Mixed In Key Launches “Mashup” Audio Editor for Fast Mashup Creation
The software developer Mixed In Key, known for its popular Mixed in Key 5 harmonic mixing analysis tool, announce that it has released Mashup for Windows and Mac OS X.
"Mashup" is a purpose-built audio editor that makes it significantly easier to do, you know, MASHUPS.
Mashup (available for $39 with free updates until Version 2.99) is a new audio editor designed to let DJs and music producers quickly and easily beatmatch two or more audio files, edit them, and then save their results to a new audio file. Mashup uses Mixed In Key 5’s harmonic algorithm to find compatible songs, making the process of mashup creation extremely simple.
According to Mixed In Key’s president Yakov Vorobyev, the company’s goal with Mashup was to allow users to create a mashup in five minutes or less, and to make the process easier than it currently is with Ableton Live.
Mashup’s user interface is intended to be streamlined and intuitive. When users import songs into Mashup, it will analyze them for key and tempo. Next, when a song is dragged into Mashup’s audio editor, its tempo will become the master for the project (or users can manually enter in a different master tempo).
Once a song is added, Mashup’s song browser will show users which other songs in their collection are 100% harmonically compatible with their original song. Then other songs can be dragged into the editor window, where they’re automatically beat-matched to the master tempo, using Mashup’s professional time-stretching algorithm.
From there, Mashup lets users graphically edit each song’s volume, as well as three bands of EQ, with breakpoint-style automation. The editor also allows users to select and silence portions of songs, adjust phase, slide them in time, and more.
When editing has been completed, the results can be exported to a 320kbps MP3 file or a 16-bit, 44.1kHz WAV file.
For users who have already installed Mixed In Key 5, Mashup will load its database and skip the analysis step. Mashup and Mixed In Key 5 work seamlessly with each other.
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