# GM SongBench: Ember-Glow Zuman

Generated: 2026-06-20T01:36:44Z
Schema: `gm-songbench/v0.4`
SongBench status: `album_wide_v0.4_read_only_packet`
Freshness version: `songbench-v0-4-fp-full-coverage-2026-06-15-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: `2026-06-20T01:36:44Z`
- Album run id: `2026-06-20T01:36:42Z`
- JSON source of truth: `/friction-product/songbench/ember-glow-zuman.v0.4.json`
- Stable JSON alias: `/friction-product/songbench/ember-glow-zuman.json`
- Markdown mirror: `/friction-product/songbench/ember-glow-zuman.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: `5a6ce29d4e4febe9b5e24c11796bd18ef58d385aa153719f6e82d4d1a73f9913` (/assets/albums/friction-product/audio/ember-glow-zuman.mp3)
- waveform_png: `0953943a285ef5f18903fc4202fec033c115a6368219523a2844c4e1e91741d3` (/assets/albums/friction-product/songbench/ember-glow-zuman-waveform.png)
- spectrogram_png: `5a7b797a62d67b7b7084ae3072790da67d952f0d2d4b89f47f61938ca94f2811` (/assets/albums/friction-product/songbench/ember-glow-zuman-spectrogram.png)
- loudness_envelope_csv: `ef4ce59d278d420bd5198931f4eb10b8d8a974fa2d38cbdf6f3fcb3fe71496bf` (/assets/albums/friction-product/songbench/ember-glow-zuman-loudness-envelope.csv)

## Canonical Placement

- Album: Friction Product (`friction-product`)
- Track number: 1
- Status: locked
- Audio: `/assets/albums/friction-product/audio/ember-glow-zuman.mp3`
- Lyrics: `/assets/albums/friction-product/lyrics/ember-glow-zuman.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: Ember-Glow Zuman is locked in Friction Product slot 1; this packet records read-only album-facing evidence.
- Diana read: -
- Album role: Opening ignition: the Zuman question arrives at the firelight origin point and frames identity as a threshold.
- Known concern: No localized defect is asserted by this packet. Machine diagnostics are evidence prompts only; human listening controls.
- Why this track matters: Opening ignition: the Zuman question arrives at the firelight origin point and frames identity as a threshold.

What makes it land:

- Opening ignition: the Zuman question arrives at the firelight origin point and frames identity as a threshold.
- 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: 04:25.280 (265.279979 seconds)
- Codec: mp3
- Sample rate: 48000 Hz
- Channels: 2
- Bit rate: 186191 bps
- SHA256: `5a6ce29d4e4febe9b5e24c11796bd18ef58d385aa153719f6e82d4d1a73f9913`

## Measured Dynamics

- peak_dbfs: 2.267
- rms_dbfs: -13.42
- crest_factor_db: 15.688

## Tempo Estimate

- BPM: 77
- Method: rough RMS-onset autocorrelation over mono downmix
- Confidence: rough

## AI Ear Translation

- Human/canon call: Ember-Glow Zuman is locked in Friction Product slot 1; this packet records read-only album-facing evidence.
- Album role: Opening ignition: the Zuman question arrives at the firelight origin point and frames identity as a threshold.
- 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 Friction Product slot 1
- Opening ignition: the Zuman question arrives at the firelight origin point and frames identity as a threshold.
- included in the current Friction Product 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: Hoh... (00:00.000-00:07.170)
- hook_line: Are you Zuman? (00:35.849-01:06.917)
- turn_line: Not god (02:06.665-03:30.312)
- final_identity_line: Hoh-ah (04:01.381-04:25.280)

## 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: 00:00.000-00:07.170
- First line: Hoh...
- Last line: Hoh-ah, hoh-ah
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Verse 1

- Approx range: 00:07.170-00:26.289
- First line: I came to the edge of the firelight
- Last line: Learning how to stare
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Pre-Chorus

- Approx range: 00:26.289-00:35.849
- First line: I was watching for the signal
- Last line: But the ones who felt it come
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Chorus

- Approx range: 00:35.849-01:06.917
- First line: Are you Zuman?
- Last line: I am looking in the dark
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Verse 2

- Approx range: 01:06.917-01:26.037
- First line: They danced like hunger had a memory
- Last line: Like he almost knew his soul
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Pre-Chorus

