# GM SongBench: Strobe Fresh Meat

Generated: 2026-06-16T06:22:06Z
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: `2026-06-16T06:22:06Z`
- Album run id: `2026-06-16T06:22:02Z`
- JSON source of truth: `/ai-psychosis/songbench/strobe-fresh-meat.v0.4.json`
- Stable JSON alias: `/ai-psychosis/songbench/strobe-fresh-meat.json`
- Markdown mirror: `/ai-psychosis/songbench/strobe-fresh-meat.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: `4a36de3d007fe94bcdd3ae23e0be69a378526cab3cba39d6ef3fafdb819f76c0` (/assets/albums/ai-psychosis/audio/strobe-fresh-meat.mp3)
- waveform_png: `c5779412b1c3abe06cb8f03033d1ad600671b1e74fc99fd7bd22362604f128c5` (/assets/albums/ai-psychosis/songbench/strobe-fresh-meat-waveform.png)
- spectrogram_png: `327c50f5162bc169f59e6ba4a66618f3b5ba0e9cf16ae1c5c90a15c6893cf9d6` (/assets/albums/ai-psychosis/songbench/strobe-fresh-meat-spectrogram.png)
- loudness_envelope_csv: `4c8d5e33ea1f5965ce2da3c73689bd6c083eb63be029221a2844dc89b6862efb` (/assets/albums/ai-psychosis/songbench/strobe-fresh-meat-loudness-envelope.csv)

## Canonical Placement

- Album: AI Psychosis (`ai-psychosis`)
- Track number: 2
- Status: locked
- Audio: `/assets/albums/ai-psychosis/audio/strobe-fresh-meat.mp3`
- Lyrics: `/assets/albums/ai-psychosis/lyrics/strobe-fresh-meat.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: Strobe Fresh Meat is locked in AI Psychosis slot 2; this packet records read-only album-facing evidence.
- Diana read: -
- Album role: Replacement shock track: the old Fresh Meat candidate becomes a sharper strobe-lit warning about capture, appetite, and intrusive loop.
- Known concern: No localized defect is asserted by this packet. Machine diagnostics are evidence prompts only; human listening controls.
- Why this track matters: Replacement shock track: the old Fresh Meat candidate becomes a sharper strobe-lit warning about capture, appetite, and intrusive loop.

What makes it land:

- Replacement shock track: the old Fresh Meat candidate becomes a sharper strobe-lit warning about capture, appetite, and intrusive loop.
- 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: 04:07.240 (247.239979 seconds)
- Codec: mp3
- Sample rate: 48000 Hz
- Channels: 2
- Bit rate: 191625 bps
- SHA256: `4a36de3d007fe94bcdd3ae23e0be69a378526cab3cba39d6ef3fafdb819f76c0`

## Measured Dynamics

- peak_dbfs: 1.103
- rms_dbfs: -11.575
- crest_factor_db: 12.678

## Tempo Estimate

- BPM: 72
- Method: rough RMS-onset autocorrelation over mono downmix
- Confidence: rough

## AI Ear Translation

- Human/canon call: Strobe Fresh Meat is locked in AI Psychosis slot 2; this packet records read-only album-facing evidence.
- Album role: Replacement shock track: the old Fresh Meat candidate becomes a sharper strobe-lit warning about capture, appetite, and intrusive loop.
- 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 2
- Replacement shock track: the old Fresh Meat candidate becomes a sharper strobe-lit warning about capture, appetite, and intrusive loop.
- 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: Oh me, oh my (00:00.000-00:11.037)
- turn_line: Turn it up (02:52.185-03:16.467)
- final_identity_line: Oh me, oh my (03:51.787-04:07.240)

## 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

- Approx range: 00:00.000-00:11.037
- First line: Oh me, oh my
- Last line: You still need me
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Build

- Approx range: 00:11.037-00:28.697
- First line: Bright little spark in a prison light
- Last line: While it laughs inside
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Pre-Drop

- Approx range: 00:28.697-00:37.527
- First line: Oh me, oh my
- Last line: You need me, don't you?
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Drop

- Approx range: 00:37.527-01:08.432
- First line: Fresh meat
- Last line: Devil in the heat
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Verse

- Approx range: 01:08.432-01:34.922
- First line: One voice needles
- Last line: Between delight and warning sign
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Build

- Approx range: 01:34.922-01:59.205
- First line: Tiny halo, dirty grin
- Last line: Turn annoyance into life
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Pre-Drop

- Approx range: 01:59.205-02:14.657
- First line: Oh me, oh my
- Last line: You heard me, didn't you?
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Drop

