Letting Go
30s preview
- Key
- 4A · F minor
- BPM
- 172
- Half-time
- 86
- Open Key
- 9m
- Energy
- 95/100
- Pop
- 5/100
- Length
- 7:46
- Released
- 2009
- Album
- Sine Tempus (The Soundtrack)
- Genre
- Drum N Bass
- Loudness
- -5.0 dB
- Dynamics
- 15.0 dB
- ISRC
- GBBHF0930072
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Letting Go - VIPoriginal10B · 173
A drum n bass cut, Letting Go sits in F minor (4A) at 172 BPM. Tonally it lands dark and driving. The groove is loose and less beat-driven. It is vocal-led. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 15 dB). A 2009 production that still circulates in sets. More treble-tilted than 99% of Goldie's catalogue. In a set it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 97% of Goldie's catalogue
- Brightness:
- darker than 92% of Goldie's catalogue
- Tempo:
- faster than 84% of Goldie's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 20%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 29%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 30%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 21%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Letting Go in?
Letting Go by Goldie is in F minor, or 4A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Letting Go?
Letting Go runs at 172 BPM.
What mixes well with Letting Go?
From 4A it blends harmonically with 5A, 4B, 3A. Moving to 5A lifts the energy a step.
Is Letting Go good for peak time?
With energy 95 out of 100 at 172 BPM, it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
Mixes harmonically
4A → 3A · 5A · 4BFrom 4A, 5A (C minor) lifts the energy a step; 4B (A♭ major) brightens to the relative major; 3A (B♭ minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 4A at 172 BPM: 5A (C minor) — move to 5A to push the floor harder; 4B (A♭ major) — switch to 4B for a mood change without losing the groove; 3A (B♭ minor) — drop to 3A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 162-182 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 11A rather than 4A; below -5% it reads as 9A. With key lock on, it stays 4A across the whole range.
Programming: an opener or closing-set piece.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 172 — 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 172 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
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