Synth-Pop loudness in the 2010s

-9.4 Median integrated LUFS
-12 to -6.2 Range
96 Tracks

Loudness distribution

-12 to -11 LUFS: 7 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 20 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 29 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 28 tracks-8 to -7 LUFS: 11 tracks-7 to -6 LUFS: 1 track -12 LUFS -9 LUFS -6 LUFS

Dynamic range distribution

8 to 9 DR: 2 tracks9 to 10 DR: 6 tracks10 to 11 DR: 19 tracks11 to 12 DR: 36 tracks12 to 13 DR: 17 tracks13 to 14 DR: 13 tracks14 to 15 DR: 3 tracks 8 DR 11 DR 15 DR

Loudest and quietest

Loudest: Roman
Various Artists
-6.2 LUFS
Quietest: Recoil
-12.0 LUFS

Most-represented engineers

Frank Arkwright
n=30 · median -9.4 LUFS
Bunt Stafford-Clark
n=17 · median -9.6 LUFS
Brian Lucey
n=17 · median -9.9 LUFS
Robin Schmidt
n=16 · median -9 LUFS

Other decades

← Synth-Pop in the 2000s

This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — treat this cohort as a sample of 96 measured tracks, not a survey of every Synth-Pop release from the 2010s.