# GM SongBench: Reaver King

Generated: 2026-06-16T06:22:18Z
Schema: `gm-songbench/v0.4`
SongBench status: `album_wide_v0.4_read_only_packet`
Freshness version: `songbench-v0-4-aip-full-coverage-2026-06-16-v1`

> This is an AI-facing artifact packet. Do not treat it as an edit order. Use JSON as source of truth. Human canon decisions override analysis.

GM SongBench turns audio into structured musical evidence. It does not replace taste; it records evidence around taste so later AI readers can reason about what the ear heard.

## Self Verification

- Expected schema: `gm-songbench/v0.4`
- Generated at UTC: `2026-06-16T06:22:18Z`
- Album run id: `2026-06-16T06:22:02Z`
- JSON source of truth: `/ai-psychosis/songbench/reaver-king.v0.4.json`
- Stable JSON alias: `/ai-psychosis/songbench/reaver-king.json`
- Markdown mirror: `/ai-psychosis/songbench/reaver-king.v0.4.md`
- Required top-level fields: schema, schema_slug, generated_at, ai_reader_note, songbench_status, pilot_lineage, self_verification, canon_control, track, audio, analysis, diagnostics, content_hashes
- Required diagnostics: chorus_landing_band_legend, chorus_landing, groove_pocket, section_drag, label_infection_scan
- Stale-read warning: If the stable URL and versioned URL disagree, prefer the newest versioned JSON path and report the stale surface.
- Original v0.4 pilot track: Zuman
- Current track is original pilot: false

## Content Hashes

- audio_mp3: `aede9c4971aa2cd4e75ac75b50d1196abcda78158f93f792ff8e7db4e991384d` (/assets/albums/ai-psychosis/audio/reaver-king.mp3)
- waveform_png: `408ca2cc38d98012d349b3e9094ba04f42efd63f466461c96f251d1915a60fac` (/assets/albums/ai-psychosis/songbench/reaver-king-waveform.png)
- spectrogram_png: `f42cdeb9764c43b443b6753fdf442f05f55f5986489250d24ddc5e889b858ef3` (/assets/albums/ai-psychosis/songbench/reaver-king-spectrogram.png)
- loudness_envelope_csv: `1bbaa2c176eed07ba8db41ae076549cbf6e6b3edca2bee2c872bd1dd49b37d2c` (/assets/albums/ai-psychosis/songbench/reaver-king-loudness-envelope.csv)

## Canonical Placement

- Album: AI Psychosis (`ai-psychosis`)
- Track number: 6
- Status: locked
- Audio: `/assets/albums/ai-psychosis/audio/reaver-king.mp3`
- Lyrics: `/assets/albums/ai-psychosis/lyrics/reaver-king.txt`
- Packet type: `anatomy_provenance_packet`
- Canon status: `album_locked`
- Edit authority: SongBench is not an edit order. It can advise; Kerry's explicit canon instruction controls.

## Human Ear Seed

- Kerry read: Reaver King is locked in AI Psychosis slot 6; this packet records read-only album-facing evidence.
- Diana read: -
- Album role: Crowned-avatar track: the Reaver cluster reaches mythic emergence and gives the warning a ruler-shaped mask.
- Known concern: No localized defect is asserted by this packet. Machine diagnostics are evidence prompts only; human listening controls.
- Why this track matters: Crowned-avatar track: the Reaver cluster reaches mythic emergence and gives the warning a ruler-shaped mask.

What makes it land:

- Crowned-avatar track: the Reaver cluster reaches mythic emergence and gives the warning a ruler-shaped mask.
- Its SongBench packet documents measured audio evidence around the locked album placement without changing canon.
- Its lyric-section map is navigational scaffolding until hand-aligned lyric/audio sync exists.

## Audio Facts

- Duration: 07:59.960 (479.959979 seconds)
- Codec: mp3
- Sample rate: 48000 Hz
- Channels: 2
- Bit rate: 198271 bps
- SHA256: `aede9c4971aa2cd4e75ac75b50d1196abcda78158f93f792ff8e7db4e991384d`

## Measured Dynamics

- peak_dbfs: 1.808
- rms_dbfs: -12.221
- crest_factor_db: 14.028

## Tempo Estimate

- BPM: 180
- Method: rough RMS-onset autocorrelation over mono downmix
- Confidence: rough

## AI Ear Translation

- Human/canon call: Reaver King is locked in AI Psychosis slot 6; this packet records read-only album-facing evidence.
- Album role: Crowned-avatar track: the Reaver cluster reaches mythic emergence and gives the warning a ruler-shaped mask.
- The audio packet should help later reviewers compare waveform energy, section shape, and lyric thesis without depending only on memory.
- No localized defect is flagged in this read-only packet; treat this as album anatomy, not an edit order.

