Big Beat · 1990s

Big Beat loudness in the 1990s

-8.5 Median integrated LUFS
-12 to -7.8 Range
13 Tracks

Loudness distribution

-12 to -11 LUFS: 1 track-11 to -10 LUFS: 1 track-10 to -9 LUFS: 4 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 3 tracks-8 to -7 LUFS: 4 tracks -12 LUFS -10 LUFS -7 LUFS

Dynamic range distribution

9 to 10 DR: 1 track10 to 11 DR: 5 tracks11 to 12 DR: 2 tracks12 to 13 DR: 4 tracks13 to 14 DR: 0 tracks14 to 15 DR: 1 track 9 DR 12 DR 15 DR

Loudest and quietest

Loudest: Cominagetcha
Propellerheads
-7.8 LUFS
Quietest: A Number of Microphones
Propellerheads
-12.0 LUFS

Most-represented engineers

Mike Marsh
n=13 · median -8.5 LUFS

This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — treat this cohort as a sample of 13 measured tracks, not a survey of every Big Beat release from the 1990s.