If I Try
30s preview
- BPM
- 135
- Open Key
- 3d
- Energy
- 79/100
- Pop
- 3/100
- Length
- 5:23
- Released
- 2024
- Genre
- Techno
- Loudness
- -5.6 dB
- Dynamics
- 12.0 dB
- ISRC
- ITN3C2400020
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
If I Try: driving up-tempo techno, D major (10B), 135 BPM. Tonally it lands dark and driving. The groove is loose and less beat-driven. It is vocal-led. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 12 dB). Less groove-driven than 97% of Sam Paganini's catalogue. In a set it works best as a peak-time weapon.
- Tempo:
- faster than 81% of Sam Paganini's catalogue
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 75% of Sam Paganini's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 32%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 27%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 23%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 18%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is If I Try in?
If I Try by Sam Paganini is in D major, or 10B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is If I Try?
If I Try runs at 135 BPM, a driving up-tempo track.
What mixes well with If I Try?
From 10B it blends harmonically with 11B, 10A, 9B. Moving to 11B lifts the energy a step.
Is If I Try good for peak time?
With energy 79 out of 100 at 135 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
10B → 9B · 11B · 10AFrom 10B, 11B (A major) lifts the energy a step; 10A (B minor) settles into the relative minor; 9B (G major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 10B at 135 BPM: 11B (A major) — move to 11B to push the floor harder; 10A (B minor) — switch to 10A for a mood change without losing the groove; 9B (G major) — drop to 9B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 127-143 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 5B rather than 10B; below -5% it reads as 3B. With key lock on, it stays 10B across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 79/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 135 — 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 135 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
