Break Free
30s preview
- Key
- 9A · E minor
- BPM
- 174
- Half-time
- 87
- Open Key
- 2m
- Energy
- 93/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 5:05
- Released
- 2013
- Genre
- Drum N Bass
- Loudness
- -2.0 dB
- Dynamics
- 18.1 dB
- ISRC
- GBCJY1300010
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Break Free runs 174 BPM in E minor (9A), a drum n bass record. It is vocal-led. The master is loud and heavily compressed. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 18 dB). A 2013 production that still circulates in sets. Darker than 99% of Danny Byrd's catalogue. In a set it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
- Reach:
- more underground than 99% of Danny Byrd's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 29%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 26%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 24%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 22%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Break Free in?
Break Free by Danny Byrd is in E minor, or 9A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Break Free?
Break Free runs at 174 BPM.
What mixes well with Break Free?
From 9A it blends harmonically with 10A, 9B, 8A. Moving to 10A lifts the energy a step.
Is Break Free good for peak time?
With energy 93 out of 100 at 174 BPM, it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
Mixes harmonically
9A → 8A · 10A · 9BFrom 9A, 10A (B minor) lifts the energy a step; 9B (G major) brightens to the relative major; 8A (A minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 9A at 174 BPM: 10A (B minor) — move to 10A to push the floor harder; 9B (G major) — switch to 9B for a mood change without losing the groove; 8A (A minor) — drop to 8A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 164-184 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 4A rather than 9A; below -5% it reads as 2A. With key lock on, it stays 9A across the whole range.
Programming: an opener or closing-set piece.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 174 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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