Synth-Pop loudness in the 2000s

-10.6 Median integrated LUFS
-24.1 to -5.6 Range
245 Tracks

Loudness distribution

-25 to -24 LUFS: 1 track-24 to -23 LUFS: 0 tracks-23 to -22 LUFS: 0 tracks-22 to -21 LUFS: 1 track-21 to -20 LUFS: 0 tracks-20 to -19 LUFS: 3 tracks-19 to -18 LUFS: 5 tracks-18 to -17 LUFS: 0 tracks-17 to -16 LUFS: 5 tracks-16 to -15 LUFS: 1 track-15 to -14 LUFS: 6 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 12 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 15 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 52 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 48 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 43 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 24 tracks-8 to -7 LUFS: 24 tracks-7 to -6 LUFS: 4 tracks-6 to -5 LUFS: 1 track -25 LUFS -15 LUFS -5 LUFS

Dynamic range distribution

7 to 8 DR: 1 track8 to 9 DR: 1 track9 to 10 DR: 5 tracks10 to 11 DR: 20 tracks11 to 12 DR: 36 tracks12 to 13 DR: 35 tracks13 to 14 DR: 60 tracks14 to 15 DR: 49 tracks15 to 16 DR: 18 tracks16 to 17 DR: 8 tracks17 to 18 DR: 5 tracks18 to 19 DR: 6 tracks19 to 20 DR: 1 track 7 DR 13 DR 20 DR

Loudest and quietest

Loudest: Wrong
-5.6 LUFS
Quietest: Introspectre
-24.1 LUFS

Most-represented engineers

Stephen Marcussen
n=24 · median -8.6 LUFS
Simon Heyworth
n=18 · median -9.8 LUFS
Mike Marsh
n=13 · median -9.9 LUFS
Emily Lazar
n=12 · median -18.5 LUFS
Tim Young
n=10 · median -7.8 LUFS

Other decades

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This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — treat this cohort as a sample of 245 measured tracks, not a survey of every Synth-Pop release from the 2000s.