How It Should Be Done
30s preview
- BPM
- 175
- Half-time
- 88
- Open Key
- 3d
- Energy
- 96/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 4:56
- Released
- 2015
- Genre
- Drum N Bass
- Loudness
- -2.2 dB
- Dynamics
- 11.6 dB
- ISRC
- GBRD51500014
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
How It Should Be Done: drum n bass, D major (10B), 175 BPM. The master is loud and heavily compressed. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 12 dB). A 2015 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of Voltage's catalogue.
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 32%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 27%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 22%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 19%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is How It Should Be Done in?
How It Should Be Done by Voltage is in D major, or 10B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is How It Should Be Done?
How It Should Be Done runs at 175 BPM.
What mixes well with How It Should Be Done?
From 10B it blends harmonically with 11B, 10A, 9B. Moving to 11B lifts the energy a step.
Is How It Should Be Done good for peak time?
With energy 96 out of 100 at 175 BPM, it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
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 175 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%: 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 5B rather than 10B; below -5% it reads as 3B. With key lock on, it stays 10B 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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