Acans
30s preview
- BPM
- 81
- Double-time
- 162
- Open Key
- 5m
- Energy
- 70/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 4:24
- Released
- 2019
- Album
- Reminiscence
- Genre
- Tech House
- Loudness
- -10.7 dB
- Dynamics
- 12.2 dB
- ISRC
- DEY471980042
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Acansoriginal12A · 81
Acans: downtempo tech house, D♭ minor (12A), 81 BPM. Tonally it lands dark and driving. It leans atmospheric over strictly danceable. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. The master keeps real dynamic headroom. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 12 dB). Slower than 99% of Jonas Saalbach's catalogue. For programming, treat it as an opener or closing-set piece.
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 99% of Jonas Saalbach's catalogue
- Reach:
- more underground than 99% of Jonas Saalbach's catalogue
- Brightness:
- darker than 83% of Jonas Saalbach's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 37%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 28%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 22%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 13%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Acans in?
Acans by Jonas Saalbach is in D♭ minor, or 12A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Acans?
Acans runs at 81 BPM, a downtempo track.
What mixes well with Acans?
From 12A it blends harmonically with 1A, 12B, 11A. Moving to 1A lifts the energy a step.
Is Acans good for peak time?
With energy 70 out of 100 at 81 BPM, it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
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 81 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%: 76-86 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: an opener or closing-set piece.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 81 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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Other recommendations
Beyond strict key and genre matches: tracks that still sit in beatmatch range of 81 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
