Low Budget
30s preview
- BPM
- 113
- Open Key
- 4d
- Energy
- 69/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 3:49
- Released
- 1979
- Genre
- Techno
- Loudness
- -12.3 dB
- Dynamics
- 17.7 dB
- ISRC
- USQX91400417
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Low Budgetoriginal11B · 121
- Low Budget - Live at Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI - September 1979original8A · 121
- Low Budgetoriginal11B · 113
A mid-tempo techno cut, Low Budget sits in A major (11B) at 113 BPM. The feel is bright and euphoric. It is vocal-led. The master keeps real dynamic headroom. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 18 dB). A 1979 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of Kink's catalogue. For programming, treat it as a mid-set roller.
- Groove:
- groovier than 88% of Kink's catalogue
- Brightness:
- brighter than 80% of Kink's catalogue
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 76% of Kink's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 27%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 30%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 23%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 20%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Low Budget in?
Low Budget by Kink is in A major, or 11B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Low Budget?
Low Budget runs at 113 BPM, a mid-tempo track.
What mixes well with Low Budget?
From 11B it blends harmonically with 12B, 11A, 10B. Moving to 12B lifts the energy a step.
Is Low Budget good for peak time?
With energy 69 out of 100 at 113 BPM, it works best as a mid-set roller.
Mixes harmonically
11B → 10B · 12B · 11AFrom 11B, 12B (E major) lifts the energy a step; 11A (F♯ minor) settles into the relative minor; 10B (D major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 11B at 113 BPM: 12B (E major) — move to 12B to push the floor harder; 11A (F♯ minor) — switch to 11A for a mood change without losing the groove; 10B (D major) — drop to 10B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 106-120 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 6B rather than 11B; below -5% it reads as 4B. With key lock on, it stays 11B across the whole range.
Programming: a mid-set roller.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 113 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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