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Musical Attributes

Every track in Producer Dashboard carries a set of musical attributes: key, BPM, genre, and mood. These fields help you find the right track fast — whether you are looking for something in A minor at 128 BPM, or scanning for all your lo-fi chill beats.

Musical attributes can be filled in automatically via audio analysis, or you can enter and edit them manually at any time.

The four attributes

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Key

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The musical key of the track, displayed in standard notation like C Major, A Minor, F# Minor, and so on. Key information is essential when you are looking for tracks that work well together harmonically — for DJ sets, mashups, or when layering ideas in a session.

BPM

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Beats per minute. Displayed as a number like 92, 128, or 174. BPM is one of the fastest ways to narrow down your library when you need something at a specific tempo for a project, sync placement, or live set.

Genre

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A free-text field where you can type any genre label that fits your workflow. There is no fixed list — you decide what makes sense. Some producers use broad labels like Electronic or Hip-Hop, others get specific with UK Garage or Trap Soul. Type whatever helps you find things later.

Mood

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Another free-text field for describing the feel of a track. Examples: Dark, Uplifting, Melancholic, Aggressive, Dreamy. Like genre, there are no restrictions on what you enter here. Use whatever vocabulary resonates with how you think about your music.

Viewing musical attributes

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Musical attributes show up in several places across the app.

In the grid

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The tracks grid can display columns for Key, BPM, Genre, and Mood. If you do not see these columns, open the column visibility settings and toggle them on.

BPM and Key values are displayed inline in their respective columns. Genre and Mood appear as text in their columns.

In the Musical Attributes widget

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Select a track in the grid and open the Activity Panel on the right. Switch to the Musical Attributes widget tab to see all four fields in a dedicated editing view.

This widget gives you more space to view and modify attributes compared to the compact grid columns.

In the detail modal

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Open any track’s detail modal to see musical attributes displayed alongside other track metadata. You can edit them from here as well.

Editing attributes manually

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You have full control over every attribute field. Even if audio analysis has already filled in values, you can override them at any time.

From the Musical Attributes widget

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  1. Select a track in the grid.
  2. Open the Activity Panel and navigate to the Musical Attributes widget.
  3. Click on the field you want to edit — Key, BPM, Genre, or Mood.
  4. For Key: select from the dropdown of standard keys (C through B, Major and Minor).
  5. For BPM: type a number. Decimal values are accepted (e.g., 127.5).
  6. For Genre: type your genre label as free text.
  7. For Mood: type your mood description as free text.
  8. Changes save automatically as you move to the next field.

From the grid

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Some attributes can be edited directly in the grid cells. Click a BPM or Key cell to open an inline editor. Genre and Mood cells work the same way — click to type.

Auto-detection via audio analysis

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When you import audio files, Producer Dashboard can automatically detect the BPM and key using built-in audio analysis. This runs locally on your machine, so your audio never leaves your computer.

Auto-detected values appear in the Key and BPM fields once analysis completes. If a track already has manually entered values, analysis results will not overwrite them unless you explicitly choose to re-analyse and accept new values.

For full details on how analysis works, see Audio Analysis.

Filtering by musical attributes

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Musical attributes are available as filter criteria in the grid filter bar.

Filtering by key

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Select Key as a filter type, then choose one or more keys. This is useful when you need to find everything in a compatible key for harmonic mixing or sampling.

Filtering by BPM

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Select BPM as a filter type. You can set a range — for example, 120 to 130 BPM — to find tracks in a tempo window. This is particularly handy for DJ sets, workout playlists, or finding tracks that sit in a similar groove.

Filtering by genre or mood

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Select Genre or Mood as filter types and type or select the value you want to filter by. Since these are free-text fields, the filter matches against whatever text you have entered on your tracks.

Combining filters

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You can stack attribute filters with other filters. For example: all tracks tagged Electronic, in A Minor, between 125-130 BPM, in the Mixing stage. This kind of multi-layered filtering is where musical attributes become genuinely powerful for large libraries.

Bulk editing attributes

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Select multiple tracks in the grid, then open the Musical Attributes widget. Any changes you make will apply to all selected tracks at once. This is useful when you have a batch of tracks from the same session that share a genre or mood.

A confirmation indicator shows how many tracks will be affected before the change is applied.

Tips for musical attributes

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  • Be consistent with genre and mood labels. Decide on your vocabulary early. “Lo-fi” and “Lo-Fi” and “Lofi” will be treated as three different values. Pick one spelling and stick with it.
  • Use BPM ranges when filtering. Most tracks sit within a range rather than one exact tempo, so filtering by range catches more relevant results.
  • Let analysis handle BPM and key. Manual entry is always available, but audio analysis is fast and accurate for most material. Save your time for genre and mood where human judgment matters.
  • Genre and mood are for you. There is no “correct” genre or mood label. Use whatever helps you find your tracks later.
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