Of 18 Minutes 48, the Low End Is Gathered Into 1 Minute 12
Four songs left at the playground by Kang Ji-na. A voice, a keyboard and one electric guitar — that's all.
A new song has arrived at the playground today. Kang Ji-na.
Three people appear. Kang Ji-na sings in the middle, a keyboard on the left, one electric guitar on the right. No drums, no bass. The bare trees behind them put this before the leaves came out.
The Low End Gathers in One Place
I counted the points where the low end pushes in hard across all 18 minutes 48. Nine of them.
And eight of those nine sit between 2:26.50 and 3:38.75 — a window of one minute twelve. The remaining one stands alone at 7:02.75, and after that there isn't a single one for more than eleven minutes.
So in this set, the floor moves for roughly one minute in the middle of the first song, and that's it.
Across the whole session the 20~150Hz median is 6.3%, above 30% for 4.1% of the runtime. 6000~11000Hz reads 11.1%. With no drums on screen that's expected — what's striking is that the rare low end is all piled into one place.
The level median is −14.6dB with a 5th-to-95th percentile spread of 19.2dB.
The Gaps Between Songs Are Emptied Completely
I measured the turnover points at 0.05-second resolution.
At 9:29.20 it reads −26.2dB with the low end at 0.1% and the mids at 7.5%. Almost nothing is left. Then at 9:31.15 the low end returns at 31.9% and the sound is back.
From 14:19.85 to 14:20.45 it drops further, to between −39.8 and −44.0dB. Then at 14:22.60 it returns at −25.2dB with the mids at 80.4%. Two point two seconds emptied out entirely.
No fades. Down to the floor, then back up.
Four Songs
| Song | Start |
|---|---|
| A Heart That Won't Stay Hidden | 0:29 |
| Waves | 5:08 |
| My Gloom Always Keeps You Close | 9:31 |
| Cactus | 14:22 |
The third title is 'My Gloom Always Keeps You Close'. The gloom is the subject. Not "you are beside me when I'm low" but "my gloom keeps you beside it".
The flattest ten seconds sit inside the fourth song, 'Cactus'. From 16:10.75 it moves within just 3.03dB.
Turn It Up, and Start From the First Song
With a level median of −14.6dB it sounds small at normal volume. Somewhere quiet, push it a notch or two.
If you're short on time, the one minute twelve from 2:26 to 3:39. All the time the floor moves in this set is in there.
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