drumnbass.be forum » Production » Production questions & answers » The "Vinyl Key" The "Vinyl Key" Author Post simage Simplicity is the key Registration Date: 19-03-2010 Posts: 239 Helpfulness rating:  Vinyls always have a certain key, like B8 or A3 Does anyone know what are the ground notes of those keys? My songs usually sound off key to most of the songs out there, so I wonder what the best ground note to use is. Simon __ 23-01-2011 00:01 BattleDrone 2161... the future. Registration Date: 30-12-2005 Posts: 6,413 Helpfulness rating:  Use any, but do use one... Why am I saying this? You can start with some randomly tuned instrument and tune all other other instruments to that so all in all the tune sounds ok, but as a whole it is off tone --> Bad. Also pitch bending because of speed changes when mixing can cause tunes to go off tone. I almost always write in B or C, I love a B note somehow. __ Check my soundcloud (exclusive tracks on there) 23-01-2011 17:56 simage Simplicity is the key Registration Date: 19-03-2010 Posts: 239 Helpfulness rating:  Yes, you're right, but is there some kind of index to see which note is which vinyl key? __ 23-01-2011 18:38 Phalanx Chronologic Registration Date: 13-09-2007 Posts: 333 Helpfulness rating:  I thought vinyl could be in whatever key the music is written in... You're best bet is to play a track you like and then draw in notes in your piano roll until you match the chords. __ http://soundcloud.com/chronologic 23-01-2011 19:21 simage Simplicity is the key Registration Date: 19-03-2010 Posts: 239 Helpfulness rating:  That might indeed still be the best option __ 23-01-2011 20:42 BattleDrone 2161... the future. Registration Date: 30-12-2005 Posts: 6,413 Helpfulness rating:  There's no such thing as a vinyl key. Back in the days of Mozart & Bach when there wasn't any vinyl they wrote music in a key as well. Just checkout this Wikipedia article on the subject.... __ Check my soundcloud (exclusive tracks on there) 24-01-2011 21:40 drumnbass.be forum » Production » Production questions & answers » The "Vinyl Key"