Marco Carola — Marco Carola: live at Sound Nightclub - Los Angeles, February 24 2017
Tech House · 1h 01m · analysed 18 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, Marco Carola.
In short
Marco Carola: live at Sound Nightclub - Los Angeles, February 24 2017 by Marco Carola scores 85/100 in the SOONOS analysis (festival ready). The strongest dimension is IDENTITY (95/100) and the weakest is SURPRISE (81/100).
True mastery is found in the ability to make two tracks sound like a single, evolving organism.
Key takeaways
What weakened the set
- Long static loops (1×) — Sections sitting on the same loop without layering, EQ moves or tension shifts (33:00). Long loops kill dancefloor momentum.
What to try next
- Maintain the current level of percussive layering; it is your strongest asset.
- Experiment with brief, high-pass filter sweeps to create tension before a phrase change.
- Consider a 'reset' moment with a melodic breakdown to contrast the driving percussion.
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.
An invisible transition where the incoming track's hats are introduced so gradually they feel like part of the original track.
Perfectly timed bass swap that maintains the momentum without any audible dip in energy.
Incredible patience. The incoming track's hats are introduced so subtly they feel like part of the original loop.
Perfectly timed bass swap. No phase cancellation detected in the sub-frequencies.
About this tech house set
Marco Carola: live at Sound Nightclub - Los Angeles, February 24 2017 is a tech house DJ set by Marco Carola, running 1h 01m. It was measured by the SOONOS multi-agent engine and scores 85/100 overall — festival ready.
The engine files this performance as “Promising”.
True mastery is found in the ability to make two tracks sound like a single, evolving organism.
How the score breaks down
SOONOS scores this set across 5 weighted categories. The strongest is IDENTITY at 95/100; the weakest is SURPRISE at 81/100.
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 20 points, moving between 70 and 88 on the SOONOS energy scale — a narrow dynamic range across the set.
7 transitions were detected and scored individually.
Beat-grid measurement (DSP) reports 110.6 grid breaks per hour, with a median beat offset of 26 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.
Full SOONOS analysis
True mastery is found in the ability to make two tracks sound like a single, evolving organism.
The 8 dimensions
Not available — the 8-dimension profile was not measured for this set.
Score breakdown
TECHNIQUE
How well did you execute?
25%86
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%82
ENERGY
Did you control the room?
SURPRISE
Did you remain unpredictable?
15%81
SURPRISE
Did you remain unpredictable?
IDENTITY
Did the mix sound like you?
15%95
IDENTITY
Did the mix sound like you?
Energy arc
Transitions analysed (7)
64-bar EQ layering
An invisible transition where the incoming track's hats are introduced so gradually they feel like part of the original track.
Low-end swap on phrase
Perfectly timed bass swap that maintains the momentum without any audible dip in energy.
Perfect Blend
Minor EQ Overlap
Seamless Handover
64-bar percussive layering
Incredible patience. The incoming track's hats are introduced so subtly they feel like part of the original loop.
Low-end swap on phrase
Perfectly timed bass swap. No phase cancellation detected in the sub-frequencies.
Technical subscores
92
EQ balance
96
Beat alignment
90
Energy control
97
Tempo stability
90
Loudness control
92
Musical coherence
88
Harmonic compatibility
93
Transition cleanliness
Measured (DSP)
26 ms
Beat-grid drift (median)
Typical gap between the two tracks' beats while they play together. Lower is tighter.
34 ms
Drift p95
Worst-case drift: 95% of the set stays tighter than this value.
3,613
Boundaries detected
Points where the audio changes track or section.
84
Hard cuts / h
Abrupt track changes per hour, with no blend between the two records.
70
Clipping events
Moments where the recording hits the ceiling and distorts.
172
Level jumps
Sudden volume steps between tracks.
Measurement confidence 100% · analysed on the full audio.
Recurring patterns
Long static loops (1×)
Sections sitting on the same loop without layering, EQ moves or tension shifts (33:00). Long loops kill dancefloor momentum.
Timeline
- 26:15The Invisible Blend
Coaching notes
- Maintain the current level of percussive layering; it is your strongest asset.
- Experiment with brief, high-pass filter sweeps to create tension before a phrase change.
- Consider a 'reset' moment with a melodic breakdown to contrast the driving percussion.
Curious how your own set scores?
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 Marco Carola's Marco Carola: live at Sound Nightclub - Los Angeles, February 24 2017 get?
- Marco Carola: live at Sound Nightclub - Los Angeles, February 24 2017 scores 85/100 in the SOONOS Mix Database (festival ready), based on audio measurement plus multi-agent listening.
- How long is Marco Carola: live at Sound Nightclub - Los Angeles, February 24 2017?
- The analysed recording runs 1h 01m.
- Which part of the mix scores best?
- IDENTITY is the strongest category at 95/100, while SURPRISE is the lowest at 81/100.
- 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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