What Is Real
- Key
- 8B · C major
- BPM
- 128
- Open Key
- 1d
- Energy
- 64/100
- Pop
- 4/100
- Length
- 8:23
- Released
- 2022
- Album
- What Is Real / If You Loop It, They Will Come
- Genre
- Progressive Trance
- Loudness
- -9.9 dB
- ISRC
- GBEWA2203475
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- What Is Real - Editversion8B · 128
What Is Real is a peak-time tempo progressive trance track in C major (8B) at 128 BPM. It is vocal-led.
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
FAQ
What key is What Is Real in?
What Is Real by Andrew Bayer is in C major, or 8B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is What Is Real?
What Is Real runs at 128 BPM, a peak-time tempo track.
What mixes well with What Is Real?
From 8B it blends harmonically with 9B, 8A, 7B. Moving to 9B lifts the energy a step.
Is What Is Real good for peak time?
With energy 64 out of 100 at 128 BPM, it works best as a mid-set roller.
Mixes harmonically
8B → 7B · 9B · 8AFrom 8B, 9B (G major) lifts the energy a step; 8A (A minor) settles into the relative minor; 7B (F major) cools the energy down a step.
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How to mix it
In 8B at 128 BPM: 9B (G major) — move to 9B to push the floor harder; 8A (A minor) — switch to 8A for a mood change without losing the groove; 7B (F major) — drop to 7B 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 3B rather than 8B; below -5% it reads as 1B. With key lock on, it stays 8B 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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