Das EFX / Hold It Down

Microphone Master

Das EFX · Hold It Down (1995)

-12.6 LUFS
1.6 True peak
4.0 Loudness range
16.1 Dynamic range
-10.2 Short-term max

Genre cohort

Hip-Hop · 1990s louder than 34% of 585 tracks (median -11.5 LUFS)

Rap · 1990s (secondary) louder than 35% of 504 tracks (median -11.6 LUFS)

-26 to -25 LUFS: 1 track-25 to -24 LUFS: 0 tracks-24 to -23 LUFS: 1 track-23 to -22 LUFS: 0 tracks-22 to -21 LUFS: 2 tracks-21 to -20 LUFS: 3 tracks-20 to -19 LUFS: 3 tracks-19 to -18 LUFS: 7 tracks-18 to -17 LUFS: 8 tracks-17 to -16 LUFS: 17 tracks-16 to -15 LUFS: 26 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 46 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 52 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 77 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 105 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 105 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 81 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 35 tracks-8 to -7 LUFS: 13 tracks-7 to -6 LUFS: 3 tracks -12.6 -26 LUFS -16 LUFS -6 LUFS

Engineer cohort

Chris Gehringer (all tracks) louder than 62% of 47 tracks (median -13.6 LUFS)

Chris Gehringer × Hip-Hop louder than 62% of 47 tracks (median -13.6 LUFS)

-24 to -23 LUFS: 1 track-23 to -22 LUFS: 0 tracks-22 to -21 LUFS: 1 track-21 to -20 LUFS: 0 tracks-20 to -19 LUFS: 0 tracks-19 to -18 LUFS: 0 tracks-18 to -17 LUFS: 0 tracks-17 to -16 LUFS: 3 tracks-16 to -15 LUFS: 4 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 9 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 7 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 5 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 10 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 6 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 1 track -12.6 -24 LUFS -17 LUFS -9 LUFS

Studio cohort

The Hit Factory, NYC (all tracks) louder than 51% of 81 tracks (median -12.6 LUFS)

16th loudest of 19 on this release

Metadata

Year
1995
Label
EastWest Records America
Genres
Hip-Hop, Rap
Catalog
61829-2
UPC
075596182928
Source
MP3
Version
MP3 (transcoded)
Measured
2026-09-26
Engine
mastering-to@06c3922
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