87 BPM
87 BPM is mostly Drum & Bass, Liquid and Deep in our catalog: 10,961 tracks, most of them written at 174 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 174 BPM and were measured at the half-time pulse. Beatmatch them against 174 BPM, not 87. Why half-time detection happens.
Mixing at 87 BPM
Direct mixing: tracks at 87 BPM blend smoothly with anything between 84 and 90 BPM using pitch adjustment.
Half-time and double-time: Halve 87 and you get 43.5; double it and you get 174. Both are the same pulse counted differently, which is why a track at 43.5 will drop cleanly under one at 87. In the catalog, 44 BPM sits outside the range we analyse and we hold 173 tracks stored at 174 BPM. Work the octave move out.
Energy flow: with 2593 high-energy tracks in our catalog, 87 BPM is ideal for warm-up and mid-set grooves.
Sound profile
Tracks at 87 BPM tend to be a high-energy and a bright production sound, averaged across 10,961 tracks.
Genre distribution
Of the 10,961 tracks we hold at 87 BPM, the biggest tags are Drum & Bass (9,978), Liquid (246), Deep (124), Trap / Future Bass (118) and Dubstep (117). 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 87 BPM is crowded
The busiest genre and key cells inside the 10,961 tracks we hold at 87 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 | 1,415 |
| Drum & Bass | 7B | 1,076 |
| Drum & Bass | 9A | 748 |
| Drum & Bass | 8A | 695 |
| Drum & Bass | 6A | 683 |
| Drum & Bass | 7A | 583 |
Track counts, not shares — a track can carry more than one genre tag, so the cells overlap. These are tracks stored at 87 BPM; on a deck they run at 174. 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 87 BPM?
The most common genres at 87 BPM include Drum & Bass, Liquid, Deep. Mixgraph has 10,961 tracks at this tempo across multiple genres. Most of those drum & bass tracks are written at 174 BPM — drum & bass runs at 170–180 BPM — and were detected at the half-time pulse. They will beatmatch against 174 BPM, not 87.
Is 87 BPM the same as 44 or 174 BPM?
Halve 87 and you get 43.5; double it and you get 174. Both are the same pulse counted differently, which is why a track at 43.5 will drop cleanly under one at 87. In the catalog, 44 BPM sits outside the range we analyse and we hold 173 tracks stored at 174 BPM.
What BPMs are compatible with 87 BPM for mixing?
Tracks between 84 and 90 BPM can be mixed smoothly using pitch adjustment. For creative transitions, try half-time mixing with 44 BPM tracks or double-time with 174 BPM tracks during breakdowns.
How do I transition between 87 and 89 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 87 BPM in DJ mixing
87 BPM is where our analysis lands when it hears drum & bass at half tempo. On a deck these tracks run at 174 BPM, so read this page as a way into 174 rather than a tempo to mix at.
The busiest shelf at 87 BPM is Drum & Bass in 4A — 1,415 tracks. Energy splits 2,593 high / 8,161 medium / 200 low, so there is material here for a warm-up and for a peak either way.
Beatmatch these against 174 BPM, not 87. 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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