Shock Out
30s preview
- Key
- 9B · G major
- BPM
- 178
- Half-time
- 89
- Open Key
- 2d
- Energy
- 98/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 6:57
- Released
- 2008
- Genre
- Drum N Bass
- Loudness
- -5.8 dB
- Dynamics
- 17.8 dB
- ISRC
- GBCJY0814102
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Shock Out: drum n bass, G major (9B), 178 BPM. The feel is bright and euphoric. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 18 dB). A 2008 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of Danny Byrd's catalogue. In a set it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
- Tempo:
- faster than 82% of Danny Byrd's catalogue
- Brightness:
- brighter than 81% of Danny Byrd's catalogue
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 79% of Danny Byrd's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 27%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 29%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 25%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 19%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Shock Out in?
Shock Out by Danny Byrd is in G major, or 9B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Shock Out?
Shock Out runs at 178 BPM.
What mixes well with Shock Out?
From 9B it blends harmonically with 10B, 9A, 8B. Moving to 10B lifts the energy a step.
Is Shock Out good for peak time?
With energy 98 out of 100 at 178 BPM, it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
Mixes harmonically
9B → 8B · 10B · 9AFrom 9B, 10B (D major) lifts the energy a step; 9A (E minor) settles into the relative minor; 8B (C major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 9B at 178 BPM: 10B (D major) — move to 10B to push the floor harder; 9A (E minor) — switch to 9A for a mood change without losing the groove; 8B (C major) — drop to 8B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 167-189 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 4B rather than 9B; below -5% it reads as 2B. With key lock on, it stays 9B across the whole range.
Programming: an opener or closing-set piece.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 178 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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