Killing Your Sound by Serum cover art

Killing Your Sound

Serum

Key
3B · D♭ major
BPM
175
Half-time
88
Open Key
8d
Energy
99/100
Pop
2/100
Length
4:30
Released
2011
Genre
Drum N Bass
Loudness
0.5 dB
ISRC
GBCEQ1100108

Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026

A drum n bass cut, Killing Your Sound sits in D♭ major (3B) at 175 BPM. The feel is punchy, neutral in mood. It is vocal-led. The master is loud and heavily compressed. A 2011 production that still circulates in sets. Less groove-driven than 89% of Serum's catalogue. For programming, treat it as an opener or closing-set piece.

Energy:
hotter than 79% of Serum's catalogue

Sonic profile

EnergyGrooveMoodOrganicInstr.LiveTempo
Energy99
Mood50Balanced
Groove50
Acoustic0
Instrumental4
Live25
Speech8

Frequency spectrum

amplitude · bass → treble

FAQ

What key is Killing Your Sound in?

Killing Your Sound by Serum is in D♭ major, or 3B on the Camelot wheel.

What BPM is Killing Your Sound?

Killing Your Sound runs at 175 BPM.

What mixes well with Killing Your Sound?

From 3B it blends harmonically with 4B, 3A, 2B. Moving to 4B lifts the energy a step.

Is Killing Your Sound good for peak time?

With energy 99 out of 100 at 175 BPM, it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.

Mixes harmonically

3B2B · 4B · 3A

From 3B, 4B (A♭ major) lifts the energy a step; 3A (B♭ minor) settles into the relative minor; 2B (F♯ major) cools the energy down a step.

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Every move from 3B

4BSimple Mix Upper
2BSimple Mix Downer
3ATonal Shift·
4ADiagonal Mix Upper
2ADiagonal Mix Downer
6ACompatible Tone·
5BHigh Energy Boost▲▲▲
1BHigh Energy Drain▼▼▼
6BParallel Key Upper▲▲
12BParallel Key Downer▼▼
10BTritone Jump▲▲
7BRelated Keyrisky

How to mix it

In 3B at 175 BPM: 4B (A♭ major) — move to 4B to push the floor harder; 3A (B♭ minor) — switch to 3A for a mood change without losing the groove; 2B (F♯ major) — drop to 2B to bring the room down gently.

Pitch range at ±6%: 164-186 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 10B rather than 3B; below -5% it reads as 8B. With key lock on, it stays 3B across the whole range.

Programming: an opener or closing-set piece.

Similar tempo

Within ±3 BPM of 175 — 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 175 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.

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