Sonata
30s preview
- BPM
- 128
- Open Key
- 3d
- Energy
- 85/100
- Pop
- 20/100
- Length
- 3:13
- Released
- 2021
- Album
- A State Of Trance FOREVER
- Genre
- Trance
- Loudness
- -7.7 dB
- Dynamics
- 8.6 dB
- ISRC
- NLF712106692
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Sonata runs 128 BPM in D major (10B), a peak-time tempo trance record. It reads as dark and driving. It leans atmospheric over strictly danceable. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. More bass-heavy than 99% of Armin van Buuren's catalogue. In a set it works best as a peak-time weapon.
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 93% of Armin van Buuren's catalogue
- Reach:
- better known than 85% of Armin van Buuren's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 41%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 28%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 20%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 11%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Sonata in?
Sonata by Armin van Buuren is in D major, or 10B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Sonata?
Sonata runs at 128 BPM, a peak-time tempo track.
What mixes well with Sonata?
From 10B it blends harmonically with 11B, 10A, 9B. Moving to 11B lifts the energy a step.
Is Sonata good for peak time?
With energy 85 out of 100 at 128 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
10B → 9B · 11B · 10AFrom 10B, 11B (A major) lifts the energy a step; 10A (B minor) settles into the relative minor; 9B (G major) cools the energy down a step.
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How to mix it
In 10B at 128 BPM: 11B (A major) — move to 11B to push the floor harder; 10A (B minor) — switch to 10A for a mood change without losing the groove; 9B (G major) — drop to 9B 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 5B rather than 10B; below -5% it reads as 3B. With key lock on, it stays 10B across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 85/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 128 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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Other recommendations
Beyond strict key and genre matches: tracks that still sit in beatmatch range of 128 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
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