Desert Orchid (original mix edit)
30s preview
- BPM
- 137
- Open Key
- 3m
- Energy
- 99/100
- Pop
- 5/100
- Length
- 4:26
- Released
- 2010
- Genre
- Trance
- Loudness
- -6.0 dB
- Dynamics
- 9.9 dB
- ISRC
- NLF711001231
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
At 137 BPM in B minor (10A), Desert Orchid (original mix edit) is a driving up-tempo trance production. The feel is punchy, neutral in mood. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. A 2010 production that still circulates in sets. Brighter than 81% of John O'Callaghan's catalogue. In a set it works best as a peak-time weapon.
- Tempo:
- slower than 77% of John O'Callaghan's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 34%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 28%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 21%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 17%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Desert Orchid (original mix edit) in?
Desert Orchid (original mix edit) by John O'Callaghan is in B minor, or 10A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Desert Orchid (original mix edit)?
Desert Orchid (original mix edit) runs at 137 BPM, a driving up-tempo track.
What mixes well with Desert Orchid (original mix edit)?
From 10A it blends harmonically with 11A, 10B, 9A. Moving to 11A lifts the energy a step.
Is Desert Orchid (original mix edit) good for peak time?
With energy 99 out of 100 at 137 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
10A → 9A · 11A · 10BFrom 10A, 11A (F♯ minor) lifts the energy a step; 10B (D major) brightens to the relative major; 9A (E minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 10A at 137 BPM: 11A (F♯ minor) — move to 11A to push the floor harder; 10B (D major) — switch to 10B for a mood change without losing the groove; 9A (E minor) — drop to 9A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 129-145 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 5A rather than 10A; below -5% it reads as 3A. With key lock on, it stays 10A across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 99/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 137 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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