tag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:/discussions/questions/10535-key-of-a-songbeaTunes: Discussion 2018-11-16T09:47:51Ztag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/465083732018-11-16T09:47:48Z2018-11-16T09:47:48ZKey of a Song<div><p>Hey Frank,</p>
<p>beaTunes does not use TuneBat. However, it can use its own databased, which consists of data submitted by users. The values may have been entered manually or computed algorithmically.</p>
<p>When you select a song in beaTunes and click "Analyze" you get an "Analysis Options" dialog. There you will find the "Analyze Key" task with a couple of options.</p>
<p>Let me explain those options (they are also explained in the online help, available under the beaTunes 'Help' menu and also in the left sidebar of that dialog).</p>
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<li>Replace — obviously this allows you to overwrite existing values.<br></li>
<li>Online Resources — look the key up in the database, rather than estimating the key based on your file. <strong>It sounds like you want this to be <em>off</em>.</strong><br></li>
<li>Limit — instead of looking at the whole track, only take one minute into account. May decrease accuracy.<br></li>
<li>Copy key — additionally write the key value to the comment field<br></li>
<li>Genre — the key estimator acts differently for different genres. If you know your genre, you can increase accuracy by choosing the correct genre.</li>
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<p>In any case: key estimation is not a 100% correct science. So your mileage may vary.</p>
<p>Cheers,</p>
<p>-hendrik</p></div>hendrik