Reality
- Key
- 9A · E minor
- BPM
- 140
- Half-time
- 70
- Open Key
- 2m
- Energy
- 88/100
- Pop
- 13/100
- Length
- 3:30
- Released
- 2023
- Genre
- Trance
- Loudness
- -7.9 dB
- ISRC
- NLD682302021
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Reality - Extended Mixversion9A · 140
- Reality - Lo-Fi Mixoriginal9A · 140
Reality: driving up-tempo trance, E minor (9A), 140 BPM. It reads as dark and driving. It leans atmospheric over strictly danceable. Darker than 94% of John O'Callaghan's catalogue. In a set it works best as a peak-time weapon.
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 86% of John O'Callaghan's catalogue
- Reach:
- better known than 81% of John O'Callaghan's catalogue
- Energy:
- calmer than 80% of John O'Callaghan's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
FAQ
What key is Reality in?
Reality by John O'Callaghan is in E minor, or 9A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Reality?
Reality runs at 140 BPM, a driving up-tempo track.
What mixes well with Reality?
From 9A it blends harmonically with 10A, 9B, 8A. Moving to 10A lifts the energy a step.
Is Reality good for peak time?
With energy 88 out of 100 at 140 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
9A → 8A · 10A · 9BFrom 9A, 10A (B minor) lifts the energy a step; 9B (G major) brightens to the relative major; 8A (A minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 9A at 140 BPM: 10A (B minor) — move to 10A to push the floor harder; 9B (G major) — switch to 9B for a mood change without losing the groove; 8A (A minor) — drop to 8A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 132-148 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 4A rather than 9A; below -5% it reads as 2A. With key lock on, it stays 9A across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 88/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 140 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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