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Show the Camelot key in Engine DJ.

Click the Preferences icon in the Toolbar, open the Library tab, and set Key Notation to Camelot. Every analyzed track then shows its 1A to 12B code in the Key column, and a standalone player reads its own copy of that setting from the user profile in Drive Preferences.

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A Vibes library table with a key column showing Camelot codes next to BPM

Codes in the library first, then the same notation on the drive you play from.

Show the Camelot key in Engine DJ, step by step.

Engine DJ detects the key during analysis and then prints it in whichever notation you choose. The Engine DJ Camelot key setting is a display preference, not a second analysis, so switching it relabels the whole collection at once.

01

Analyze the tracks so a key exists

Engine DJ reads the key from its own analysis, so a file that was never analyzed has nothing to show. Leave Auto Analysis set to On in Preferences under Library, or select the tracks, right-click them, and choose Analyze: Get missing analysis data. The same pass builds the waveform, the BPM value, and the beat grid.

02

Set Key Notation to Camelot

Click the Preferences icon in the Toolbar. The window has two tabs, Performance and Library. Open Library, find the Analysis group, and look at Key Notation. The four options are Sharps, Flats, Open Key, and Camelot. Choose Camelot and every analyzed track switches to a 1A to 12B code immediately. Nothing is re-analyzed.

03

Show the Key column in the track list

Right-click any column header in the track list and tick Key in the list of available columns. Drag the header sideways to park it next to BPM, where you will actually read it. Click the top of the Key column to sort by it, and hold Shift while clicking a second column to sort by both at once.

04

Filter by key, and set it to Compatible

Click the Filters button in the upper-right corner of the Collection Pane to show the five filter columns: Genre, Artist, Album, BPM, and Key. Click a code to filter the list. Key Compatibility decides what you get back: Match shows that key only, Compatible also shows harmonically compatible keys. Ctrl-click or Command-click to select several codes.

05

Correct a key that came out wrong

Click the track, click its Key field, type the right value, and press Enter. If the analysis itself is off, right-click the track and choose Re-analyze: Overwrite existing track data, which always uses the latest Engine DJ BPM and key detection regardless of the tag stored in the file. A locked beat grid is left alone.

06

Set the same notation on the drive

The desktop setting stays on the desktop. Click the Drive Preferences icon in the Drives section of the Collection panel, pick or create a user profile, open Library, and set Key Notation to Camelot there as well. That profile is saved to the external storage drive and loaded by your Engine OS player, with its own Key Filter setting.

The catch

Camelot is a notation, not a second opinion. The setting relabels what the analysis already decided, so a track the software read wrong still shows a wrong code, only in numbers now. Check anything that sounds off against a reference chart or a second tool before you build a set around it.

Find compatible12B12A1B1A2B2A3B3A4B4A5B5A6B6A7B7A8B8A9B9A10B10A11B11A
8A120-136 BPM

The faster way

See the code and what mixes with it, before the tracks reach the players.

Vibes analyzes the files you own and shows the key in Camelot, musical, or Open Key notation, next to BPM, an energy curve, and the track sections. Find Compatible then lists the harmonic neighbours of any track inside a BPM window you set, half and double time aware. When the selection is ready, export it back to Engine DJ as a folder tree, with Camelot key sub-folders if you want the codes in the folder names.

See how it works
Key shown in Camelot, musical, or Open Key notation, alongside BPM and energy
Find Compatible lists harmonic Camelot neighbours inside a BPM window, half and double time aware
Import Wizard pulls in your Engine DJ collection, and Smart Import detects the app for you
Export playlists back to Engine DJ as a folder tree, with optional Camelot key sub-folders

Organize in Vibes, export to Engine DJ.

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Track 002 by Artist B

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Track 003 by Artist C

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Frequently asked questions

The honest answers, including the trade-offs.

A Camelot key is a musical key written as a number from 1 to 12 plus a letter: A for minor, B for major. The two rings of the Camelot Wheel wrap the circle of fifths, so one step of the number moves a fifth and relative keys share a number. Denon DJ gives the anchor pair: A minor is 8A, C major is 8B. Once Engine DJ is showing the codes, the printable Camelot chart is quicker to read off the booth wall than off the screen.
rekordbox calls the format Alphanumeric rather than Camelot. Open the Preferences window, choose the View category, open the Display Type tab, and set Key display format to Alphanumeric instead of Classic. Classic prints key names such as Abm or F sharp, Alphanumeric prints the 1A, 1B, 2A codes DJs know as Camelot. The full walkthrough is in our rekordbox guide.
Three moves are safe from any code. Stay on the same code, move one number up or down on the same letter, or keep the number and switch the letter: from 8A that means 8A, 7A, 9A, or 8B. The letter swap trades a minor key for its relative major, which lifts the mood without changing the notes underneath. Everything past that is a judgment call. The wheel in full.
2A is E flat minor, also written D sharp minor. Its relative major is 2B, F sharp major, and its neighbours on the wheel are 1A, A flat minor, and 3A, B flat minor. Once Key Notation is set to Camelot the code appears in the Key column, and the Key filter set to Compatible will surface 1A, 3A, and 2B for a 2A track.
It is a phrasing habit, not a key rule. Most dance music is built in phrases of 32 beats, eight bars, and the big changes land at the start of a new phrase. Counting in 32s tells you when to bring the next track in, while the Camelot code tells you what to bring in. Use both and you get the right track at the right moment.
10A is B minor. Mixed In Key, who created the notation, publish it that way: 10A = B minor, sitting next to 10B, D major. From 10A the easy moves are 9A, E minor, 11A, F sharp minor, and 10B itself. Set the Key filter to Compatible and those are the codes the library surfaces for a 10A track.
4A is F minor. Mixed In Key publish it as 4A = F minor, paired with 4B, A flat major, on the outer ring. Its neighbours are 3A, B flat minor, and 5A, C minor. F minor is common in melodic house and techno, so a 4A block is usually large enough to be worth sorting by BPM after you filter it.
B minor sits at 10A. To find your B minor tracks, set Key Notation to Camelot, show the Key column, then click 10A in the Key filter. Leave Key Compatibility on Match for B minor only, or switch it to Compatible to pull in 9A, 11A, and 10B alongside it. Sorting by key makes the block easier to work through.
C major is 8B. Denon DJ uses the same pair as its example: C major and A minor are relative keys, so they share a number, C major is 8B and A minor is 8A. That relationship is the entire point of the letters, and it is why a letter swap is a safe move. A code by code table sits on our key chart.
Three usual causes. The Key column is not switched on, so right-click a column header and tick Key. The track was never analyzed, so right-click it and choose Analyze: Get missing analysis data. Or the detection itself was wrong, and Re-analyze: Overwrite existing track data replaces whatever the file's tag claimed. A drive profile also keeps its own notation setting.

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