The Oath
30s preview
- BPM
- 138
- Open Key
- 5m
- Energy
- 99/100
- Pop
- 14/100
- Length
- 3:55
- Released
- 2021
- Genre
- Trance
- Loudness
- -6.6 dB
- Dynamics
- 11.2 dB
- ISRC
- NLD682103759
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
The Oath is a driving up-tempo trance track in D♭ minor (12A) at 138 BPM. The feel is dark and driving. The groove is loose and less beat-driven. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 11 dB). Less groove-driven than 95% of John O'Callaghan's catalogue.
- Energy:
- hotter than 87% of John O'Callaghan's catalogue
- Reach:
- better known than 83% of John O'Callaghan's catalogue
- Brightness:
- darker than 79% of John O'Callaghan's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 30%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 29%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 23%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 17%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is The Oath in?
The Oath by John O'Callaghan is in D♭ minor, or 12A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is The Oath?
The Oath runs at 138 BPM, a driving up-tempo track.
What mixes well with The Oath?
From 12A it blends harmonically with 1A, 12B, 11A. Moving to 1A lifts the energy a step.
Is The Oath good for peak time?
With energy 99 out of 100 at 138 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
12A → 11A · 1A · 12BFrom 12A, 1A (A♭ minor) lifts the energy a step; 12B (E major) brightens to the relative major; 11A (F♯ minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 12A at 138 BPM: 1A (A♭ minor) — move to 1A to push the floor harder; 12B (E major) — switch to 12B for a mood change without losing the groove; 11A (F♯ minor) — drop to 11A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 130-146 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 7A rather than 12A; below -5% it reads as 5A. With key lock on, it stays 12A across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 99/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 138 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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