tag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:/discussions/problems/14073-key-column-not-sortingbeaTunes: Discussion 2018-10-18T15:37:16Ztag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/31066872010-09-27T09:09:16Z2010-09-27T09:09:16ZKey Column not sorting<div><p>Hi Bilot,</p>
<p>thanks for making me aware of the key sorting bug - it will be fixed in the next minor update.</p>
<p>Regarding the non-alphabetical sorting: beaTunes does not sort alphabetical, but exactly like you suggest, i.e. a la circle of fifths. We don't display the Camelot numbers, because the people at mixed in key require us to license that notation to actually use it.</p>
<p>-hendrik</p></div>hendriktag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/31066872010-09-27T22:25:08Z2010-09-27T22:25:08ZKey Column not sorting<div><p>Good to hear about the sorting--I couldn't tell in that pane since everything is jumbled, but now I see it sorted in the upper pane.</p>
<p>If you can't use Camelot, understandably, perhaps you could use your own variation to display in another column as Mixmeister did, as the numbers are more immediately helpful for recognizing order than are the keys themselves.</p></div>Bilottag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/31066872010-09-28T08:31:52Z2010-09-28T08:31:52ZKey Column not sorting<div><p>How exactly does Mixmeister display the key?</p></div>hendriktag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/31066872010-09-28T09:09:37Z2010-09-28T09:09:37ZKey Column not sorting<div><p>Actually, I don't care for exactly the way they do it because of the poor readability of their implementation, but they use a two color scheme--one for major and one for minor keys. The numbers are embedded in a tiny circle, but in content are quite similar to Camelot in that they are ordered from 1 to 12, but they are shifted numerically by a fixed amount from the Camelot numbers. You can refer to this thread: <a href="http://community.beatmixing.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/495605445/m/266100145">http://community.beatmixing.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/495605445/m/2661...</a></p></div>Bilottag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/31066872010-09-28T09:27:41Z2010-09-28T09:27:41ZKey Column not sorting<div><p>I guess they didn't want to have problems with the Camelot people, either..</p>
<p>Too bad, that we can't simply agree on one alternative (to just the key names) notation. Makes me consider adding MixMeister numbers to my implementation.</p>
<p>BTW - that little hand/line in the key displayed by beaTunes works like a clock - that is it has 12 hours corresponding to 12 keys. Also, the saturation indicates major or minor. So beaTunes gives you at least some direct visual clues on whether two keys are close or not.</p>
<p>-hendrik</p></div>hendriktag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/31066872010-09-28T16:34:10Z2010-09-28T16:34:10ZKey Column not sorting<div><p>Now that you mentioned it, I can see the clock line. I think it could work better if the line were fatter and switched to white on dark backgrounds perhaps so it is more apparent from more than a few inches away from the screen on a high resolution monitor. Thanks for the reply.</p></div>Bilot