IDM · 1990s

IDM loudness in the 1990s

-15.7 Median integrated LUFS
-24.7 to -13.2 Range
18 Tracks

Loudness distribution

-25 to -24 LUFS: 1 track-24 to -23 LUFS: 0 tracks-23 to -22 LUFS: 2 tracks-22 to -21 LUFS: 2 tracks-21 to -20 LUFS: 2 tracks-20 to -19 LUFS: 0 tracks-19 to -18 LUFS: 0 tracks-18 to -17 LUFS: 1 track-17 to -16 LUFS: 1 track-16 to -15 LUFS: 1 track-15 to -14 LUFS: 3 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 5 tracks -25 LUFS -19 LUFS -13 LUFS

Dynamic range distribution

10 to 11 DR: 1 track11 to 12 DR: 1 track12 to 13 DR: 2 tracks13 to 14 DR: 4 tracks14 to 15 DR: 1 track15 to 16 DR: 4 tracks16 to 17 DR: 3 tracks17 to 18 DR: 2 tracks 10 DR 14 DR 18 DR

Loudest and quietest

Loudest: Turquoise Hexagon Sun
Boards of Canada
-13.2 LUFS
Quietest: Triangles & Rhombuses
Boards of Canada
-24.7 LUFS

Most-represented engineers

This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — treat this cohort as a sample of 18 measured tracks, not a survey of every IDM release from the 1990s.