The Saw (Edit)
30s preview
- BPM
- 140
- Half-time
- 70
- Open Key
- 4m
- Energy
- 95/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 3:43
- Released
- 2014
- Album
- Subculture the Residents
- Genre
- Trance
- Loudness
- -8.7 dB
- Dynamics
- 10.8 dB
- ISRC
- NLD681401259
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- The Saworiginal11B · 140
- The Saw - Original Mixoriginal11A · 140
Against the original (11B at 140 BPM), this version holds the same tempo and moves the key from 11B to 11A.
At 140 BPM in F♯ minor (11A), The Saw (Edit) is a driving up-tempo trance production. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Spoken-word passages run through it. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. A 2014 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of John O'Callaghan's catalogue. In a set it works best as a peak-time weapon.
- Low end:
- more bass-heavy than 85% of John O'Callaghan's catalogue
- Brightness:
- darker than 81% of John O'Callaghan's catalogue
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 77% of John O'Callaghan's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 36%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 25%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 21%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 18%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is The Saw (Edit) in?
The Saw (Edit) by John O'Callaghan is in F♯ minor, or 11A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is The Saw (Edit)?
The Saw (Edit) runs at 140 BPM, a driving up-tempo track.
What mixes well with The Saw (Edit)?
From 11A it blends harmonically with 12A, 11B, 10A. Moving to 12A lifts the energy a step.
Is The Saw (Edit) good for peak time?
With energy 95 out of 100 at 140 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
11A → 10A · 12A · 11BFrom 11A, 12A (D♭ minor) lifts the energy a step; 11B (A major) brightens to the relative major; 10A (B minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 11A at 140 BPM: 12A (D♭ minor) — move to 12A to push the floor harder; 11B (A major) — switch to 11B for a mood change without losing the groove; 10A (B minor) — drop to 10A 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 6A rather than 11A; below -5% it reads as 4A. With key lock on, it stays 11A across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 95/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 140 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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