Solar Ray
30s preview
- BPM
- 122
- Open Key
- 5m
- Energy
- 76/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 6:52
- Released
- 2019
- Genre
- Tech House
- Loudness
- -9.9 dB
- Dynamics
- 10.2 dB
- ISRC
- US83Z1930978
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Solar Ray is a club-tempo tech house track in D♭ minor (12A) at 122 BPM. It reads as dark and driving. Rhythmically it is built for the dancefloor. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. More underground than 99% of Tim Engelhardt's catalogue. For programming, treat it as a floor-filler.
- Tempo:
- slower than 84% of Tim Engelhardt's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 42%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 28%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 18%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 12%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Solar Ray in?
Solar Ray by Tim Engelhardt is in D♭ minor, or 12A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Solar Ray?
Solar Ray runs at 122 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with Solar Ray?
From 12A it blends harmonically with 1A, 12B, 11A. Moving to 1A lifts the energy a step.
Is Solar Ray good for peak time?
With energy 76 out of 100 at 122 BPM, it works best as a floor-filler.
Mixes harmonically
12A → 11A · 1A · 12BFrom 12A, 1A (A♭ minor) lifts the energy a step; 12B (E major) brightens to the relative major; 11A (F♯ minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 12A at 122 BPM: 1A (A♭ minor) — move to 1A to push the floor harder; 12B (E major) — switch to 12B for a mood change without losing the groove; 11A (F♯ minor) — drop to 11A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 115-129 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 7A rather than 12A; below -5% it reads as 5A. With key lock on, it stays 12A across the whole range.
Programming: a floor-filler.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 122 — 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 122 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
