Ballymena
30s preview
- BPM
- 130
- Open Key
- 9d
- Energy
- 87/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 8:09
- Released
- 2005
- Genre
- Trance
- Loudness
- -11.0 dB
- Dynamics
- 10.7 dB
- ISRC
- NLF710500482
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Ballymena runs 130 BPM in A♭ major (4B), a peak-time tempo trance record. The feel is dark and driving. 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. A 2005 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of Markus Schulz's catalogue.
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 34%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 27%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 22%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 17%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Ballymena in?
Ballymena by Markus Schulz is in A♭ major, or 4B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Ballymena?
Ballymena runs at 130 BPM, a peak-time tempo track.
What mixes well with Ballymena?
From 4B it blends harmonically with 5B, 4A, 3B. Moving to 5B lifts the energy a step.
Is Ballymena good for peak time?
With energy 87 out of 100 at 130 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
4B → 3B · 5B · 4AFrom 4B, 5B (E♭ major) lifts the energy a step; 4A (F minor) settles into the relative minor; 3B (D♭ major) cools the energy down a step.
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How to mix it
In 4B at 130 BPM: 5B (E♭ major) — move to 5B to push the floor harder; 4A (F minor) — switch to 4A for a mood change without losing the groove; 3B (D♭ major) — drop to 3B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 122-138 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 11B rather than 4B; below -5% it reads as 9B. With key lock on, it stays 4B across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 87/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 130 — 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 130 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
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