John Summit — John Summit - Live @ ARC Music Festival Chicago
House · 1h 58m · analysed 20 Aug 2026
About this house set
John Summit - Live @ ARC Music Festival Chicago is a house DJ set by John Summit, running 1h 58m. It was measured by the SOONOS multi-agent engine and scores 78/100 overall — club ready.
The engine files this performance as “Promising”.
How the score breaks down
SOONOS scores this set across 5 weighted categories. The strongest is IDENTITY at 90/100; the weakest is SURPRISE at 79/100.
The final score is capped by measured bm: the DSP layer overrides the listening layer whenever it measures an execution issue directly in the audio.
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 20 points, moving between 75 and 94 on the SOONOS energy scale — a narrow dynamic range across the set.
5 transitions were detected and scored individually.
Beat-grid measurement (DSP) reports 1097.3 grid breaks per hour, with a median beat offset of 28 ms.
Full SOONOS analysis
The 8 dimensions
Score breakdown
TECHNIQUE
How well did you execute?
25%80
TECHNIQUE
How well did you execute?
STORYTELLING
Did the mix go somewhere?
25%89
STORYTELLING
Did the mix go somewhere?
ENERGY
Did you control the room?
20%84
ENERGY
Did you control the room?
SURPRISE
Did you remain unpredictable?
15%79
SURPRISE
Did you remain unpredictable?
IDENTITY
Did the mix sound like you?
15%90
IDENTITY
Did the mix sound like you?
Final score capped by measured execution (bm) — weighted average was 84.
Energy arc
Transitions analysed (5)
Long EQ blend with high-pass filter sweep
Perfectly timed transition that maintains the percussive energy while introducing the new bassline.
Quick cut on the drop
A high-energy switch that works for the festival context but felt slightly abrupt in the mid-frequencies.
Perfect Blend
Minor EQ Overlap
strategic_disruption
Long EQ blend with vocal focus
Expertly timed entry of the 'Summertime Chi' vocal, creating a peak moment.
Technical subscores
86
EQ balance
93
Beat alignment
88
Energy control
95
Tempo stability
88
Loudness control
87
Musical coherence
86
Harmonic compatibility
88
Transition cleanliness
Measured (DSP)
27.7 ms
Beat-grid drift (median)
221.3 ms
Drift p95
7,068
Boundaries detected
108
Hard cuts / h
281
Clipping events
292
Level jumps
Measurement confidence 100% · analysed on the full audio.
Recurring patterns
Long static loops (4×)
Sections sitting on the same loop without layering, EQ moves or tension shifts (25:00, 49:00, 59:00, 78:00). Long loops kill dancefloor momentum.
Timeline
- 0:15Intro Hook
- 6:00Peak Energy Drop
- 7:45Risky pressure or vibe dip
- 24:00The Chicago Connection
- 30:00Groove Lock
Coaching notes
- Continue leveraging contextual hooks to deepen the crowd connection.
- Experiment with brief atmospheric breakdowns to create more dynamic range.
- Maintain the high technical standard of digital precision mixing.
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Questions about this analysis
- What score does John Summit's John Summit - Live @ ARC Music Festival Chicago get?
- John Summit - Live @ ARC Music Festival Chicago scores 78/100 in the SOONOS Mix Database (club ready), based on audio measurement plus multi-agent listening.
- How long is John Summit - Live @ ARC Music Festival Chicago?
- The analysed recording runs 1h 58m.
- Which part of the mix scores best?
- IDENTITY is the strongest category at 90/100, while SURPRISE is the lowest at 79/100.
- 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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