Rough and Ready
30s preview
- BPM
- 134
- Open Key
- 8d
- Energy
- 82/100
- Pop
- 22/100
- Length
- 5:43
- Released
- 2020
- Album
- VA - Rifts / Claus Schöning / FJAAK
- Genre
- Techno
- Loudness
- -6.7 dB
- Dynamics
- 8.1 dB
- ISRC
- DEWX41800029
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Rough and Readyoriginal3B · 134
Rough and Ready is a peak-time tempo techno track in D♭ major (3B) at 134 BPM. Tonally it lands dark and driving. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. Better known than 91% of FJAAK's catalogue. For programming, treat it as a peak-time weapon.
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 86% of FJAAK's catalogue
- Low end:
- more bass-heavy than 79% of FJAAK's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 43%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 28%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 16%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 14%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Rough and Ready in?
Rough and Ready by FJAAK is in D♭ major, or 3B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Rough and Ready?
Rough and Ready runs at 134 BPM, a peak-time tempo track.
What mixes well with Rough and Ready?
From 3B it blends harmonically with 4B, 3A, 2B. Moving to 4B lifts the energy a step.
Is Rough and Ready good for peak time?
With energy 82 out of 100 at 134 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
3B → 2B · 4B · 3AFrom 3B, 4B (A♭ major) lifts the energy a step; 3A (B♭ minor) settles into the relative minor; 2B (F♯ major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 3B at 134 BPM: 4B (A♭ major) — move to 4B to push the floor harder; 3A (B♭ minor) — switch to 3A for a mood change without losing the groove; 2B (F♯ major) — drop to 2B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 126-142 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 10B rather than 3B; below -5% it reads as 8B. With key lock on, it stays 3B across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 82/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 134 — 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 134 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
