
Soft Gradient Beckons
30s preview
- Key
- 5A · C minor
- BPM
- 186
- Half-time
- 93
- Open Key
- 10m
- Energy
- 37/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 2:56
- Released
- 2025
- Genre
- Idm
- Loudness
- -15.9 dB
- Dynamics
- 11.7 dB
- ISRC
- GBWZD2517404
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Soft Gradient Beckons is an idm track in C minor (5A) at 186 BPM. 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. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 12 dB). More underground than 99% of Rival Consoles's catalogue.
- Tempo:
- faster than 97% of Rival Consoles's catalogue
- Brightness:
- darker than 83% of Rival Consoles's catalogue
- Energy:
- calmer than 79% of Rival Consoles's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 41%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 27%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 24%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 8%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Soft Gradient Beckons in?
Soft Gradient Beckons by Rival Consoles is in C minor, or 5A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Soft Gradient Beckons?
Soft Gradient Beckons runs at 186 BPM.
What mixes well with Soft Gradient Beckons?
From 5A it blends harmonically with 6A, 5B, 4A. Moving to 6A lifts the energy a step.
Is Soft Gradient Beckons good for peak time?
With energy 37 out of 100 at 186 BPM, it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
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 186 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%: 175-197 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 warm-up or breakdown cut — early set or after a peak to reset the room.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 186 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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