Ambient · 1990s

Ambient loudness in the 1990s

-16.5 Median integrated LUFS
-32.3 to -5.6 Range
58 Tracks

Loudness distribution

-33 to -32 LUFS: 1 track-32 to -31 LUFS: 0 tracks-31 to -30 LUFS: 0 tracks-30 to -29 LUFS: 0 tracks-29 to -28 LUFS: 0 tracks-28 to -27 LUFS: 0 tracks-27 to -26 LUFS: 0 tracks-26 to -25 LUFS: 0 tracks-25 to -24 LUFS: 1 track-24 to -23 LUFS: 2 tracks-23 to -22 LUFS: 4 tracks-22 to -21 LUFS: 4 tracks-21 to -20 LUFS: 4 tracks-20 to -19 LUFS: 2 tracks-19 to -18 LUFS: 3 tracks-18 to -17 LUFS: 4 tracks-17 to -16 LUFS: 7 tracks-16 to -15 LUFS: 4 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 7 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 9 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 2 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 3 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 0 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 0 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 0 tracks-8 to -7 LUFS: 0 tracks-7 to -6 LUFS: 0 tracks-6 to -5 LUFS: 1 track -33 LUFS -19 LUFS -5 LUFS

Dynamic range distribution

6 to 7 DR: 1 track7 to 8 DR: 0 tracks8 to 9 DR: 0 tracks9 to 10 DR: 0 tracks10 to 11 DR: 1 track11 to 12 DR: 1 track12 to 13 DR: 4 tracks13 to 14 DR: 8 tracks14 to 15 DR: 7 tracks15 to 16 DR: 6 tracks16 to 17 DR: 12 tracks17 to 18 DR: 10 tracks18 to 19 DR: 5 tracks19 to 20 DR: 0 tracks20 to 21 DR: 0 tracks21 to 22 DR: 0 tracks22 to 23 DR: 0 tracks23 to 24 DR: 0 tracks24 to 25 DR: 2 tracks25 to 26 DR: 0 tracks26 to 27 DR: 0 tracks27 to 28 DR: 0 tracks28 to 29 DR: 0 tracks29 to 30 DR: 0 tracks30 to 31 DR: 0 tracks31 to 32 DR: 0 tracks32 to 33 DR: 0 tracks33 to 34 DR: 0 tracks34 to 35 DR: 0 tracks35 to 36 DR: 1 track 6 DR 21 DR 36 DR

Loudest and quietest

Loudest: UFO Detection System (Approach - Intercept - Verify)
Higher Intelligence Agency & Pete Namlook
-5.6 LUFS
Quietest: Wish You Were There, Part VII
Pete Namlook & Klaus Schulze
-32.3 LUFS

Most-represented engineers

Other decades

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This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — treat this cohort as a sample of 58 measured tracks, not a survey of every Ambient release from the 1990s.