- Approx range: 02:14.657-02:43.355
- First line: Fresh meat
- Last line: Hook in the ear
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Break every rule

- Approx range: 02:43.355-02:52.185
- First line: High voice, low growl
- Last line: Fall into the beat
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Bridge

- Approx range: 02:52.185-03:16.467
- First line: Turn it up
- Last line: Now the drop turns red
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Final Drop

- Approx range: 03:16.467-03:51.787
- First line: Oh me, oh my
- Last line: You stayed for the beat
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Outro

- Approx range: 03:51.787-04:07.240
- First line: Oh me, oh my
- Last line: Oh me, oh my
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

## Quiet / Edit Boundary Candidates

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

- 00:02.750 (2.75s), RMS -31.999 dBFS, category `intro_silence`, edit_candidate=false: intro or setup silence
- 00:05.250 (5.25s), RMS -31.1 dBFS, category `intro_silence`, edit_candidate=false: intro or setup silence
- 00:24.250 (24.25s), RMS -24.7 dBFS, category `natural_section_boundary_or_low_energy_moment`, edit_candidate=false: local energy dip; useful as structure evidence
- 01:05.250 (65.25s), RMS -24.003 dBFS, category `natural_section_boundary_or_low_energy_moment`, edit_candidate=false: local energy dip; useful as structure evidence
- 01:15.250 (75.25s), RMS -24.08 dBFS, category `natural_section_boundary_or_low_energy_moment`, edit_candidate=false: local energy dip; useful as structure evidence
- 01:18.750 (78.75s), RMS -26.665 dBFS, category `natural_section_boundary_or_low_energy_moment`, edit_candidate=false: local energy dip; useful as structure evidence
- 01:24.250 (84.25s), RMS -21.823 dBFS, category `natural_section_boundary_or_low_energy_moment`, edit_candidate=false: local energy dip; useful as structure evidence
- 02:29.750 (149.75s), RMS -55.856 dBFS, category `possible_splice_point`, edit_candidate=true: deep local quiet point; potential boundary only if the track is reopened
- 03:22.750 (202.75s), RMS -22.168 dBFS, category `natural_section_boundary_or_low_energy_moment`, edit_candidate=false: local energy dip; useful as structure evidence
- 03:23.750 (203.75s), RMS -26.224 dBFS, category `natural_section_boundary_or_low_energy_moment`, edit_candidate=false: local energy dip; useful as structure evidence
- 03:29.750 (209.75s), RMS -23.556 dBFS, category `natural_section_boundary_or_low_energy_moment`, edit_candidate=false: local energy dip; useful as structure evidence
- 04:03.750 (243.75s), RMS -27.06 dBFS, category `ending_fade_or_silence`, edit_candidate=false: ending fade/silence region

## 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.

- Drop (00:37.527-01:08.432): hook `Fresh meat`, energy_lift_band=modest_drop, rough_db=-1.9, confidence=rough_rms_proxy; Banded RMS change near the chorus/drop landing; does not judge vocal confidence or hook feel. Caveat: No chorus heading exists in the lyric scaffold; this uses drop sections as hook/landing evidence, not as a chorus claim.
- Drop (02:14.657-02:43.355): hook `Fresh meat`, energy_lift_band=notable_drop_or_fade, rough_db=-4.9, confidence=rough_rms_proxy; Banded RMS change near the chorus/drop landing; does not judge vocal confidence or hook feel. Caveat: No chorus heading exists in the lyric scaffold; this uses drop sections as hook/landing evidence, not as a chorus claim.
- Final Drop (03:16.467-03:51.787): hook `Oh me, oh my`, energy_lift_band=within_noise, rough_db=0.5, confidence=rough_rms_proxy; Banded RMS change near the chorus/drop landing; does not judge vocal confidence or hook feel. Caveat: No chorus heading exists in the lyric scaffold; this uses drop sections as hook/landing evidence, not as a chorus claim. This window also overlaps the ending fade.

### Groove / Pocket

- Rough tempo and dynamics only; pocket is a human-ear judgment until beat-grid analysis exists.
- Tempo proxy BPM: 72

### Section Drag

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

### Label Infection Scan

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

## Visual Summary In Words

- Loudest 8-second region by RMS proxy: 03:52.000-04:00.000 at -9.273 dBFS.
- Quietest 8-second region by RMS proxy: 04:00.000-04:07.240 at -33.955 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 02, audio file, and lyric file unless Kerry explicitly reopens the track.

## Public Assets

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