Story Of Life - Original Mix
30s preview
- Key
- 9A · E minor
- BPM
- 130
- Open Key
- 2m
- Energy
- 87/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 7:14
- Released
- 2011
- Album
- Story of Life
- Genre
- Progressive Trance
- Loudness
- -7.6 dB
- Dynamics
- 13.4 dB
- ISRC
- NLF711101306
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Story Of Life - Instrumental Mixoriginal9A · 130
- Story Of Life - Julian Wess & Mike Carey Dub Mixversion8A · 130
- Story Of Life - Michael Tsukerman Instrumental Mixoriginal12B · 128
- Story Of Life - Michael Tsukerman Remixremix11B · 128
- Story Of Life [Tenishia & Ruben de Ronde] - Julian Wess & Mike Carey Vocal Mixoriginal8A · 130
Story Of Life - Original Mix runs 130 BPM in E minor (9A), a peak-time tempo progressive 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 unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 13 dB). A 2011 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of Ruben de Ronde's catalogue.
- Brightness:
- darker than 82% of Ruben de Ronde's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 34%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 28%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 22%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 16%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Story Of Life - Original Mix in?
Story Of Life - Original Mix by Ruben de Ronde is in E minor, or 9A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Story Of Life - Original Mix?
Story Of Life - Original Mix runs at 130 BPM, a peak-time tempo track.
What mixes well with Story Of Life - Original Mix?
From 9A it blends harmonically with 10A, 9B, 8A. Moving to 10A lifts the energy a step.
Is Story Of Life - Original Mix good for peak time?
With energy 87 out of 100 at 130 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
9A → 8A · 10A · 9BFrom 9A, 10A (B minor) lifts the energy a step; 9B (G major) brightens to the relative major; 8A (A minor) cools the energy down a step.
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How to mix it
In 9A at 130 BPM: 10A (B minor) — move to 10A to push the floor harder; 9B (G major) — switch to 9B for a mood change without losing the groove; 8A (A minor) — drop to 8A 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 4A rather than 9A; below -5% it reads as 2A. With key lock on, it stays 9A 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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