I thought I would start posting Musicsope analysis data from recent music purchases. The results are presented without comment: dynamic range (DR), loudness levels, pushing levels to clipping – all are artistic choices. For the most part, it’s not my cup of tea to have such restricted DR but then again, I don’t suppose I’m the market for most of the releases that use this production method.
I usually buy CDs and rip them to Flac using JRiver, my preferred software. Occasional purchases come from Bandcamp and are usually 16/44.1 Flac downloads. There will also be some tracks from the various download stores in a variety of formats.
The various analyses and results are presented in both graphic and text formats. The image at the top of the page gives an indication of what can be discerned from such analysis.
The first in this series is the brand new release of A Humdrum Star by Gogo Penguin.
File: Gogo Penguin – Bardo.flac
Audio format: PCM
Bit depth: 16 bit
Sample rate: 44.1 kHz
Effective Bits: — bit
Cut-Off Frequency: — kHz
TPL Left: 0.7 dB
TPL Right: 0.4 dB
TPL Mid: 0.3 dB
TPL Side: -1.1 dB
RMS Left: -13.6 dB
RMS Right: -13.5 dB
RMS Mid: -14.3 dB
RMS Side: -21.4 dB
CREST Avg.: 9.2 dB
IS L/M: 37
IS R/S: 39
Max. M-Loudness: -6.4 dB
Max. S-Loudness: -7.1 dB
Integrated Loudness: -11.4 dB
Loudness Range: 9.3 dB
PLR Avg.: 6.8 dB
Spectrum:
[kHz] [dB]
1 -25.7
2 -32.7
3 -28.4
4 -34.2
5 -36.3
6 -38.2
7 -38.7
8 -38.3
9 -39.7
10 -39.0
11 -41.3
12 -40.5
13 -37.8
14 -43.0
15 -41.6
16 -45.3
17 -47.8
18 -47.6
19 -48.6
20 -50.2
21 -48.0
22 -85.3
Report generated by the MusicScope 2.0.5 – www.xivero.com
File: Gogo Penguin – Transient State.flac
Audio format: PCM
Bit depth: 16 bit
Sample rate: 44.1 kHz
Effective Bits: — bit
Cut-Off Frequency: — kHz
TPL Left: 0.8 dB
TPL Right: 0.9 dB
TPL Mid: 0.8 dB
TPL Side: -4.1 dB
RMS Left: -12.6 dB
RMS Right: -12.6 dB
RMS Mid: -13.1 dB
RMS Side: -22.0 dB
CREST Avg.: 9.9 dB
IS L/M: 66
IS R/S: 87
Max. M-Loudness: -6.4 dB
Max. S-Loudness: -7.6 dB
Integrated Loudness: -9.9 dB
Loudness Range: 12.6 dB
PLR Avg.: 7.6 dB
Spectrum:
[kHz] [dB]
1 -15.6
2 -20.0
3 -23.8
4 -29.3
5 -34.2
6 -33.7
7 -38.2
8 -36.8
9 -39.6
10 -37.1
11 -39.3
12 -40.2
13 -37.1
14 -36.1
15 -39.6
16 -43.5
17 -42.3
18 -40.3
19 -42.9
20 -43.7
21 -46.7
22 -86.7