Pad Mode
30s preview
- Key
- 9B · G major
- BPM
- 128
- Open Key
- 2d
- Energy
- 59/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 6:34
- Released
- 2011
- Genre
- Techno
- Loudness
- -10.6 dB
- Dynamics
- 10.4 dB
- ISRC
- BEN582100155
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Pad Mode runs 128 BPM in G major (9B), a peak-time tempo techno record. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. The master keeps real dynamic headroom. A 2011 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of Truncate's catalogue.
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 90% of Truncate's catalogue
- Energy:
- calmer than 82% of Truncate's catalogue
- Tempo:
- slower than 76% of Truncate's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 39%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 29%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 17%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 15%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Pad Mode in?
Pad Mode by Truncate is in G major, or 9B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Pad Mode?
Pad Mode runs at 128 BPM, a peak-time tempo track.
What mixes well with Pad Mode?
From 9B it blends harmonically with 10B, 9A, 8B. Moving to 10B lifts the energy a step.
Is Pad Mode good for peak time?
With energy 59 out of 100 at 128 BPM, it works best as a mid-set roller.
Mixes harmonically
9B → 8B · 10B · 9AFrom 9B, 10B (D major) lifts the energy a step; 9A (E minor) settles into the relative minor; 8B (C major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 9B at 128 BPM: 10B (D major) — move to 10B to push the floor harder; 9A (E minor) — switch to 9A for a mood change without losing the groove; 8B (C major) — drop to 8B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 120-136 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 4B rather than 9B; below -5% it reads as 2B. With key lock on, it stays 9B across the whole range.
Programming: a mid-set roller.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 128 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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