Virtual Punishment
30s preview
- Key
- 1B · B major
- BPM
- 144
- Half-time
- 72
- Open Key
- 6d
- Energy
- 92/100
- Pop
- 20/100
- Length
- 6:47
- Released
- 2019
- Genre
- Techno
- Loudness
- -8.5 dB
- Dynamics
- 8.6 dB
- ISRC
- NLCK41059881
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Virtual Punishment: driving up-tempo techno, B major (1B), 144 BPM. It reads as dark and driving. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. Darker than 91% of I Hate Models's catalogue. For programming, treat it as a high-intensity peak cut.
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 89% of I Hate Models's catalogue
- Tempo:
- faster than 77% of I Hate Models's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 39%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 30%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 20%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 11%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Virtual Punishment in?
Virtual Punishment by I Hate Models is in B major, or 1B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Virtual Punishment?
Virtual Punishment runs at 144 BPM, a driving up-tempo track.
What mixes well with Virtual Punishment?
From 1B it blends harmonically with 2B, 1A, 12B. Moving to 2B lifts the energy a step.
Is Virtual Punishment good for peak time?
With energy 92 out of 100 at 144 BPM, it works best as a high-intensity peak cut.
Mixes harmonically
1B → 12B · 2B · 1AFrom 1B, 2B (F♯ major) lifts the energy a step; 1A (A♭ minor) settles into the relative minor; 12B (E major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 1B at 144 BPM: 2B (F♯ major) — move to 2B to push the floor harder; 1A (A♭ minor) — switch to 1A for a mood change without losing the groove; 12B (E major) — drop to 12B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 135-153 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 8B rather than 1B; below -5% it reads as 6B. With key lock on, it stays 1B across the whole range.
Programming: a high-intensity peak cut.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 144 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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