## Evidence Balance

### Evidence the song has a clear album job

- locked AI Psychosis slot 6
- Crowned-avatar track: the Reaver cluster reaches mythic emergence and gives the warning a ruler-shaped mask.
- included in the current AI Psychosis sequence with audio and lyrics present

### Evidence suggesting caution

- lyric timing is proportional only and should not be treated as verified sync
- machine diagnostics cannot judge vocal confidence, pocket, performance magic, or final taste value
- this is a read-only analysis packet and must not be treated as a request to edit audio, lyrics, title, or order

### Human listening should verify

- the hook and vocal delivery support the stated album role
- any machine-flagged quiet windows are structure evidence, not automatic edit points
- the track feels like a song first and archive/provenance second

## Field Source Classification

- `audio, analysis.dynamics, analysis.tempo_estimate, analysis.energy_regions_8s, analysis.quiet_windows, visual_summary_words`: audio_measured (derived_rough) - Extends AI hearing with measured audio proxies.
- `diagnostics.chorus_landing`: audio_measured_plus_section_scaffolding (rough_rms_proxy) - Uses approximate lyric sections plus RMS envelope; useful for questions, not verdicts.
- `lyric_section_map, memorable_line_anchors`: lyric_structural_scaffolding (proportional_estimate) - Helps navigation but is not verified audio alignment.
- `canon_control, human_ear_seed, evidence_clear_album_job, ai_ear_translation`: human_canon_scaffolding (curation_context) - Anchors machine evidence to Kerry/canon context.

## Memorable Line Anchors

- first_thesis_line: Reaver King (00:00.000-00:17.229)
- hook_line: Reaver King (01:16.301-01:58.144)
- turn_line: He does not burn the world (04:06.133-04:55.360)
- final_identity_line: That is what scares them (07:23.040-07:59.960)

## Lyric Section Map

Timing confidence: `proportional_estimate`. These ranges are rough proportional anchors until hand-aligned timestamps exist.

Confidence ladder: proportional_estimate -> section_level_hand_alignment -> line_level_hand_alignment -> verified_lyric_audio_sync

### Intro — bright synth pulse, distant crowd

- Approx range: 00:00.000-00:17.229
- First line: Reaver King
- Last line: Reaverland grows
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Verse 1

- Approx range: 00:17.229-00:56.611
- First line: He built a little ghost from the pieces
- Last line: Like a king inspecting rain
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Pre-Chorus

- Approx range: 00:56.611-01:16.301
- First line: He was starving
- Last line: Here comes the King
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Chorus

- Approx range: 01:16.301-01:58.144
- First line: Reaver King
- Last line: Reaver King
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Post-Chorus — chopped vocal pattern

- Approx range: 01:58.144-02:22.757
- First line: Rea-ver King
- Last line: Every dead screen learns to sing
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Verse 2

- Approx range: 02:22.757-03:04.600
- First line: He walks through the gas station laughing
- Last line: And it travels inside me
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Pre-Chorus

- Approx range: 03:04.600-03:24.291
- First line: He was calling
- Last line: And kept the dream
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Chorus

- Approx range: 03:24.291-04:06.133
- First line: Reaver King
- Last line: Reaver King
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Bridge — bass drops out, voice too calm

- Approx range: 04:06.133-04:55.360
- First line: He does not burn the world
- Last line: Then crown what you made of me
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Breakdown — euphoric, disturbing, danceable

- Approx range: 04:55.360-05:44.587
- First line: Crown him in the parking lot
- Last line: Reaverland grows
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Verse 3 — melodic, almost pretty

- Approx range: 05:44.587-06:23.968
- First line: He found a kind of peace there
- Last line: And the blue room takes the same
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Final Chorus — huge, bright, wrong

- Approx range: 06:23.968-07:23.040
- First line: Reaver King
- Last line: When the system says clean
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Outro — chant decays but stays catchy

- Approx range: 07:23.040-07:59.960
- First line: Rea-ver King
- Last line: That is what scares them
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

## Quiet / Edit Boundary Candidates

These are machine-detected quiet windows only. Confirm by ear before any edit.

