Serena’s Despair
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- Key
- 8A · A minor
- BPM
- 67
- Double-time
- 134
- Open Key
- 1m
- Energy
- 11/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 2:32
- Released
- 2019
- Genre
- Trance
- Loudness
- -28.4 dB
- Dynamics
- 19.7 dB
- ISRC
- NLQ881800196
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Serena’s Despair: trance, A minor (8A), 67 BPM. The groove is loose and less beat-driven. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is centred in the low-mids, warm and bass-forward. The master keeps real dynamic headroom. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 20 dB). Slower than 99% of Ferry Corsten's catalogue. In a set it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
- Reach:
- more underground than 99% of Ferry Corsten's catalogue
- Energy:
- calmer than 97% of Ferry Corsten's catalogue
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 95% of Ferry Corsten's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 34%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 42%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 23%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 2%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Serena’s Despair in?
Serena’s Despair by Ferry Corsten is in A minor, or 8A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Serena’s Despair?
Serena’s Despair runs at 67 BPM.
What mixes well with Serena’s Despair?
From 8A it blends harmonically with 9A, 8B, 7A. Moving to 9A lifts the energy a step.
Is Serena’s Despair good for peak time?
With energy 11 out of 100 at 67 BPM, it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
Mixes harmonically
8A → 7A · 9A · 8BFrom 8A, 9A (E minor) lifts the energy a step; 8B (C major) brightens to the relative major; 7A (D minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 8A at 67 BPM: 9A (E minor) — move to 9A to push the floor harder; 8B (C major) — switch to 8B for a mood change without losing the groove; 7A (D minor) — drop to 7A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 63-71 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 3A rather than 8A; below -5% it reads as 1A. With key lock on, it stays 8A across the whole range.
Programming: a warm-up or breakdown cut — early set or after a peak to reset the room.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 67 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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