86 BPM
86 BPM is mostly Drum & Bass, Liquid and Deep in our catalog: 4,663 tracks, most of them written at 172 BPM and read here at half tempo.
Read this page as a detection result, not a tempo. Drum & bass runs at 170–180 BPM, so the tracks listed here are written at 172 BPM and were measured at the half-time pulse. Beatmatch them against 172 BPM, not 86. Why half-time detection happens.
Mixing at 86 BPM
Direct mixing: tracks at 86 BPM blend smoothly with anything between 83 and 89 BPM using pitch adjustment.
Half-time and double-time: Halve 86 and you get 43; double it and you get 172. Both are the same pulse counted differently, which is why a track at 43 will drop cleanly under one at 86. In the catalog, 43 BPM sits outside the range we analyse and we hold 161 tracks stored at 172 BPM. Work the octave move out.
Energy flow: with 1079 high-energy tracks in our catalog, 86 BPM is ideal for warm-up and mid-set grooves.
Sound profile
Tracks at 86 BPM tend to be a high-energy and a bright production sound, averaged across 4,663 tracks.
Genre distribution
Of the 4,663 tracks we hold at 86 BPM, the biggest tags are Drum & Bass (3,949), Liquid (106), Deep (99), Electronica (99) and Trap / Future Bass (95). 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 86 BPM is crowded
The busiest genre and key cells inside the 4,663 tracks we hold at 86 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Drum & Bass | 4A | 497 |
| Drum & Bass | 7B | 426 |
| Drum & Bass | 9A | 282 |
| Drum & Bass | 6A | 281 |
| Drum & Bass | 8A | 261 |
| Drum & Bass | 2A | 219 |
Track counts, not shares — a track can carry more than one genre tag, so the cells overlap. These are tracks stored at 86 BPM; on a deck they run at 172. 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 86 BPM?
The most common genres at 86 BPM include Drum & Bass, Liquid, Deep. Mixgraph has 4,663 tracks at this tempo across multiple genres. Most of those drum & bass tracks are written at 172 BPM — drum & bass runs at 170–180 BPM — and were detected at the half-time pulse. They will beatmatch against 172 BPM, not 86.
Is 86 BPM the same as 43 or 172 BPM?
Halve 86 and you get 43; double it and you get 172. Both are the same pulse counted differently, which is why a track at 43 will drop cleanly under one at 86. In the catalog, 43 BPM sits outside the range we analyse and we hold 161 tracks stored at 172 BPM.
What BPMs are compatible with 86 BPM for mixing?
Tracks between 83 and 89 BPM can be mixed smoothly using pitch adjustment. For creative transitions, try half-time mixing with 43 BPM tracks or double-time with 172 BPM tracks during breakdowns.
How do I transition between 86 and 88 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 86 BPM in DJ mixing
86 BPM is where our analysis lands when it hears drum & bass at half tempo. On a deck these tracks run at 172 BPM, so read this page as a way into 172 rather than a tempo to mix at.
The busiest shelf at 86 BPM is Drum & Bass in 4A — 497 tracks. Energy splits 1,079 high / 3,411 medium / 171 low, so there is material here for a warm-up and for a peak either way.
Beatmatch these against 172 BPM, not 86. 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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