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10th December 2009
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| Lives for gear  Joined: Mar 2008
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Thread Starter | key that sounds best on fm radio?
i heard many years ago that the key of A major translates best on fm radio, does anyone know if this is more than a myth?
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10th December 2009
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I have heard that drum'n'bass tends to be in the key of G, something to do with getting the best bottom end, the low G being about 50 hz (?). Your suggestion sounds more like a Gearslutz Urban Legend (TM) however. |
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10th December 2009
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| Gear addict Joined: Sep 2007 Location: Canada
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wow, never heard or thought of this. very interesting.
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11th December 2009
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Well, we know that D minor is the saddest of all keys.....
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11th December 2009
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| Gear nut  Joined: Apr 2009 Location: Los Angeles
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Best key for fm radio? Well, OBVIOUSLY: Fm (F minor), lol! |
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 "translates best" how? "fm radio" as a whole doesn't really have any particular audio qualities that would favor one key over another... not that I can think of at least. I have worked at several different fm stations, so I can tell you for sure that each individual fm station will set their air chain processors in a way that can greatly affect the eq'ing and dynamics processing of songs... i.e. essentially it's like taking a "mastering" preset and running every single song through the same settings. so there could be a slight, slight possibility that due to a station's particular eq curve certain keys could sound better on one particular station, but even that seems HIGHLY unlikely. Like all other "translation" issues in any other playback medium / venue, its really more the overall mix and mastering of a song that will determine how it translates. I can't think of any reason why a certain key would work better on fm as a whole.
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11th December 2009
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| Lives for gear Joined: Mar 2008
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thanks for the replies! evening THINKING of Dm makes me cry  |
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 now that's a chain that no one wants to use to record vox
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