Better Way
30s preview
- Key
- 1B · B major
- BPM
- 123
- Open Key
- 6d
- Energy
- 83/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 6:16
- Released
- 2015
- Genre
- Tech House
- Loudness
- -6.4 dB
- Dynamics
- 10.0 dB
- ISRC
- ITSV21500093
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Better Way - Chemical Surf Remixremix9A · 124
- Better Way - The Checkup Remixremix2B · 122
Better Way runs 123 BPM in B major (1B), a club-tempo tech house record. The feel is punchy, neutral in mood. 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. A 2015 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of Rafael Cerato's catalogue. In a set it works best as a floor-filler.
- Brightness:
- brighter than 78% of Rafael Cerato's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 39%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 27%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 18%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 16%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Better Way in?
Better Way by Rafael Cerato is in B major, or 1B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Better Way?
Better Way runs at 123 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with Better Way?
From 1B it blends harmonically with 2B, 1A, 12B. Moving to 2B lifts the energy a step.
Is Better Way good for peak time?
With energy 83 out of 100 at 123 BPM, it works best as a floor-filler.
Mixes harmonically
1B → 12B · 2B · 1AFrom 1B, 2B (F♯ major) lifts the energy a step; 1A (A♭ minor) settles into the relative minor; 12B (E major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 1B at 123 BPM: 2B (F♯ major) — move to 2B to push the floor harder; 1A (A♭ minor) — switch to 1A for a mood change without losing the groove; 12B (E major) — drop to 12B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 116-130 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 8B rather than 1B; below -5% it reads as 6B. With key lock on, it stays 1B across the whole range.
Programming: a floor-filler.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 123 — 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 123 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
