Up a scale - Original Mix
30s preview
- BPM
- 116
- Open Key
- 8d
- Energy
- 67/100
- Pop
- 4/100
- Length
- 5:49
- Released
- 2025
- Album
- Home Coming
- Genre
- House
- Loudness
- -8.0 dB
- Dynamics
- 11.6 dB
- ISRC
- QZ5FN2500211
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Up a scale - Original Mix runs 116 BPM in D♭ major (3B), a mid-tempo house record. The feel is punchy, neutral in mood. Rhythmically it is built for the dancefloor. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 12 dB). Better known than 91% of Kek'star's catalogue. In a set it works best as a mid-set roller.
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 36%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 28%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 20%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 16%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Up a scale - Original Mix in?
Up a scale - Original Mix by Kek'star is in D♭ major, or 3B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Up a scale - Original Mix?
Up a scale - Original Mix runs at 116 BPM, a mid-tempo track.
What mixes well with Up a scale - Original Mix?
From 3B it blends harmonically with 4B, 3A, 2B. Moving to 4B lifts the energy a step.
Is Up a scale - Original Mix good for peak time?
With energy 67 out of 100 at 116 BPM, it works best as a mid-set roller.
Mixes harmonically
3B → 2B · 4B · 3AFrom 3B, 4B (A♭ major) lifts the energy a step; 3A (B♭ minor) settles into the relative minor; 2B (F♯ major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 3B at 116 BPM: 4B (A♭ major) — move to 4B to push the floor harder; 3A (B♭ minor) — switch to 3A for a mood change without losing the groove; 2B (F♯ major) — drop to 2B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 109-123 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 10B rather than 3B; below -5% it reads as 8B. With key lock on, it stays 3B across the whole range.
Programming: a mid-set roller.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 116 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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