Symmetries
30s preview
- BPM
- 128
- Open Key
- 5d
- Energy
- 74/100
- Pop
- 19/100
- Length
- 5:41
- Released
- 2012
- Album
- Evolution
- Genre
- Trance
- Loudness
- -8.9 dB
- Dynamics
- 17.9 dB
- ISRC
- DEQ691200001
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Symmetries - Maarten De Jong Remixremix12A · 130
- Symmetries - Extended Mixversion1B · 128
Symmetries: peak-time tempo trance, E major (12B), 128 BPM. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 18 dB). A 2012 production that still circulates in sets. Slower than 94% of Paul van Dyk's catalogue.
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 93% of Paul van Dyk's catalogue
- Reach:
- better known than 84% of Paul van Dyk's catalogue
- Energy:
- calmer than 77% of Paul van Dyk's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 28%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 28%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 25%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 19%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Symmetries in?
Symmetries by Paul van Dyk is in E major, or 12B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Symmetries?
Symmetries runs at 128 BPM, a peak-time tempo track.
What mixes well with Symmetries?
From 12B it blends harmonically with 1B, 12A, 11B. Moving to 1B lifts the energy a step.
Is Symmetries good for peak time?
With energy 74 out of 100 at 128 BPM, it works best as a mid-set roller.
Mixes harmonically
12B → 11B · 1B · 12AFrom 12B, 1B (B major) lifts the energy a step; 12A (D♭ minor) settles into the relative minor; 11B (A major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 12B at 128 BPM: 1B (B major) — move to 1B to push the floor harder; 12A (D♭ minor) — switch to 12A for a mood change without losing the groove; 11B (A major) — drop to 11B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 120-136 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 7B rather than 12B; below -5% it reads as 5B. With key lock on, it stays 12B across the whole range.
Programming: a mid-set roller.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 128 — 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 128 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
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