69 BPM
69 BPM is mostly Psy-Trance, Techno (Raw / Deep / Hypnotic) and Trance (Main Floor) in our catalog: 845 tracks, most of them written at 138 BPM and read here at half tempo.
Read this page as a detection result, not a tempo. Psytrance runs at 138–148 BPM, so the tracks listed here are written at 138 BPM and were measured at the half-time pulse. Beatmatch them against 138 BPM, not 69. Why half-time detection happens.
Mixing at 69 BPM
Direct mixing: tracks at 69 BPM blend smoothly with anything between 66 and 72 BPM using pitch adjustment.
Half-time and double-time: Halve 69 and you get 34.5; double it and you get 138. Both are the same pulse counted differently, which is why a track at 34.5 will drop cleanly under one at 69. In the catalog, 35 BPM sits outside the range we analyse and we hold 10,815 tracks stored at 138 BPM. Work the octave move out.
Energy flow: with 211 high-energy tracks in our catalog, 69 BPM is ideal for warm-up and mid-set grooves.
Sound profile
Tracks at 69 BPM tend to be a high-energy sound, averaged across 845 tracks.
Genre distribution
Of the 845 tracks we hold at 69 BPM, the biggest tags are Psy-Trance (190), Techno (Raw / Deep / Hypnotic) (121), Trance (Main Floor) (113), Techno (Peak Time / Driving) (69) and 140 / Deep Dubstep / Grime (39). Those are track counts, not shares: a track can carry more than one genre tag, so they deliberately sum past the total rather than pretending to be percentages.
Where 69 BPM is crowded
The busiest genre and key cells inside the 845 tracks we hold at 69 BPM. If you are hunting for something to drop in at this tempo, these are the shelves with the most on them.
| Genre | Key | Tracks |
|---|---|---|
| Psy-Trance | 5B | 21 |
| Psy-Trance | 7B | 18 |
| Psy-Trance | 12B | 16 |
| Psy-Trance | 2B | 16 |
| Psy-Trance | 9B | 15 |
| Psy-Trance | 10B | 13 |
Track counts, not shares — a track can carry more than one genre tag, so the cells overlap. These are tracks stored at 69 BPM; on a deck they run at 138. The keys and counts are unaffected by which pulse the tempo was read at.
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Frequently asked
What genres are commonly found at 69 BPM?
The most common genres at 69 BPM include Psy-Trance, Techno (Raw / Deep / Hypnotic), Trance (Main Floor). Mixgraph has 845 tracks at this tempo across multiple genres. Most of those psytrance tracks are written at 138 BPM — psytrance runs at 138–148 BPM — and were detected at the half-time pulse. They will beatmatch against 138 BPM, not 69.
Is 69 BPM the same as 35 or 138 BPM?
Halve 69 and you get 34.5; double it and you get 138. Both are the same pulse counted differently, which is why a track at 34.5 will drop cleanly under one at 69. In the catalog, 35 BPM sits outside the range we analyse and we hold 10,815 tracks stored at 138 BPM.
What BPMs are compatible with 69 BPM for mixing?
Tracks between 66 and 72 BPM can be mixed smoothly using pitch adjustment. For creative transitions, try half-time mixing with 35 BPM tracks or double-time with 138 BPM tracks during breakdowns.
How do I transition between 69 and 71 BPM?
A 2 BPM difference is easily managed with your pitch fader or sync function. Focus on harmonic compatibility using the Camelot wheel — matching keys matter more than a small BPM gap. Use Mixgraph's chemistry scoring to find the best matches.
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About 69 BPM in DJ mixing
69 BPM is where our analysis lands when it hears psytrance at half tempo. On a deck these tracks run at 138 BPM, so read this page as a way into 138 rather than a tempo to mix at.
The busiest shelf at 69 BPM is Psy-Trance in 5B — 21 tracks. Energy splits 211 high / 572 medium / 61 low, so there is material here for a warm-up and for a peak either way.
Beatmatch these against 138 BPM, not 69. Everything else on this page — the keys, the energy split, the sound profile — is measured from the audio and holds regardless of which pulse the tempo was read at.
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