The Hardest Part
30s preview
- Key
- 5A · C minor
- BPM
- 130
- Open Key
- 10m
- Energy
- 73/100
- Pop
- 3/100
- Length
- 6:29
- Released
- 2017
- Genre
- Trance
- Loudness
- -4.0 dB
- Dynamics
- 10.2 dB
- ISRC
- NLF711702942
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
The Hardest Part runs 130 BPM in C minor (5A), a peak-time tempo trance record. Tonally it lands dark and driving. It is vocal-led. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. The master is loud and heavily compressed. A 2017 production that still circulates in sets. Calmer than 95% of Orjan Nilsen's catalogue. In a set it works best as a floor-filler.
- Groove:
- groovier than 86% of Orjan Nilsen's catalogue
- Low end:
- more bass-heavy than 82% of Orjan Nilsen's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 36%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 27%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 21%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 16%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is The Hardest Part in?
The Hardest Part by Orjan Nilsen is in C minor, or 5A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is The Hardest Part?
The Hardest Part runs at 130 BPM, a peak-time tempo track.
What mixes well with The Hardest Part?
From 5A it blends harmonically with 6A, 5B, 4A. Moving to 6A lifts the energy a step.
Is The Hardest Part good for peak time?
With energy 73 out of 100 at 130 BPM, it works best as a floor-filler.
Mixes harmonically
5A → 4A · 6A · 5BFrom 5A, 6A (G minor) lifts the energy a step; 5B (E♭ major) brightens to the relative major; 4A (F minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 5A at 130 BPM: 6A (G minor) — move to 6A to push the floor harder; 5B (E♭ major) — switch to 5B for a mood change without losing the groove; 4A (F minor) — drop to 4A 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 12A rather than 5A; below -5% it reads as 10A. With key lock on, it stays 5A across the whole range.
Programming: a floor-filler.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 130 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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