Dub · 1990s

Dub loudness in the 1990s

-15.7 Median integrated LUFS
-24.8 to -10.4 Range
136 Tracks

Loudness distribution

-25 to -24 LUFS: 1 track-24 to -23 LUFS: 1 track-23 to -22 LUFS: 4 tracks-22 to -21 LUFS: 2 tracks-21 to -20 LUFS: 2 tracks-20 to -19 LUFS: 8 tracks-19 to -18 LUFS: 11 tracks-18 to -17 LUFS: 12 tracks-17 to -16 LUFS: 16 tracks-16 to -15 LUFS: 23 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 26 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 13 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 9 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 7 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 1 track -25 LUFS -18 LUFS -10 LUFS

Dynamic range distribution

11 to 12 DR: 1 track12 to 13 DR: 3 tracks13 to 14 DR: 6 tracks14 to 15 DR: 17 tracks15 to 16 DR: 33 tracks16 to 17 DR: 20 tracks17 to 18 DR: 22 tracks18 to 19 DR: 13 tracks19 to 20 DR: 13 tracks20 to 21 DR: 6 tracks21 to 22 DR: 2 tracks 11 DR 16 DR 22 DR

Loudest and quietest

Loudest: Backward Sucking (Heat Miser)
Massive Attack vs. Mad Professor
-10.4 LUFS
Quietest: Dangerous Escapades of Dub
Mad Professor
-24.8 LUFS

Most-represented engineers

Kevin Metcalfe
n=16 · median -12.6 LUFS
Mike Marsh
n=10 · median -15 LUFS

Other decades

Dub in the 2000s →

This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — treat this cohort as a sample of 136 measured tracks, not a survey of every Dub release from the 1990s.