CATALYST
30s preview
- Key
- 8A · A minor
- BPM
- 166
- Half-time
- 83
- Open Key
- 1m
- Energy
- 82/100
- Pop
- 43/100
- Length
- 3:27
- Released
- 2023
- Genre
- Drum N Bass
- Loudness
- -2.8 dB
- Dynamics
- 16.3 dB
- ISRC
- GB2LD2310016
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
CATALYST runs 166 BPM in A minor (8A), a very fast drum n bass record. The feel is dark and driving. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is centred in the low-mids, warm and bass-forward. The master is loud and heavily compressed. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 16 dB). Better known than 90% of IMANU's catalogue.
- Brightness:
- darker than 88% of IMANU's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 32%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 32%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 24%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 12%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is CATALYST in?
CATALYST by IMANU is in A minor, or 8A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is CATALYST?
CATALYST runs at 166 BPM, a very fast track.
What mixes well with CATALYST?
From 8A it blends harmonically with 9A, 8B, 7A. Moving to 9A lifts the energy a step.
Is CATALYST good for peak time?
With energy 82 out of 100 at 166 BPM, it works best as a high-intensity peak cut.
Mixes harmonically
8A → 7A · 9A · 8BFrom 8A, 9A (E minor) lifts the energy a step; 8B (C major) brightens to the relative major; 7A (D minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 8A at 166 BPM: 9A (E minor) — move to 9A to push the floor harder; 8B (C major) — switch to 8B for a mood change without losing the groove; 7A (D minor) — drop to 7A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 156-176 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 3A rather than 8A; below -5% it reads as 1A. With key lock on, it stays 8A across the whole range.
Programming: a high-intensity peak cut.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 166 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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