you will mix into. If the software shows musical names or Open Key codes, convert them with the table in step 6, or switch its display to Camelot.

2. Open the Key select and read the chips

In /studio under 05 · Groove, choose a candidate key. The Mixes with row updates instantly. For 8A you see 7A 9A 8B; for 1B you see 12B 2B 1A; the numbers wrap around at 12 and 1.

3. Pick a key that both neighbours accept

Say the record before is in 7A and the record after is in 9A. 8A mixes with both, so it is the perfect bridge. If the neighbours are 7A and 7B, pick 7A or 7B. If no single key satisfies both, choose the key that matches the track you blend into, because the incoming blend is the one people hear longest.

4. Plan a deliberate lift

To raise energy between two tracks, step up: 8A into 9A (one step, smooth) or 8A into 10A (two steps, the "energy boost"). To calm a floor, step down. The chips show the one-step moves; the two-step move is yours to type into the select.

5. Set the key and match the words

Choose the key, then make the Vibe box agree: "in E minor" if you picked 9A, "bright major chords" if you picked a B key. See pick a key for mood choices. Keep the BPM within two or three of the neighbours as well, so the blend needs no big pitch change.

6. Use the table to convert keys

Camelot	Minor (A)	Camelot	Major (B)
1A	A♭ minor	1B	B major
2A	E♭ minor	2B	F♯ major
3A	B♭ minor	3B	D♭ major
4A	F minor	4B	A♭ major
5A	C minor	5B	E♭ major
6A	G minor	6B	B♭ major
7A	D minor	7B	F major
8A	A minor	8B	C major
9A	E minor	9B	G major
10A	B minor	10B	D major
11A	F♯ minor	11B	A major
12A	D♭ minor	12B	E major

Render, and the finished file carries the key in all three notations (musical, Camelot, Open Key), so it shows correctly whatever your software displays.

Tips

• Make two versions for two slots. Rendering again in a neighbouring key costs one credit and keeps every other setting, since the studio stores your draft. A 9A and an 11A version of the same idea covers more of a set.
• Minor to major on the same number is the safest mood change. 8A into 8B keeps the notes and lifts the feel.
• Sort your crate by key. The crate page sorts by Key, which makes it easy to see which numbers you are short of.
• Keep BPM in the picture. Harmonic compatibility does not help if the track is 10 BPM away; see tap tempo and MATCH.
• The chips wrap around. 12A mixes with 11A, 1A and 12B; 1B mixes with 12B, 2B and 1A.

Common problems

The track sounds out of key with its neighbour even though the codes match. Models follow key approximately, and DJ software analysis can be off by a fifth on dense tracks. Check with your ears on a short blend, and keep the other take if it sits better.

My software shows numbers with d and m, not A and B. That is Open Key: m is minor, d is major, and the numbers are offset from Camelot. Club Ready Music writes both notations into the tag, so switch the display or read the Camelot code from the file comment.

I want a key that is not on the chips. The chips are the three safest moves, not a limit. Choose any key from the select; the energy-boost move two steps up is common and sounds good.

The vocal sounds wrong after I changed the key to fit the set. A key change moves the vocal range. Pick the compatible key on the other side of the wheel (one step down instead of up), or switch Female to Male so the range suits the new key.