Big Beat · 1990s

Big Beat loudness in the 1990s

-12.4 Median integrated LUFS
-23 to -6.4 Range
50 Tracks

Loudness distribution

-23 to -22 LUFS: 1 track-22 to -21 LUFS: 0 tracks-21 to -20 LUFS: 0 tracks-20 to -19 LUFS: 0 tracks-19 to -18 LUFS: 1 track-18 to -17 LUFS: 0 tracks-17 to -16 LUFS: 0 tracks-16 to -15 LUFS: 2 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 9 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 5 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 8 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 2 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 3 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 6 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 6 tracks-8 to -7 LUFS: 5 tracks-7 to -6 LUFS: 2 tracks -23 LUFS -15 LUFS -6 LUFS

Dynamic range distribution

9 to 10 DR: 2 tracks10 to 11 DR: 7 tracks11 to 12 DR: 5 tracks12 to 13 DR: 7 tracks13 to 14 DR: 2 tracks14 to 15 DR: 6 tracks15 to 16 DR: 5 tracks16 to 17 DR: 7 tracks17 to 18 DR: 6 tracks18 to 19 DR: 1 track19 to 20 DR: 2 tracks 9 DR 14 DR 20 DR

Loudest and quietest

Loudest: Diesel Power
The Prodigy
-6.4 LUFS
Quietest: Intro
The Prodigy
-23.0 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 50 measured tracks, not a survey of every Big Beat release from the 1990s.