Cut It Rough
30s preview
- BPM
- 174
- Half-time
- 87
- Open Key
- 8d
- Energy
- 55/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 3:37
- Released
- 2022
- Genre
- Minimal
- Loudness
- -11.9 dB
- Dynamics
- 12.0 dB
- ISRC
- DEAW12200007
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Cut It Rough: minimal, D♭ major (3B), 174 BPM. It is vocal-led. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. The master keeps real dynamic headroom. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 12 dB). More underground than 99% of Fritz Kalkbrenner's catalogue.
- Tempo:
- faster than 98% of Fritz Kalkbrenner's catalogue
- Brightness:
- brighter than 92% of Fritz Kalkbrenner's catalogue
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 75% of Fritz Kalkbrenner's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 36%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 30%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 21%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 13%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Cut It Rough in?
Cut It Rough by Fritz Kalkbrenner is in D♭ major, or 3B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Cut It Rough?
Cut It Rough runs at 174 BPM.
What mixes well with Cut It Rough?
From 3B it blends harmonically with 4B, 3A, 2B. Moving to 4B lifts the energy a step.
Is Cut It Rough good for peak time?
With energy 55 out of 100 at 174 BPM, it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
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 174 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%: 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 10B rather than 3B; below -5% it reads as 8B. With key lock on, it stays 3B 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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Beyond strict key and genre matches: tracks that still sit in beatmatch range of 174 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
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