88 BPM
88 BPM is mostly Drum & Bass, Hard Dance / Hardcore / Neo Rave and Jump Up in our catalog: 4,108 tracks, most of them written at 176 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 176 BPM and were measured at the half-time pulse. Beatmatch them against 176 BPM, not 88. Why half-time detection happens.
Mixing at 88 BPM
Direct mixing: tracks at 88 BPM blend smoothly with anything between 85 and 91 BPM using pitch adjustment.
Half-time and double-time: Halve 88 and you get 44; double it and you get 176. Both are the same pulse counted differently, which is why a track at 44 will drop cleanly under one at 88. In the catalog, 44 BPM sits outside the range we analyse and we hold 34 tracks stored at 176 BPM. Work the octave move out.
Energy flow: with 853 high-energy tracks in our catalog, 88 BPM is ideal for warm-up and mid-set grooves.
Sound profile
Tracks at 88 BPM tend to be a high-energy and a bright production sound, averaged across 4,108 tracks.
Genre distribution
Of the 4,108 tracks we hold at 88 BPM, the biggest tags are Drum & Bass (3,041), Hard Dance / Hardcore / Neo Rave (178), Jump Up (120), Trap / Future Bass (111) and Electronica (92). 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 88 BPM is crowded
The busiest genre and key cells inside the 4,108 tracks we hold at 88 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 | 320 |
| Drum & Bass | 9A | 292 |
| Drum & Bass | 7B | 225 |
| Drum & Bass | 2A | 203 |
| Drum & Bass | 8A | 195 |
| Drum & Bass | 6A | 192 |
Track counts, not shares — a track can carry more than one genre tag, so the cells overlap. These are tracks stored at 88 BPM; on a deck they run at 176. 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 88 BPM?
The most common genres at 88 BPM include Drum & Bass, Hard Dance / Hardcore / Neo Rave, Jump Up. Mixgraph has 4,108 tracks at this tempo across multiple genres. Most of those drum & bass tracks are written at 176 BPM — drum & bass runs at 170–180 BPM — and were detected at the half-time pulse. They will beatmatch against 176 BPM, not 88.
Is 88 BPM the same as 44 or 176 BPM?
Halve 88 and you get 44; double it and you get 176. Both are the same pulse counted differently, which is why a track at 44 will drop cleanly under one at 88. In the catalog, 44 BPM sits outside the range we analyse and we hold 34 tracks stored at 176 BPM.
What BPMs are compatible with 88 BPM for mixing?
Tracks between 85 and 91 BPM can be mixed smoothly using pitch adjustment. For creative transitions, try half-time mixing with 44 BPM tracks or double-time with 176 BPM tracks during breakdowns.
How do I transition between 88 and 90 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 88 BPM in DJ mixing
88 BPM is where our analysis lands when it hears drum & bass at half tempo. On a deck these tracks run at 176 BPM, so read this page as a way into 176 rather than a tempo to mix at.
The busiest shelf at 88 BPM is Drum & Bass in 4A — 320 tracks. Energy splits 853 high / 3,073 medium / 180 low, so there is material here for a warm-up and for a peak either way.
Beatmatch these against 176 BPM, not 88. 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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