Ferry Corsten — Resonation Radio 291

    Trance · 60 min · analysed 19 Aug 2026 · source: soundcloud.com

    Overall score
    84/100
    Level
    club ready
    Duration
    60 min
    Genre
    Trance

    Public mix analysis — no affiliation or endorsement. This report measures a publicly available recording hosted on soundcloud.com. The scores are produced by SOONOS and do not imply any partnership with, or approval by, Ferry Corsten.

    In short

    Resonation Radio 291 by Ferry Corsten scores 84/100 in the SOONOS analysis (club ready). The strongest dimension is IDENTITY (89/100) and the weakest is SURPRISE (82/100).

    The DJ's ability to maintain a consistent emotional thread while building energy is a hallmark of professional craft.

    Key takeaways

    What weakened the set

    • Long static loops (5×) — Sections sitting on the same loop without layering, EQ moves or tension shifts (0:00, 10:00, 39:00, 45:30, 50:30). Long loops kill dancefloor momentum.

    Timestamped insights

    Each moment below is tagged with how it was produced: “measured” comes from the DSP pass on the audio, “listening” comes from the multi-agent listening pass.

    • 3:58Measured (DSP)94/100Listen at 3:58

      Perfectly executed transition between the intro track and the first main selection. The low-end swap is transparent.

    • 8:15Measured (DSP)90/100Listen at 8:15

      Smooth integration of melodic elements. The DJ uses high-pass filtering to bring in the new track's lead without clutter.

    • 18:40Measured (DSP)82/100Listen at 18:40

      Strategic disruption

    • 25:12Measured (DSP)92/100Listen at 25:12

      Smooth transition into the vocal section, perfectly phrase-aligned.

    • 28:45Measured (DSP)88/100Listen at 28:45

      High-energy switch that maintains momentum without any audible flam.

    About this trance set

    Resonation Radio 291 is a trance DJ set by Ferry Corsten, running 60 min. It was measured by the SOONOS multi-agent engine and scores 84/100 overall — club ready.

    The engine files this performance as “Promising”.

    The DJ's ability to maintain a consistent emotional thread while building energy is a hallmark of professional craft.

    How the score breaks down

    SOONOS scores this set across 5 weighted categories. The strongest is IDENTITY at 89/100; the weakest is SURPRISE at 82/100.

    Analysis coverage for this file is 100% — the share of the set the engine could measure with full confidence.

    Energy and structure

    The energy curve was sampled at 19 points, moving between 75 and 92 on the SOONOS energy scale — a narrow dynamic range across the set.

    8 transitions were detected and scored individually.

    Beat-grid measurement (DSP) reports 1004.1 grid breaks per hour, with a median beat offset of 17 ms.

    How this score is built

    Measured layer (DSP): the audio file is analysed directly — beat grid, tempo stability, loudness and energy. These values are measurements, not opinions.

    Listening layer: a multi-agent pass reads musical intent — programming, storytelling, coherence and crowd effect. This layer interprets, it does not measure.

    Fusion and ceilings: the two layers are merged, and the measured layer always wins on execution. When the DSP hears an execution problem, it caps the final score even if the listening layer is positive.

    Measured coverage for this file is 100% of the set.

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    The DJ's ability to maintain a consistent emotional thread while building energy is a hallmark of professional craft.

    The 8 dimensions

    Not available — the 8-dimension profile was not measured for this set.

    Score breakdown

    TECHNIQUE

    How well did you execute?

    25%87
    Beat Alignmentmeasured85
    Transition Qualitymeasured72
    Phrase Accuracymeasured94
    EQ & Frequency Control (estimated)measured91
    Tempo Stability (estimated)measured96
    Technical Cleanlinessmeasured85

    STORYTELLING

    Did the mix go somewhere?

    25%88
    Narrative ArcAI90
    ProgressionAI86
    Tension & ReleaseAI84
    Section AwarenessAI89
    Flow ContinuityAI91
    PayoffAI89

    ENERGY

    Did you control the room?

    20%86
    Energy Curvemeasured86
    PacingAI86
    MomentumAI90
    Peak ManagementAI87
    Energy HandoffAI87
    Fatigue ControlAI72

    SURPRISE

    Did you remain unpredictable?

    15%82
    Unexpected MomentsAI79
    ContrastAI82
    Transition Varietymeasured91
    Selection RiskAI85
    FreshnessAI73
    Surprise ControlAI79

    IDENTITY

    Did the mix sound like you?

    15%89
    Selection QualityAI88
    Identity ConsistencyAI96
    IntentionalityAI92
    ConfidenceAI92
    RestraintAI79
    SignatureAI85

    Energy arc

    0:0059:00

    Transitions analysed (8)

    3:58

    32-bar EQ blend with low-end swap

    Perfectly executed transition between the intro track and the first main selection. The low-end swap is transparent.

    94
    8:15

    Melodic layering and filter fade

    Smooth integration of melodic elements. The DJ uses high-pass filtering to bring in the new track's lead without clutter.

    90
    13:12

    Perfect Blend

    100
    15:45

    Anthemic Handoff

    100
    18:40

    Minor Level Jump

    strategic_disruption

    82
    21:55

    Seamless Phrase Swap

    100
    25:12

    Long EQ blend with high-pass filter

    Smooth transition into the vocal section, perfectly phrase-aligned.

    92
    28:45

    Drop swap on the 1

    High-energy switch that maintains momentum without any audible flam.

    88

    Technical subscores

    91

    EQ balance

    95

    Beat alignment

    89

    Energy control

    96

    Tempo stability

    90

    Loudness control

    91

    Musical coherence

    90

    Harmonic compatibility

    93

    Transition cleanliness

    Measured (DSP)

    17 ms

    Beat-grid drift (median)

    Typical gap between the two tracks' beats while they play together. Lower is tighter.

    217 ms

    Drift p95

    Worst-case drift: 95% of the set stays tighter than this value.

    3,579

    Boundaries detected

    Points where the audio changes track or section.

    82

    Hard cuts / h

    Abrupt track changes per hour, with no blend between the two records.

    94

    Clipping events

    Moments where the recording hits the ceiling and distorts.

    153

    Level jumps

    Sudden volume steps between tracks.

    Measurement confidence 100% · analysed on the full audio.

    Recurring patterns

    • Long static loops (5×)

      Sections sitting on the same loop without layering, EQ moves or tension shifts (0:00, 10:00, 39:00, 45:30, 50:30). Long loops kill dancefloor momentum.

    Timeline

    • 0:45Intro Impact
    • 5:12Vocal Drop
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    Methodology and limitations

    This report is produced automatically from the published recording. It measures what is present in the audio file: a bad source encoding, a partial upload or a heavily processed broadcast version can change the measured values. Nothing here reflects the room, the crowd or the night itself.

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    Questions about this analysis

    What score does Ferry Corsten's Resonation Radio 291 get?
    Resonation Radio 291 scores 84/100 in the SOONOS Mix Database (club ready), based on audio measurement plus multi-agent listening.
    How long is Resonation Radio 291?
    The analysed recording runs 60 min.
    Which part of the mix scores best?
    IDENTITY is the strongest category at 89/100, while SURPRISE is the lowest at 82/100.
    How is this score calculated?
    SOONOS measures the audio with a DSP pass (beat grid, loudness, tempo, energy) and runs a multi-agent listening pass on top. Measured axes always override the listening layer, so an execution issue heard in the file caps the final score.

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