Nicky Romero — Nicky Romero - Live @ Ultra 2023

    BIG Room · 57 min · analysed 22 Jul 2026 · source: soundcloud.com

    Overall score
    82/100
    Level
    club ready
    Duration
    57 min
    Genre
    BIG Room

    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, Nicky Romero.

    In short

    Nicky Romero - Live @ Ultra 2023 by Nicky Romero scores 82/100 in the SOONOS analysis (club ready).

    The engine files this performance as “Solid”.

    Key takeaways

    What weakened the set

    • Long static loops (1×) — Sections sitting on the same loop without layering, EQ moves or tension shifts (45:00). 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.

    • 5:42Measured (DSP)90/100Listen at 5:42

      Perfectly timed entry of the 'Sky Full of Stars' vocal over the outgoing beat.

    • 9:30Measured (DSP)85/100Listen at 9:30

      Smooth introduction of new percussive elements using frequency carving.

    • 14:20Measured (DSP)82/100Listen at 14:20

      Intentional reset

    • 27:15Measured (DSP)100/100Listen at 27:15

      Intentional reset

    About this big room set

    Nicky Romero - Live @ Ultra 2023 is a big room DJ set by Nicky Romero, running 57 min. It was measured by the SOONOS multi-agent engine and scores 82/100 overall — club ready.

    The engine files this performance as “Solid”.

    Energy and structure

    The energy curve was sampled at 10 points, moving between 40 and 95 on the SOONOS energy scale — a wide dynamic range across the set.

    9 transitions were detected and scored individually.

    Beat-grid measurement (DSP) reports 1055.7 grid breaks per hour, with a median beat offset of 23 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.

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    Full SOONOS analysis

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    The 8 dimensions

    Technical precision92
    Track selection87
    Energy arc95
    Crowd control95
    Harmonic depth80
    Groove patience65
    Creativity71
    Signature91

    Energy arc

    0:0056:39

    Transitions analysed (9)

    5:42

    Vocal-led phrase blend

    Perfectly timed entry of the 'Sky Full of Stars' vocal over the outgoing beat.

    90
    9:30

    High-pass filter sweep blend

    Smooth introduction of new percussive elements using frequency carving.

    85
    12:15

    Perfect Blend

    100
    14:20

    Minor EQ Overlap

    intentional_reset

    82
    17:10

    Seamless Drop Swap

    100
    20:15

    Harmonic Transition

    100
    24:12

    Perfect phrase-aligned vocal blend

    100
    27:15

    High-impact drop swap

    intentional_reset

    100
    30:05

    Minor EQ overlap in the mids

    82

    Measured (DSP)

    23 ms

    Beat-grid drift (median)

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

    223 ms

    Drift p95

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

    3,376

    Boundaries detected

    Points where the audio changes track or section.

    48

    Hard cuts / h

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

    0

    Clipping events

    Moments where the recording hits the ceiling and distorts.

    233

    Level jumps

    Sudden volume steps between tracks.

    Recurring patterns

    • Long static loops (1×)

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

    Timeline

    • 1:45The Ignition Point
    • 5:50Emotional Peak
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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 Nicky Romero's Nicky Romero - Live @ Ultra 2023 get?
    Nicky Romero - Live @ Ultra 2023 scores 82/100 in the SOONOS Mix Database (club ready), based on audio measurement plus multi-agent listening.
    How long is Nicky Romero - Live @ Ultra 2023?
    The analysed recording runs 57 min.
    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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