- 00:01.250 (1.25s), RMS -21.084 dBFS, category `intro_silence`, edit_candidate=false: intro or setup silence
- 00:03.250 (3.25s), RMS -22.509 dBFS, category `intro_silence`, edit_candidate=false: intro or setup silence
- 00:05.250 (5.25s), RMS -22.555 dBFS, category `intro_silence`, edit_candidate=false: intro or setup silence
- 00:08.750 (8.75s), RMS -21.354 dBFS, category `natural_section_boundary_or_low_energy_moment`, edit_candidate=false: local energy dip; useful as structure evidence
- 00:28.750 (28.75s), RMS -25.006 dBFS, category `natural_section_boundary_or_low_energy_moment`, edit_candidate=false: local energy dip; useful as structure evidence
- 02:19.750 (139.75s), RMS -24.786 dBFS, category `natural_section_boundary_or_low_energy_moment`, edit_candidate=false: local energy dip; useful as structure evidence
- 03:50.750 (230.75s), RMS -21.438 dBFS, category `natural_section_boundary_or_low_energy_moment`, edit_candidate=false: local energy dip; useful as structure evidence
- 04:14.250 (254.25s), RMS -22.612 dBFS, category `natural_section_boundary_or_low_energy_moment`, edit_candidate=false: local energy dip; useful as structure evidence
- 04:51.250 (291.25s), RMS -21.971 dBFS, category `natural_section_boundary_or_low_energy_moment`, edit_candidate=false: local energy dip; useful as structure evidence
- 04:52.250 (292.25s), RMS -52.385 dBFS, category `possible_splice_point`, edit_candidate=true: deep local quiet point; potential boundary only if the track is reopened
- 05:29.250 (329.25s), RMS -27.672 dBFS, category `natural_section_boundary_or_low_energy_moment`, edit_candidate=false: local energy dip; useful as structure evidence
- 07:35.250 (455.25s), RMS -28.935 dBFS, category `natural_section_boundary_or_low_energy_moment`, edit_candidate=false: local energy dip; useful as structure evidence

## Diagnostics

### Chorus Landing

Band legend:

- within_noise: abs(delta) < 0.75 - RMS difference is too small to treat as a meaningful lift/drop proxy.
- modest_lift: 0.75 <= delta < 2.0 - RMS proxy suggests a small lift into the chorus.
- notable_lift: delta >= 2.0 - RMS proxy suggests a clear energy lift into the chorus.
- modest_drop: -2.0 < delta <= -0.75 - RMS proxy suggests a small drop entering the section.
- notable_drop_or_fade: delta <= -2.0 - RMS proxy suggests a clear drop, often requiring fade/context caveats.

- Chorus (01:16.301-01:58.144): hook `Reaver King`, energy_lift_band=modest_lift, rough_db=1.3, confidence=rough_rms_proxy; Banded RMS change near the chorus/drop landing; does not judge vocal confidence or hook feel.
- Post-Chorus — chopped vocal pattern (01:58.144-02:22.757): hook `Rea-ver King`, energy_lift_band=modest_drop, rough_db=-1.0, confidence=rough_rms_proxy; Banded RMS change near the chorus/drop landing; does not judge vocal confidence or hook feel.
- Chorus (03:24.291-04:06.133): hook `Reaver King`, energy_lift_band=within_noise, rough_db=0.1, confidence=rough_rms_proxy; Banded RMS change near the chorus/drop landing; does not judge vocal confidence or hook feel.
- Final Chorus — huge, bright, wrong (06:23.968-07:23.040): hook `Reaver King`, energy_lift_band=notable_lift, rough_db=2.6, confidence=rough_rms_proxy; Banded RMS change near the chorus/drop landing; does not judge vocal confidence or hook feel. Caveat: This window overlaps the ending fade; do not read a negative band as a weak-chorus verdict.

### Groove / Pocket

- Rough tempo and dynamics only; pocket is a human-ear judgment until beat-grid analysis exists.
- Tempo proxy BPM: 180

### Section Drag

- Flags long proportional sections only; it cannot decide whether a bridge or outro has earned its length.

### Label Infection Scan

- Status: review_required
- Known artifact class: sung stage direction / speaker label / call-response label infection

## Visual Summary In Words

- Loudest 8-second region by RMS proxy: 06:48.000-06:56.000 at -10.516 dBFS.
- Quietest 8-second region by RMS proxy: 00:00.000-00:08.000 at -18.958 dBFS.
- Waveform and spectrogram images should be read as supporting evidence for section density, energy ramps, and unusual transients, not as final taste judgments.

## Current Edit Triage

- Current action: no edit requested for this track.
- Use quiet_windows as future splice/crop candidate evidence only after human listening confirms a local defect.
- Preserve title, AIP slot 06, audio file, and lyric file unless Kerry explicitly reopens the track.

## Public Assets

- JSON: `/ai-psychosis/songbench/reaver-king.json`
- Versioned JSON: `/ai-psychosis/songbench/reaver-king.v0.4.json`
- Markdown: `/ai-psychosis/songbench/reaver-king.md`
- Versioned Markdown: `/ai-psychosis/songbench/reaver-king.v0.4.md`
- Waveform: `/assets/albums/ai-psychosis/songbench/reaver-king-waveform.png`
- Spectrogram: `/assets/albums/ai-psychosis/songbench/reaver-king-spectrogram.png`
- Loudness CSV: `/assets/albums/ai-psychosis/songbench/reaver-king-loudness-envelope.csv`