Ready to Rave (Mix Cut) by Armin van Buuren cover art

Ready to Rave (Mix Cut)

Armin van Buuren

Key
4B · A♭ major
BPM
140
Half-time
70
Open Key
9d
Energy
92/100
Pop
0/100
Length
1:43
Released
2018
Album
A State of Trance Year Mix 2018
Genre
Trance
Loudness
-5.6 dB
ISRC
NLF711813884

Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026

At 140 BPM in A♭ major (4B), Ready to Rave (Mix Cut) is a driving up-tempo trance production. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. A 2018 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of Armin van Buuren's catalogue.

Tempo:
faster than 85% of Armin van Buuren's catalogue
Brightness:
brighter than 79% of Armin van Buuren's catalogue

Sonic profile

EnergyGrooveMoodOrganicInstr.LiveTempo
Energy92
Mood45Balanced
Groove64
Acoustic0
Instrumental79
Live13
Speech9

Frequency spectrum

amplitude · bass → treble

FAQ

What key is Ready to Rave (Mix Cut) in?

Ready to Rave (Mix Cut) by Armin van Buuren is in A♭ major, or 4B on the Camelot wheel.

What BPM is Ready to Rave (Mix Cut)?

Ready to Rave (Mix Cut) runs at 140 BPM, a driving up-tempo track.

What mixes well with Ready to Rave (Mix Cut)?

From 4B it blends harmonically with 5B, 4A, 3B. Moving to 5B lifts the energy a step.

Is Ready to Rave (Mix Cut) good for peak time?

With energy 92 out of 100 at 140 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.

Mixes harmonically

4B3B · 5B · 4A

From 4B, 5B (E♭ major) lifts the energy a step; 4A (F minor) settles into the relative minor; 3B (D♭ major) cools the energy down a step.

Every move from 4B

5BSimple Mix Upper
3BSimple Mix Downer
4ATonal Shift·
5ADiagonal Mix Upper
3ADiagonal Mix Downer
7ACompatible Tone·
6BHigh Energy Boost▲▲▲
2BHigh Energy Drain▼▼▼
7BParallel Key Upper▲▲
1BParallel Key Downer▼▼
11BTritone Jump▲▲
8BRelated Keyrisky

How to mix it

In 4B at 140 BPM: 5B (E♭ major) — move to 5B to push the floor harder; 4A (F minor) — switch to 4A for a mood change without losing the groove; 3B (D♭ major) — drop to 3B to bring the room down gently.

Pitch range at ±6%: 132-148 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 11B rather than 4B; below -5% it reads as 9B. With key lock on, it stays 4B across the whole range.

Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 92/100).

Similar tempo

Within ±3 BPM of 140 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.

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