Tool
30s preview
- Key
- 9B · G major
- BPM
- 141
- Half-time
- 71
- Open Key
- 2d
- Energy
- 95/100
- Pop
- 3/100
- Length
- 3:37
- Released
- 2024
- Album
- Smoke Machines & Strobe Lights EP
- Genre
- Techno
- Loudness
- -9.2 dB
- Dynamics
- 8.2 dB
- ISRC
- GB6WQ2400181
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
A driving up-tempo techno cut, Tool sits in G major (9B) at 141 BPM. It reads as dark and driving. 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. Darker than 99% of Mark Broom's catalogue. For programming, treat it as a floor-filler.
- Energy:
- hotter than 86% of Mark Broom's catalogue
- Tempo:
- faster than 84% of Mark Broom's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 41%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 27%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 19%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 13%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Tool in?
Tool by Mark Broom is in G major, or 9B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Tool?
Tool runs at 141 BPM, a driving up-tempo track.
What mixes well with Tool?
From 9B it blends harmonically with 10B, 9A, 8B. Moving to 10B lifts the energy a step.
Is Tool good for peak time?
With energy 95 out of 100 at 141 BPM, it works best as a floor-filler.
Mixes harmonically
9B → 8B · 10B · 9AFrom 9B, 10B (D major) lifts the energy a step; 9A (E minor) settles into the relative minor; 8B (C major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 9B at 141 BPM: 10B (D major) — move to 10B to push the floor harder; 9A (E minor) — switch to 9A for a mood change without losing the groove; 8B (C major) — drop to 8B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 133-149 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 4B rather than 9B; below -5% it reads as 2B. With key lock on, it stays 9B across the whole range.
Programming: a floor-filler.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 141 — 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 141 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
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