Step by Step
30s preview
- BPM
- 127
- Open Key
- 5m
- Energy
- 60/100
- Pop
- 5/100
- Length
- 8:00
- Released
- 2016
- Album
- Sideways, Pt. 2
- Genre
- Tech House
- Loudness
- -13.6 dB
- Dynamics
- 14.2 dB
- ISRC
- QZNWW2098434
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Step by Step runs 127 BPM in D♭ minor (12A), a peak-time tempo tech house record. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. The master keeps real dynamic headroom. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 14 dB). A 2016 production that still circulates in sets. Darker than 99% of Cristi Cons's catalogue.
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 41%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 29%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 18%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 13%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Step by Step in?
Step by Step by Cristi Cons is in D♭ minor, or 12A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Step by Step?
Step by Step runs at 127 BPM, a peak-time tempo track.
What mixes well with Step by Step?
From 12A it blends harmonically with 1A, 12B, 11A. Moving to 1A lifts the energy a step.
Is Step by Step good for peak time?
With energy 60 out of 100 at 127 BPM, it works best as a mid-set roller.
Mixes harmonically
12A → 11A · 1A · 12BFrom 12A, 1A (A♭ minor) lifts the energy a step; 12B (E major) brightens to the relative major; 11A (F♯ minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 12A at 127 BPM: 1A (A♭ minor) — move to 1A to push the floor harder; 12B (E major) — switch to 12B for a mood change without losing the groove; 11A (F♯ minor) — drop to 11A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 119-135 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 7A rather than 12A; below -5% it reads as 5A. With key lock on, it stays 12A across the whole range.
Programming: a mid-set roller.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 127 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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Beyond strict key and genre matches: tracks that still sit in beatmatch range of 127 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
