Effort 8
30s preview
- Key
- 7B · F major
- BPM
- 128
- Open Key
- 12d
- Energy
- 71/100
- Pop
- 11/100
- Length
- 5:18
- Released
- 2018
- Album
- Chase Sequences
- Genre
- Techno
- Loudness
- -6.2 dB
- Dynamics
- 11.0 dB
- ISRC
- NLMH61800001
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Effort 8 runs 128 BPM in F major (7B), a peak-time tempo techno record. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 11 dB). A 2018 production that still circulates in sets. Calmer than 85% of Ben Sims's catalogue. In a set it works best as a floor-filler.
- Reach:
- better known than 80% of Ben Sims's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 37%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 29%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 17%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 17%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Effort 8 in?
Effort 8 by Ben Sims is in F major, or 7B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Effort 8?
Effort 8 runs at 128 BPM, a peak-time tempo track.
What mixes well with Effort 8?
From 7B it blends harmonically with 8B, 7A, 6B. Moving to 8B lifts the energy a step.
Is Effort 8 good for peak time?
With energy 71 out of 100 at 128 BPM, it works best as a floor-filler.
Mixes harmonically
7B → 6B · 8B · 7AFrom 7B, 8B (C major) lifts the energy a step; 7A (D minor) settles into the relative minor; 6B (B♭ major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 7B at 128 BPM: 8B (C major) — move to 8B to push the floor harder; 7A (D minor) — switch to 7A for a mood change without losing the groove; 6B (B♭ major) — drop to 6B 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 2B rather than 7B; below -5% it reads as 12B. With key lock on, it stays 7B across the whole range.
Programming: a floor-filler.
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.
