Distress Signal
30s preview
- BPM
- 87
- Double-time
- 174
- Open Key
- 4m
- Energy
- 94/100
- Pop
- 2/100
- Length
- 4:23
- Released
- 2016
- Album
- Lessons EP
- Genre
- Drum N Bass
- Loudness
- 0.1 dB
- Dynamics
- 10.6 dB
- ISRC
- GBRD51600110
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
At 87 BPM in F♯ minor (11A), Distress Signal is a downtempo drum n bass production. Tonally it lands 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 is loud and heavily compressed. A 2016 production that still circulates in sets. Slower than 97% of Simula's catalogue. For programming, treat it as a floor-filler.
- Energy:
- hotter than 76% of Simula's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 33%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 26%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 21%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 19%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Distress Signal in?
Distress Signal by Simula is in F♯ minor, or 11A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Distress Signal?
Distress Signal runs at 87 BPM, a downtempo track.
What mixes well with Distress Signal?
From 11A it blends harmonically with 12A, 11B, 10A. Moving to 12A lifts the energy a step.
Is Distress Signal good for peak time?
With energy 94 out of 100 at 87 BPM, it works best as a floor-filler.
Mixes harmonically
11A → 10A · 12A · 11BFrom 11A, 12A (D♭ minor) lifts the energy a step; 11B (A major) brightens to the relative major; 10A (B minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 11A at 87 BPM: 12A (D♭ minor) — move to 12A to push the floor harder; 11B (A major) — switch to 11B for a mood change without losing the groove; 10A (B minor) — drop to 10A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 82-92 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 6A rather than 11A; below -5% it reads as 4A. With key lock on, it stays 11A across the whole range.
Programming: a floor-filler.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 87 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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