John Summit — John Summit - Live @ ARC Music Festival Chicago
House · 1h 58m · analysed 20 Aug 2026 · source: soundcloud.com
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, John Summit.
In short
John Summit - Live @ ARC Music Festival Chicago by John Summit scores 78/100 in the SOONOS analysis (club ready). The strongest dimension is IDENTITY (90/100) and the weakest is SURPRISE (79/100).
The engine files this performance as “Promising”.
Key takeaways
What weakened the set
- 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.
What to try next
- 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.
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.
Perfectly timed transition that maintains the percussive energy while introducing the new bassline.
A high-energy switch that works for the festival context but felt slightly abrupt in the mid-frequencies.
Strategic disruption
Expertly timed entry of the 'Summertime Chi' vocal, creating a peak moment.
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 beatmatching: 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.
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.
On this set, the ceiling applied is measured beatmatching.
Measured coverage for this file is 100% of the set.
Full SOONOS analysis
The 8 dimensions
Not available — the 8-dimension profile was not measured for this set.
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 beatmatching — the weighted average before the cap 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)
28 ms
Beat-grid drift (median)
Typical gap between the two tracks' beats while they play together. Lower is tighter.
221 ms
Drift p95
Worst-case drift: 95% of the set stays tighter than this value.
7,068
Boundaries detected
Points where the audio changes track or section.
108
Hard cuts / h
Abrupt track changes per hour, with no blend between the two records.
281
Clipping events
Moments where the recording hits the ceiling and distorts.
292
Level jumps
Sudden volume steps between tracks.
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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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.
Read the full SOONOS methodology →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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