Miles Runs the Voodoo Down

133 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Fewer than half of them — 48% — put it in A major, a key signature of 3 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 133 readings; 93% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 119.7 BPM one beat lasts 501.3 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 125.3 ms and a dotted eighth 375.9 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 59.9 BPM, counted twice as fast 239.4. A score would mark that Moderato, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 446.1 Hz, which is 24 cents above concert A at 440 Hz — the sort of drift a tape machine or a slightly different mastering leaves behind. That is a fact about this transfer of the music, not about how it was played.

The dynamic complexity of the recording measures 2.87 dB: that is how far the level wanders from its own average, so a small number means a loud, flat master and a large one means a recording that still breathes. Its average loudness is 0.923 on Essentia's 0-to-1 scale, which is not decibels and is not comparable to a streaming service's number.

10 other recordings here are in A major; the ones listed below are the closest in tempo.