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Wading in the Velvet Sea · October 17, 2018 at Times Union Center | Audio Analysis | Foul Domain

← BACK·TRACKS·Wading in the Velvet Sea

LIVE · 6:40

Phish track · Set 2 · #16

Wading in the Velvet Sea

A 7-minute version from Times Union Center in Albany, NY on 2018-10-17.

DATE · 2018-10-17·SHOW · Times Union Center·LENGTH · 6:40

51TRACK

OF 109 VERSIONS

#68

ALL-TIME · #13,091 · 64th percentile

TRACK · SCORED v3.2← LEADERBOARD

Wading in the Velvet Sea

2018-10-17·Times Union Center·Albany, NY

2018 FALL TOUR·Set 2·POS 16 / 166:40

51SCORE

COMPOSITE · RANK AMONG VERSIONS

v68 of 109

#68 OF 109 · WADING IN THE VELVET SEA CATALOG

JAM IN · 3:20

0:006:40

DEEP ANALYSIS · LIBROSA v3.24 OF 24

PEAK AT5:34of 6:40

DYN dB10.7tight

ONSET/s2.9open

BPM144era 3.0

How this version scoredMETHODOLOGY →

10 COMPONENTS · ONE COMPOSITEv3.3

0%306090100%

Popularity11%

0

Consensus10%

0

Jam Chart12%

0

Recognition12%

0

Energy12%

98

Groove12%

24

Harmonic9%

9

Duration9%

0

Volatility8%

100

Review5%

50

WEIGHTED · 100/100OPEN METHODOLOGY →

From this showSet 2 · 8 SONGS

2018-10-17 · Times Union Center

Albany, NY · 2018 FALL TOUR · SHOW SCORE 51

51SHOW

Set 2

II-1Set Your Soul Free13:38 II-2Birds of a Feather6:24 II-3Mercury15:10 II-4Light11:07 II-5The Wedge8:30 II-6Wading in the Velvet SeaYOU ARE HERE6:40 II-7Wilson4:14 II-8Slave to the Traffic Light9:35 OPEN FULL SHOW PAGE→

Other versions109 OF · SONG PAGE →

SAME SONG · RANKEDSWIPE →

12.16.99Reynolds ColiseumRaleigh · NC92 07.02.97ParadisoAmsterdam88 11.15.98Murphy Center, Middle Tennessee State UniversityMurfreesboro · TN87 07.21.97GTE Virginia Beach AmphitheaterVirginia Beach · VA86 07.13.14Randall's IslandNew York · NY86

From this show3 TOP CUTS

SHOW STAND-OUTS · 2018-10-17SWIPE →

1·2Chalk Dust Torture16:4982 2·11Set Your Soul Free13:3874 2·18Slave to the Traffic Light9:3555

SONG →/songs/wading-in-the-velvet-sea SHOW →/shows/2018-10-17-times-union-center-albany-ny METHOD →/methodology

FOUL DOMAIN/tracks/34562 · v3.2

FOUL DOMAIN · INDEPENDENT · NOT AFFILIATED WITH PHISH

DISPLAY· TRACK SPECTRUMINPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.WAVEFORM

JAM IN · 3:20

0:001:403:205:006:40

JAM IN · 3:20PEAK · 5:35SAMPLE RATE 44.1 kHzSOURCE PHISH.IN

DEEP AUDIO ANALYSIS· LIBROSA CURVESENERGY · TEMPO · SPECTRUM

Radar · component scores0–100 normalized

Energy-12.8 dB

Loudness-1.8 dB

Dynamic range10.7 dB

Rhythmic density2.91/sec

Brightness1294 Hz

Flatness0.003

Harmonic variance0.062

Feature curves · over time0 → 6:40

EnergyLoudness envelope, dB

0:003:206:40

Perceptual loudnessShort-term LUFS, psychoacoustically weighted

0:003:206:40

BrightnessSpectral centroid — where the weight of the sound sits

0:003:206:40

Rhythmic densityOnsets per second, log-scaled

0:003:206:40

Tempo112–152 bpm · avg 141

0:003:206:40

Spectral flatnessTonal → noisy. Low = pitched; high = wash

0:003:206:40

READOUT· COMPOSITE SCORE · COMPONENT BREAKDOWN64TH PERCENTILE

Popularity11%0

Consensus10%0

Jam Chart12%0

Recognition12%0

Energy12%98

Groove12%24

Harmonic9%9

Duration9%0

Volatility8%100

Review5%50

SCORE FORMULA · v3.3 · RECALIBRATED 2026-05-13OPEN METHODOLOGY →

INSTRUMENTATION· LIBROSA · v0.10.26 / 6 CHANNELS LIVE

LENGTH6:40standard

BPM144average

DYN dB10.7mid range

RHYTHM2.9/smoderate

PEAK5:35at 84%

JAM IN3:20manual tag

CONTEXT· SETLIST · SHOW

SETLISTSet 2

II-1Set Your Soul Free13:38 II-2Birds of a Feather6:24 II-3Mercury15:10 II-4Light11:07 II-5The Wedge8:30

II-6Wading in the Velvet Sea6:40

II-7Wilson4:14 II-8Slave to the Traffic Light9:35

8 TRACKSVIEW SHOW →

SHOWSHOW SCORE 51

Times Union Center · Albany, NY2018 Fall Tour · RANKED #13091 / 36131

TOP TRACKS THIS SHOW

Chalk Dust TortureSET 1 #2 · 16:49

Set Your Soul FreeSET 2 #11 · 13:38

Slave to the Traffic LightSET 2 #18 · 9:35

2018-10-17VIEW SHOW →

RELATED· OTHER Wading in the Velvet Sea VERSIONS109 TOTAL

#SCOREVENUEWAVEFORMDATELENGTH

#0292Reynolds ColiseumRaleigh, NC

1999-12-1610:19 #0388ParadisoAmsterdam

1997-07-027:44 #0487Murphy Center, Middle Tennessee State UniversityMurfreesboro, TN

1998-11-159:27 #0586GTE Virginia Beach AmphitheaterVirginia Beach, VA

1997-07-218:30 #0686Randall's IslandNew York, NY

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