Hot Rod
30s preview
- BPM
- 126
- Open Key
- 4d
- Energy
- 84/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 8:17
- Released
- 2009
- Genre
- Tech House
- Loudness
- -8.8 dB
- Dynamics
- 11.1 dB
- ISRC
- DEMI30900002
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Hot Rod is a club-tempo tech house track in A major (11B) at 126 BPM. The groove is strong and floor-ready. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 11 dB). A 2009 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of Format:B's catalogue.
- Brightness:
- brighter than 81% of Format:B's catalogue
- Groove:
- groovier than 76% of Format:B's catalogue
- Low end:
- more bass-heavy than 76% of Format:B's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 39%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 26%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 18%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 17%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Hot Rod in?
Hot Rod by Format:B is in A major, or 11B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Hot Rod?
Hot Rod runs at 126 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with Hot Rod?
From 11B it blends harmonically with 12B, 11A, 10B. Moving to 12B lifts the energy a step.
Is Hot Rod good for peak time?
With energy 84 out of 100 at 126 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
11B → 10B · 12B · 11AFrom 11B, 12B (E major) lifts the energy a step; 11A (F♯ minor) settles into the relative minor; 10B (D major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 11B at 126 BPM: 12B (E major) — move to 12B to push the floor harder; 11A (F♯ minor) — switch to 11A for a mood change without losing the groove; 10B (D major) — drop to 10B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 118-134 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 6B rather than 11B; below -5% it reads as 4B. With key lock on, it stays 11B across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 84/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 126 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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