Sonic Samba
30s preview
- BPM
- 78
- Double-time
- 156
- Open Key
- 4m
- Energy
- 18/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 2:57
- Released
- 2025
- Genre
- Trance
- Loudness
- -18.9 dB
- Dynamics
- 14.4 dB
- ISRC
- NLF712505225
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Sonic Samba is a trance track in F♯ minor (11A) at 78 BPM. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is centred in the low-mids, warm and bass-forward. The master keeps real dynamic headroom. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 14 dB). Slower than 99% of Armin van Buuren's catalogue.
- Reach:
- more underground than 99% of Armin van Buuren's catalogue
- Energy:
- calmer than 98% of Armin van Buuren's catalogue
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 96% of Armin van Buuren's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 35%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 37%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 23%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 5%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Sonic Samba in?
Sonic Samba by Armin van Buuren is in F♯ minor, or 11A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Sonic Samba?
Sonic Samba runs at 78 BPM.
What mixes well with Sonic Samba?
From 11A it blends harmonically with 12A, 11B, 10A. Moving to 12A lifts the energy a step.
Is Sonic Samba good for peak time?
With energy 18 out of 100 at 78 BPM, it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
Mixes harmonically
11A → 10A · 12A · 11BFrom 11A, 12A (D♭ minor) lifts the energy a step; 11B (A major) brightens to the relative major; 10A (B minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 11A at 78 BPM: 12A (D♭ minor) — move to 12A to push the floor harder; 11B (A major) — switch to 11B for a mood change without losing the groove; 10A (B minor) — drop to 10A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 73-83 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 6A rather than 11A; below -5% it reads as 4A. With key lock on, it stays 11A across the whole range.
Programming: a warm-up or breakdown cut — early set or after a peak to reset the room.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 78 — 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 78 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
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