Acoustic Analysis // Protocol 07
Energy Variance
The unseen metric that dictates listener fatigue.
We've established in BPM Matching that energy is crucial. But how is it calculated?
The Entropy Equation
Energy scores (0.0 to 1.0) are heavily weighted by dynamic range compression. A track with a "brick-walled" master (low dynamic range) will consistently score >0.85.
Sequencing three >0.85 energy tracks back-to-back causes auditory fatigue, increasing skip rates by 22% on average.