Engineers

Howie Weinberg

Mastering engineer

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-11.6 Median integrated LUFS
14.6 Median dynamic range
-22 to -5.6 Range
157 Tracks

By decade

1980s
n=25 · median -16 LUFS
1990s
n=110 · median -11.6 LUFS
2000s
n=22 · median -6.7 LUFS

Releases

Licensed to Ill
Beastie Boys · 1986
median -17.1 LUFS
The Uplift Mofo Party Plan
Red Hot Chili Peppers · 1987
median -15 LUFS
Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill · 1991
median -16.1 LUFS
Incesticide
Nirvana · 1992
median -12.7 LUFS
Rubberneck
Toadies · 1994
median -12.4 LUFS
Fluke
Rusty · 1995
median -10.1 LUFS
King For A Day Fool For A Lifetime
Faith No More · 1995
median -11.2 LUFS
Hello Nasty
Beastie Boys · 1998
median -11.4 LUFS
Live from the Middle East
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones · 1998
median -6.8 LUFS
Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants
Oasis · 2000
median -8 LUFS
I Get Wet
Andrew W.K. · 2001
median -6.3 LUFS

Studios

Masterdisk

By genre

Rock
n=38 · median -11.2 LUFS
Rap
n=35 · median -12.3 LUFS
Ska
n=22 · median -6.8 LUFS
Alternative Rock
n=21 · median -11.5 LUFS
Hip-Hop
n=16 · median -16.1 LUFS
Grunge
n=15 · median -12.7 LUFS
Britpop
n=10 · median -8 LUFS

This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — these figures cover only the tracks measured on lufs.to, not this engineer's full body of work.