UPDATE: SHOT IN THE HEAD, THE SONG THIS POST IS ABOUT, IS NO LONGER THE MASTER OF LOUD. THE HONOR NOW BELONGS TO:
Artist: Gaybomb
Song: Crank Bang
From: SXSW 2009
dB: -20.72
The waveform of SHOT IN THE HEAD is funner to look at, though, so it remains the focus of the topic.
From the SXSW 2007 artist showcase torrent.
#??? (just realized my numbering of the files was wacky because of some untagged/no extension files. It's in there somewhere!)
Artist: Rusted Shut
Song: SHOT IN THE HEAD (even the title screams at you
)
89.0db Track ReplayGain: -17.48db. Yes, it has to be replaygained down 17.48. For those doing the math, that's nearly a 3/4 reduction in volume. Usually I consider something replaygained down 10db (1/2 volume) to be pretty loud. This is ridiculous.
The song itself is nothing but one long clip, really. You can't even hear the song because there's just one long fuzzy buzz the whole way through. I had to listen very closely to realize that there was even a bass drum. Here's an Audacity picture of the waveform, then of the clipping:
In Audacity I have to zoom in to a one-second scale to see any noticeable gaps, and even then they were few and far between:
If I had Death Magnetic to compare, I would. My next loudest song is I think a Flaming Lips one at around -13.8db. This song wins hands-down though. I can e-mail it to you if you want to listen to it, because it was given out as a free sample. You'll sympathize with the title if you do.
So, what's your loudest song?
Artist: Gaybomb
Song: Crank Bang
From: SXSW 2009
dB: -20.72
The waveform of SHOT IN THE HEAD is funner to look at, though, so it remains the focus of the topic.
From the SXSW 2007 artist showcase torrent.
#??? (just realized my numbering of the files was wacky because of some untagged/no extension files. It's in there somewhere!)
Artist: Rusted Shut
Song: SHOT IN THE HEAD (even the title screams at you
)89.0db Track ReplayGain: -17.48db. Yes, it has to be replaygained down 17.48. For those doing the math, that's nearly a 3/4 reduction in volume. Usually I consider something replaygained down 10db (1/2 volume) to be pretty loud. This is ridiculous.
The song itself is nothing but one long clip, really. You can't even hear the song because there's just one long fuzzy buzz the whole way through. I had to listen very closely to realize that there was even a bass drum. Here's an Audacity picture of the waveform, then of the clipping:
In Audacity I have to zoom in to a one-second scale to see any noticeable gaps, and even then they were few and far between:
If I had Death Magnetic to compare, I would. My next loudest song is I think a Flaming Lips one at around -13.8db. This song wins hands-down though. I can e-mail it to you if you want to listen to it, because it was given out as a free sample. You'll sympathize with the title if you do.
So, what's your loudest song?
