I posted this in the official announcement thread but thought I'd leave this here as well:
I am quite happy with the album release from a technical perspective. The fact that the FLAC release is 24 bit depth with a 48 kHz sample rate is excellent.
It has an overall dynamic range spread of 8 dB from average loudness to peak, which is not phenomenal but pretty good for modern electronica and game music. My one request in the future would be to open up the mix and have even more dynamics!
Here are the full results of running the album through the dynamic range analyzer plugin for foobar2000:
foobar2000 1.2.6 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2014-04-24 21:31:56
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Analyzed: Paper Sound / HAWKEN
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR7 -0.62 dB -11.73 dB 1:12 01-Catalyst
DR5 -0.52 dB -9.04 dB 2:36 02-Of Rust and Ruin
DR9 -0.59 dB -12.26 dB 3:06 03-Graphene
DR4 -0.62 dB -5.91 dB 2:08 04-Constructor
DR5 -0.62 dB -9.48 dB 2:41 05-H
DR8 -0.62 dB -10.86 dB 5:37 06-How to Win a War
DR7 -0.62 dB -11.07 dB 0:29 07-Made of Metal I
DR8 -0.62 dB -9.45 dB 4:00 08-Cavorite
DR5 -0.62 dB -9.00 dB 0:26 09-Made of Metal II
DR6 -0.62 dB -10.33 dB 3:24 10-Origin
DR12 -0.62 dB -12.73 dB 0:08 11-Survivalist I
DR8 -0.62 dB -11.19 dB 1:22 12-Man and Machine
DR11 -0.64 dB -12.13 dB 0:12 13-Survivalist II
DR11 -0.62 dB -15.41 dB 2:00 14-Bypass
DR8 -1.27 dB -12.43 dB 0:22 15-Survivalist III
DR9 -0.59 dB -14.27 dB 1:39 16-Illal
DR13 -4.46 dB -23.49 dB 0:34 17-A Prosk Winter
DR9 -0.62 dB -11.21 dB 0:27 18-Survivalist IV
DR11 -1.28 dB -17.25 dB 3:22 19-The Crion Incident
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Number of tracks: 19
Official DR value: DR8
Samplerate: 48000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 1117 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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