Ambient · 2000s

Ambient loudness in the 2000s

-14 Median integrated LUFS
-31.2 to -7.2 Range
39 Tracks

Loudness distribution

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

Dynamic range distribution

11 to 12 DR: 3 tracks12 to 13 DR: 9 tracks13 to 14 DR: 4 tracks14 to 15 DR: 4 tracks15 to 16 DR: 5 tracks16 to 17 DR: 5 tracks17 to 18 DR: 1 track18 to 19 DR: 4 tracks19 to 20 DR: 1 track20 to 21 DR: 2 tracks21 to 22 DR: 1 track 11 DR 16 DR 22 DR

Loudest and quietest

Loudest: I Feel Loved
Depeche Mode
-7.2 LUFS
Quietest: Dream Time
Silence
-31.2 LUFS

Most-represented engineers

Mike Marsh
n=13 · median -9.9 LUFS

Other decades

← Ambient in the 1990s

This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — treat this cohort as a sample of 39 measured tracks, not a survey of every Ambient release from the 2000s.