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Auto-Key | Music key detection

Music key and scale detection

87 ratings
71 reviews
🔧 Utilities
🎵 Music
Free

Details

  • Released
  • Updated
  • August 24, 2021
  • January 25, 2022

Developer

Antares Audio Technologies, LLC
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Instantly identify the musical key and scale of any audio source, from studio tracks to live instruments and vocals. Seamlessly sync detected keys with your computer's Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) for enhanced music production.

✓Real-time key detection
✓Diatonic key identification
✓Audio capture from speakers, instruments, or voice
✓Sync with computer DAW sessions
✓Instant key sharing
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What users say

Summarized from real user reviews of Auto. Based on 87 reviews and a 3.9/5 average, it highlights the 21 positives and 41 negatives reviewers mention most about this Music app.

Positive things

  • 👍Accurate key detection (most of the time)
  • 👍Useful for learning songs
  • 👍Handy keyboard display for novice players
  • 👍Free to use (initially)
  • 👍Good for vocal production
  • 👍Integrates with Auto-Tune
  • 👍Simple and functional
  • 👍Scales feature is a great addition
  • 👍Works as advertised
  • 👍"The Gold Standard. Fast & No Frills."
  • 👍"Great app for making music !!!!"
  • 👍"Super helpful product, great job"
  • 👍"Excellent utility"
  • 👍"Tut was es soll" (Works as it should)
  • 👍"Parfait" (Perfect)
  • 👍"Klappt immer" (Always works)
  • 👍"Eine sehr gute App" (A very good app)
  • 👍"Great App."
  • 👍"Works as advertised."
  • 👍"Solid, User Friendly Key Detection App"
  • 👍"Amazing tool, much needed"

Negative things

  • 🐛Inconsistent key detection
  • 🐛Often gives wrong keys
  • 🐛Slow performance
  • 🐛Requires account creation after a few uses
  • 🐛Privacy concerns with data sharing
  • 🐛Account creation issues (buggy, can't access)
  • 🐛Low volume for built-in keyboard
  • 🐛Not recognizing modes other than major/minor
  • 🐛App becomes unusable without account
  • 🐛"Wrong Keys"
  • 🐛"No good results"
  • 🐛"Doesn’t work"
  • 🐛"So many questions"
  • 🐛"Was great, now not"
  • 🐛"Didn’t work for me"
  • 🐛"Waste of your time"
  • 🐛"Seems pretty handy for picking harmonica keys"
  • 🐛"What for?"
  • 🐛"Sign in to use"
  • 🐛"数回で" (Stopped working after a few times)
  • 🐛"Privacy thief"
  • 🐛"Truño" (Junk)
  • 🐛"Stinks"
  • 🐛"Em…"
  • 🐛"Works great, until…"
  • 🐛"This would be great if…"
  • 🐛"Does not work"
  • 🐛"Inconsistent key selection"
  • 🐛"The volume"
  • 🐛"Joke app"
  • 🐛"Seems random"
  • 🐛"I’m. It sure if it works because the piano scale volume is too low :/".
  • 🐛"Nothing to do"
  • 🐛"Requires login, does not support Sign in with Apple"
  • 🐛"About Auto-key"
  • 🐛"Not accurate at all unfortunately!"
  • 🐛"Not always right"
  • 🐛"Unusable"
  • 🐛"Da vergeht ein der Spaß" (The fun disappears with your subscription)
  • 🐛"The Redface" (Really good for key detection but…)
  • 🐛"heyhoob" (The volume)
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What's New in Auto

1.1.0

January 25, 2022

- Send to Auto-Tune® functionality added for Windows - VoiceOver support

User reviews

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Bring auto tune to ipad

Hi, please bring auto tune. iPad would be amazing to have it and if you have any vocal sinking tools, you can bring as well. It would be very useful.
Phillip LanosPhillip Lanos

Wrong Keys

I tried this app, every single song I sung, it gave me the wrong key. And besides that the app is slow. They say perfect pitch in your pocket… someone with perfect pitch will know the key almost instantly. This requires like 10 seconds of singing… just to give you the wrong key. Imagine how embarrassing it would be if a tone deaf person were relying on this app in a Live Musical Setting.
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Sonny NicolasSonny Nicolas

Another account driven app

Starts off well - but after a few uses request to make an account. If something’s free you are the commodity.
GrinhookGrinhook

Doesn’t work

Keys are usually wrong
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No good results

I tested on some reggae tunes I know the keys of, but it failed and after a few attempts I should have had to register. Nonsense.
RastaNorbiRastaNorbi
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User experience

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Reported Bugs

11 issues

App is slow

Bug

Account creation is buggy

Bug

Cannot access new account after creation

Bug

Low volume for built-in keyboard

Bug

App becomes unusable after a few uses

Bug

Key detection is inconsistent, giving different keys for the same song

Bug

Does not recognize modes other than major and natural minor

Bug

Login or account creation fails

Bug

App stops working after a short period

Bug

Volume issues with the built-in keyboard

Bug

App refuses to let users try again without paying

Bug
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Requested Features

7 requests

Bring auto tune to iPad

Feature

Vocal sinking tools

Feature

Display Camelot key

Feature

Display BPM

Feature

Auto-Tune FX mobile app

Feature

Availability on Apple Watch

Feature

Update Auto-Tune mobile app

Feature

FAQ

What does Auto-Key do?

Auto-Key is a mobile application designed to detect the musical key and scale of any audio source. It can analyze audio from speakers, acoustic instruments, or vocals, providing instant results.

How does Auto-Key detect the musical key?

The app captures a few seconds of audio and analyzes it to determine the most likely musical key. It also identifies the diatonic key, offering comprehensive key information.

Can I use Auto-Key with my computer software?

Yes, Auto-Key allows you to instantly share and sync the detected musical key with your Auto-Tune session running on your computer's Digital Audio Workstation (DAW). This streamlines your music production workflow.

Is Auto-Key compatible with different audio sources?

Auto-Key is versatile and can be used on any audio coming from a speaker, an acoustic instrument, or a voice. Simply tap the app's logo to initiate the detection process.

Who developed Auto-Key?

Auto-Key Mobile was developed by Antares Audio Technologies, the renowned inventors of Auto-Tune®, ensuring a high level of expertise in audio processing and music technology.