74 BPM
74 BPM is mostly Psy-Trance, Dubstep and Trap / Future Bass in our catalog: 281 tracks, most of them written at 148 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 148 BPM and were measured at the half-time pulse. Beatmatch them against 148 BPM, not 74. Why half-time detection happens.
Mixing at 74 BPM
Direct mixing: tracks at 74 BPM blend smoothly with anything between 71 and 77 BPM using pitch adjustment.
Half-time and double-time: Halve 74 and you get 37; double it and you get 148. Both are the same pulse counted differently, which is why a track at 37 will drop cleanly under one at 74. In the catalog, 37 BPM sits outside the range we analyse and we hold 1,328 tracks stored at 148 BPM. Work the octave move out.
Energy flow: with 58 high-energy tracks in our catalog, 74 BPM is ideal for warm-up and mid-set grooves.
Sound profile
Tracks at 74 BPM tend to be a moderate-energy sound, averaged across 281 tracks.
Genre distribution
Of the 281 tracks we hold at 74 BPM, the biggest tags are Psy-Trance (43), Dubstep (37), Trap / Future Bass (32), Electronica (24) and Hard Techno (20). 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 74 BPM is crowded
The busiest genre and key cells inside the 281 tracks we hold at 74 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 | 7B | 6 |
| Dubstep | 2A | 5 |
| Dubstep | 7A | 5 |
| Psy-Trance | 12B | 5 |
| Trap / Future Bass | 10B | 5 |
| Dubstep | 5B | 4 |
Track counts, not shares — a track can carry more than one genre tag, so the cells overlap. These are tracks stored at 74 BPM; on a deck they run at 148. 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 74 BPM?
The most common genres at 74 BPM include Psy-Trance, Dubstep, Trap / Future Bass. Mixgraph has 281 tracks at this tempo across multiple genres. Most of those psytrance tracks are written at 148 BPM — psytrance runs at 138–148 BPM — and were detected at the half-time pulse. They will beatmatch against 148 BPM, not 74.
Is 74 BPM the same as 37 or 148 BPM?
Halve 74 and you get 37; double it and you get 148. Both are the same pulse counted differently, which is why a track at 37 will drop cleanly under one at 74. In the catalog, 37 BPM sits outside the range we analyse and we hold 1,328 tracks stored at 148 BPM.
What BPMs are compatible with 74 BPM for mixing?
Tracks between 71 and 77 BPM can be mixed smoothly using pitch adjustment. For creative transitions, try half-time mixing with 37 BPM tracks or double-time with 148 BPM tracks during breakdowns.
How do I transition between 74 and 76 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 74 BPM in DJ mixing
74 BPM is where our analysis lands when it hears psytrance at half tempo. On a deck these tracks run at 148 BPM, so read this page as a way into 148 rather than a tempo to mix at.
The busiest shelf at 74 BPM is Psy-Trance in 7B — 6 tracks. Energy splits 58 high / 186 medium / 37 low, so there is material here for a warm-up and for a peak either way.
Beatmatch these against 148 BPM, not 74. 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.
DJ terms on this page: BPM · Beatmatching · Half-time · Double-time · Pitch fader · Full glossary
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