Waves
30s preview
- Key
- 7B · F major
- BPM
- 174
- Half-time
- 87
- Open Key
- 12d
- Energy
- 95/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 4:28
- Released
- 2025
- Genre
- Drum N Bass
- Loudness
- -2.3 dB
- Dynamics
- 11.9 dB
- ISRC
- GBCJY2500701
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
A drum n bass cut, Waves sits in F major (7B) at 174 BPM. Tonally it lands dark and driving. It leans atmospheric over strictly danceable. It is vocal-led. The master is loud and heavily compressed. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 12 dB). More underground than 99% of Grafix's catalogue. In a set it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 98% of Grafix's catalogue
- Tempo:
- slower than 93% of Grafix's catalogue
- Brightness:
- darker than 80% of Grafix's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 30%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 26%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 24%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 19%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Waves in?
Waves by Grafix is in F major, or 7B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Waves?
Waves runs at 174 BPM.
What mixes well with Waves?
From 7B it blends harmonically with 8B, 7A, 6B. Moving to 8B lifts the energy a step.
Is Waves good for peak time?
With energy 95 out of 100 at 174 BPM, it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
Mixes harmonically
7B → 6B · 8B · 7AFrom 7B, 8B (C major) lifts the energy a step; 7A (D minor) settles into the relative minor; 6B (B♭ major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 7B at 174 BPM: 8B (C major) — move to 8B to push the floor harder; 7A (D minor) — switch to 7A for a mood change without losing the groove; 6B (B♭ major) — drop to 6B 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 2B rather than 7B; below -5% it reads as 12B. With key lock on, it stays 7B 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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