Drop It Down
30s preview
- Key
- 7A · D minor
- BPM
- 88
- Double-time
- 176
- Open Key
- 12m
- Energy
- 93/100
- Pop
- 2/100
- Length
- 5:32
- Released
- 2019
- Album
- Second Sun (2019 Remastered)
- Genre
- Drum N Bass
- Loudness
- -7.8 dB
- Dynamics
- 16.0 dB
- ISRC
- GBZSD1900007
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Drop It Down - Featuring Singing Fatsoriginal10B · 88
- Drop it Downoriginal10B · 88
Drop It Down: downtempo drum n bass, D minor (7A), 88 BPM. It reads as bright and euphoric. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 16 dB). Brighter than 95% of Calibre's catalogue. In a set it works best as a floor-filler.
- Tempo:
- slower than 91% of Calibre's catalogue
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 91% of Calibre's catalogue
- Energy:
- hotter than 84% of Calibre's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 25%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 29%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 25%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 20%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Drop It Down in?
Drop It Down by Calibre is in D minor, or 7A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Drop It Down?
Drop It Down runs at 88 BPM, a downtempo track.
What mixes well with Drop It Down?
From 7A it blends harmonically with 8A, 7B, 6A. Moving to 8A lifts the energy a step.
Is Drop It Down good for peak time?
With energy 93 out of 100 at 88 BPM, it works best as a floor-filler.
Mixes harmonically
7A → 6A · 8A · 7BFrom 7A, 8A (A minor) lifts the energy a step; 7B (F major) brightens to the relative major; 6A (G minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 7A at 88 BPM: 8A (A minor) — move to 8A to push the floor harder; 7B (F major) — switch to 7B for a mood change without losing the groove; 6A (G minor) — drop to 6A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 83-93 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 2A rather than 7A; below -5% it reads as 12A. With key lock on, it stays 7A across the whole range.
Programming: a floor-filler.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 88 — 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 88 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
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