Paper Cranes
30s preview
- BPM
- 128
- Open Key
- 7m
- Energy
- 47/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 7:18
- Released
- 2011
- Genre
- Progressive Trance
- Loudness
- -9.6 dB
- Dynamics
- 17.2 dB
- ISRC
- GBEWA1100435
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
At 128 BPM in E♭ minor (2A), Paper Cranes is a peak-time tempo progressive trance production. It reads as dark and steady. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is centred in the low-mids, warm and bass-forward. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 17 dB). A 2011 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of Andrew Bayer's catalogue. For programming, treat it as a mid-set roller.
- Low end:
- more bass-heavy than 89% of Andrew Bayer's catalogue
- Energy:
- calmer than 78% of Andrew Bayer's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 39%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 39%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 22%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 0%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Paper Cranes in?
Paper Cranes by Andrew Bayer is in E♭ minor, or 2A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Paper Cranes?
Paper Cranes runs at 128 BPM, a peak-time tempo track.
What mixes well with Paper Cranes?
From 2A it blends harmonically with 3A, 2B, 1A. Moving to 3A lifts the energy a step.
Is Paper Cranes good for peak time?
With energy 47 out of 100 at 128 BPM, it works best as a mid-set roller.
Mixes harmonically
2A → 1A · 3A · 2BFrom 2A, 3A (B♭ minor) lifts the energy a step; 2B (F♯ major) brightens to the relative major; 1A (A♭ minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 2A at 128 BPM: 3A (B♭ minor) — move to 3A to push the floor harder; 2B (F♯ major) — switch to 2B for a mood change without losing the groove; 1A (A♭ minor) — drop to 1A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 120-136 BPM — anything in that window beatmatches without sounding stretched.
Key on the fader: without key lock (Master Tempo on CDJs), above roughly +5% it plays a semitone higher, so treat it as 9A rather than 2A; below -5% it reads as 7A. With key lock on, it stays 2A across the whole range.
Programming: a mid-set roller.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 128 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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