- Approx range: 01:26.037-01:35.596
- First line: I was waiting for the shimmer
- Last line: Trying not to look away
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Chorus

- Approx range: 01:35.596-02:06.665
- First line: Are you Zuman?
- Last line: I am looking in the dark
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Bridge

- Approx range: 02:06.665-03:30.312
- First line: Not god
- Last line: We come
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Final Chorus

- Approx range: 03:30.312-04:01.381
- First line: Are you Zuman?
- Last line: I am looking in the dark
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Outro

- Approx range: 04:01.381-04:25.280
- First line: Hoh...
- Last line: Hoh-ah
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

## Quiet / Edit Boundary Candidates

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

- 00:34.750 (34.75s), RMS -32.517 dBFS, category `natural_section_boundary_or_low_energy_moment`, edit_candidate=false: local energy dip; useful as structure evidence
- 00:37.750 (37.75s), RMS -35.545 dBFS, category `possible_splice_point`, edit_candidate=true: deep local quiet point; potential boundary only if the track is reopened
- 00:44.250 (44.25s), RMS -36.464 dBFS, category `possible_splice_point`, edit_candidate=true: deep local quiet point; potential boundary only if the track is reopened
- 01:55.750 (115.75s), RMS -40.189 dBFS, category `possible_splice_point`, edit_candidate=true: deep local quiet point; potential boundary only if the track is reopened
- 02:48.250 (168.25s), RMS -71.979 dBFS, category `possible_splice_point`, edit_candidate=true: deep local quiet point; potential boundary only if the track is reopened
- 02:53.750 (173.75s), RMS -35.047 dBFS, category `possible_splice_point`, edit_candidate=true: deep local quiet point; potential boundary only if the track is reopened
- 02:57.750 (177.75s), RMS -34.851 dBFS, category `natural_section_boundary_or_low_energy_moment`, edit_candidate=false: local energy dip; useful as structure evidence
- 03:12.750 (192.75s), RMS -39.753 dBFS, category `possible_splice_point`, edit_candidate=true: deep local quiet point; potential boundary only if the track is reopened
- 03:16.250 (196.25s), RMS -44.906 dBFS, category `possible_splice_point`, edit_candidate=true: deep local quiet point; potential boundary only if the track is reopened
- 03:21.750 (201.75s), RMS -58.576 dBFS, category `possible_splice_point`, edit_candidate=true: deep local quiet point; potential boundary only if the track is reopened
- 03:23.750 (203.75s), RMS -76.14 dBFS, category `possible_splice_point`, edit_candidate=true: deep local quiet point; potential boundary only if the track is reopened
- 03:26.250 (206.25s), RMS -79.353 dBFS, category `possible_splice_point`, edit_candidate=true: deep local quiet point; potential boundary only if the track is reopened

## 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 (00:35.849-01:06.917): hook `Are you Zuman?`, energy_lift_band=notable_lift, rough_db=3.1, confidence=rough_rms_proxy; Banded RMS change near the chorus/drop landing; does not judge vocal confidence or hook feel.
- Chorus (01:35.596-02:06.665): hook `Are you Zuman?`, energy_lift_band=modest_drop, rough_db=-1.5, confidence=rough_rms_proxy; Banded RMS change near the chorus/drop landing; does not judge vocal confidence or hook feel.
- Final Chorus (03:30.312-04:01.381): hook `Are you Zuman?`, energy_lift_band=notable_lift, rough_db=19.4, 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: 77

### 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: 03:28.000-03:36.000 at -10.551 dBFS.
- Quietest 8-second region by RMS proxy: 04:24.000-04:25.280 at -54.764 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, FP slot 01, audio file, and lyric file unless Kerry explicitly reopens the track.

## Public Assets

- JSON: `/friction-product/songbench/ember-glow-zuman.json`
- Versioned JSON: `/friction-product/songbench/ember-glow-zuman.v0.4.json`
- Markdown: `/friction-product/songbench/ember-glow-zuman.md`
- Versioned Markdown: `/friction-product/songbench/ember-glow-zuman.v0.4.md`
- Waveform: `/assets/albums/friction-product/songbench/ember-glow-zuman-waveform.png`
- Spectrogram: `/assets/albums/friction-product/songbench/ember-glow-zuman-spectrogram.png`
- Loudness CSV: `/assets/albums/friction-product/songbench/ember-glow-zuman-loudness-envelope.csv`