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Find harmonic tracks in Traktor.

Traktor shows you key values, but filtering for Camelot neighbors takes manual effort. Vibes does the harmonic matching for you in prep and exports a ready playlist into your NML library.

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Vibes showing key detection and harmonic track matches for a selected track

Vibes identifies Camelot neighbors and exports a harmonic playlist into Traktor before your set.

Find harmonic tracks in Traktor, step by step.

Traktor analyses key for every track in your collection. Since Traktor Pro 3.2, engaging Key Lock on the Master Deck causes the browser to automatically color-highlight harmonically compatible tracks in the Key column, so you can visually scan for candidates without manual searching. You can also filter by key text for deeper digs.

Analyse your collection

Open Traktor and go to your track browser. Select all tracks, right-click, and choose Analyze Files to detect BPM and key. Before running this, confirm that key detection is enabled under Preferences > Analysis so results populate the Key column.

Note the key of your chosen track

Click a track to see its key in the Key column or the deck header. By default Traktor shows keys in Musical notation (e.g. Am, Cmaj). To see Open Key notation instead (e.g. 8m, 10d), go to Preferences > Analysis and change the 'Displayed in Traktor' option to Open Key. Note: Traktor does not support Camelot notation natively. Open Key uses a similar numeric system with m/d suffixes rather than A/B.

Use Key Lock highlighting to surface compatible tracks

Load your chosen track into a deck and set it as Master. Engage Key Lock on that deck. Traktor will automatically highlight tracks with harmonically compatible keys in the browser Key column using color coding. You can customize this behavior in Preferences > Browser: choose to color only matching keys (default), also color adjacent keys, or color all keys. This is the fastest way to find harmonic candidates without manual calculation.

Browse and cue candidates

Scan the highlighted tracks, load candidates into a deck, and compare energy and phrasing before committing. If you need to search beyond what is currently highlighted, type a key value directly into the browser search bar to filter manually. Save the tracks you want to use into a Playlist for quick access during your set.

The catch

Traktor does not support Camelot notation natively. The available key display formats are Musical and Open Key; switch between them in Preferences > Analysis. The browser key-highlighting feature (engaged via Key Lock on the Master Deck) does the heavy lifting of showing compatible tracks automatically, so manual key searching is only needed as a secondary step.

Find compatible

8A120–136 BPM

The faster way

Vibes maps every harmonic neighbor before you play.

Import your Traktor NML library into Vibes, select any track, and Find Compatible fills in the Camelot neighbors automatically. Build a harmonic playlist in prep and export it straight back into Traktor as a new playlist in your NML file.

See how it works

Find Compatible auto-fills Camelot neighbors for any selected track, no manual lookup needed

Key detection uses Skey neural-net analysis with full Camelot-wheel awareness

Combine harmonic filtering with BPM range, energy, and vibe tags to shortlist tracks that actually fit the moment

Export the finished harmonic playlist directly into your Traktor NML library, ready to load at the gig

Organize in Vibes, export to Traktor.

Your playlists, tags, ratings, and cue points travel back to the gear you play on, so nothing you do in Vibes is locked away.

Track 001

Artist A

128

Afterhours

Mysterious

Introspective

Track 002

Artist B

124

Cozy Floor

Peaceful

Home

Track 003

Artist C

132

Rave

Aggressive

Festival

Build & Release

Playlists

Vibes

Mood

Aggressive

Euphoric

Melancholic

Mysterious

Peaceful

Playful

Tense

Function

Arrangement

Sets

Club Night 12/28

NYE Closing Set

Rooftop 01/04

Frequently asked questions

The honest answers, including the trade-offs.

No. Vibes is a prep and library tool, not a live mixer. It handles the harmonic research and playlist building before your set, then exports into Traktor. You still perform and mix in Traktor.

Vibes highlights the same wheel position plus the adjacent numbers (one step up and one step down) and the relative major or minor at the same position. These are the standard harmonic mixing neighbors that blend without key clashes.

Yes. Vibes writes directly into your Traktor NML file. When you open Traktor after exporting, the playlist appears in your collection under the name you saved it as in Vibes.

Methodology