Heavy
30s preview
- BPM
- 128
- Open Key
- 5m
- Energy
- 96/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 2:51
- Released
- 2025
- Album
- ASOT 1235 - A State of Trance Episode 1235 [Including A State of Trance, Ibiza 2025 (Mix 3: Who's Afraid of 138?!)]
- Genre
- Trance
- Loudness
- -5.3 dB
- Dynamics
- 10.0 dB
- ISRC
- NLF712504545
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Heavy (ASOT 1237) [Trending Track]original11B · 129
A peak-time tempo trance cut, Heavy sits in D♭ minor (12A) at 128 BPM. The feel is punchy, neutral in mood. It is vocal-led. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. More underground than 99% of Armin van Buuren's catalogue. In a set it works best as a peak-time weapon.
- Low end:
- more bass-heavy than 89% of Armin van Buuren's catalogue
- Brightness:
- brighter than 85% of Armin van Buuren's catalogue
- Energy:
- hotter than 84% of Armin van Buuren's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 36%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 26%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 21%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 17%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Heavy in?
Heavy by Armin van Buuren is in D♭ minor, or 12A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Heavy?
Heavy runs at 128 BPM, a peak-time tempo track.
What mixes well with Heavy?
From 12A it blends harmonically with 1A, 12B, 11A. Moving to 1A lifts the energy a step.
Is Heavy good for peak time?
With energy 96 out of 100 at 128 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
12A → 11A · 1A · 12BFrom 12A, 1A (A♭ minor) lifts the energy a step; 12B (E major) brightens to the relative major; 11A (F♯ minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 12A at 128 BPM: 1A (A♭ minor) — move to 1A to push the floor harder; 12B (E major) — switch to 12B for a mood change without losing the groove; 11A (F♯ minor) — drop to 11A 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 7A rather than 12A; below -5% it reads as 5A. With key lock on, it stays 12A across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 96/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 128 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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