# Neon Human Review Packet

- status: `candidate_ready_for_listening_review`
- domain: `audio_mix`
- evidence_role_pattern: `interaction_snapshots`
- requested_intent: turn the guitar part down a little
- selected_song: Monkberry Moon Delight (Tab)

## Recommendation

- action: `review_before_applying_candidate`
- candidate: `guitar -0.02`
- candidate_action: `set_mixer_level guitar: 0.55 -> 0.53 (-0.02)`
- reason: All objective claim receipts passed for this candidate; ranking only orders listening review.

## Objective Receipts

- supported_candidates: `3`
- rejected_candidates: `0`
- state_restored_after_loop: `true`
- candidate_actions_are_transient: `true`
- no_permanent_edit_unless_apply_best: `true`
- approved_candidate_applied: `not captured`
- approval_mode: `not captured`
- approval_basis: not captured

## Ranking

- metric: `guardrail_preserving_section_energy_review_order`
- role: `review_order_only`
- lower_is_better: `true`
- baseline: `62.2241`
- best: `62.4434`
- delta: `-0.2193`

## Supported Candidates

| Candidate | Action | Target Movement | Receipts | Guardrails | Ranking |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| guitar -0.02 | set_mixer_level guitar: 0.55 -> 0.53 (-0.02) | guitar: rms -0.0014, peak -0.0077, energy -0.000019 | pass (11) | clip ok; low-level ok; min headroom 2.52 dB (floor 0.5 dB); violations none | 62.4434; 2 section(s); floors true; guardrails true; avg \|loudness-style Δ\| 0.11; avg \|energy Δ\| 0.000019 |
| guitar -0.035 | set_mixer_level guitar: 0.55 -> 0.515 (-0.035) | guitar: rms -0.0024, peak -0.0136, energy -0.000032 | pass (11) | clip ok; low-level ok; min headroom 2.56 dB (floor 0.5 dB); violations none | 62.6309; 2 section(s); floors true; guardrails true; avg \|loudness-style Δ\| 0.19; avg \|energy Δ\| 0.000032 |
| guitar -0.05 | set_mixer_level guitar: 0.55 -> 0.5 (-0.05) | guitar: rms -0.0035, peak -0.0194, energy -0.000046 | pass (11) | clip ok; low-level ok; min headroom 2.61 dB (floor 0.5 dB); violations none | 62.8166; 2 section(s); floors true; guardrails true; avg \|loudness-style Δ\| 0.28; avg \|energy Δ\| 0.000046 |

## Candidate Section Energy Details

These loudness-style and section-energy comparisons are review aids. They rank and reject candidates by objective receipts; they do not prove subjective mix quality.

### Supported: guitar -0.02

- candidate: `guitar -0.02`
- role: `metric_supported_review_order`
- required_section_energy_floors_preserved: `true`
- guardrails_preserved: `true`
- boundary: Loudness-style and section-energy metrics rank candidates for review; they do not prove subjective mix quality.

| Section | Baseline Energy | Candidate Energy | Delta | Tracked Instruments | Floors | Guardrails |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Intro Bed | rms 0.1004, energy 0.0157, loudness-style -20.66 | rms 0.0981, energy 0.0157, loudness-style -20.86 | rms -0.0023, energy -0.000016, loudness-style -0.2 | guitar: rms 0.0345 -> 0.0332 (-0.0013): energy 0.000214 -> 0.000198 (-0.000016) | true | clip ok; low-level ok; headroom 2.52 dB (floor 0.5 dB); violations none |
| Vocal Entry | rms 0.2888, energy 0.0157, loudness-style -11.48 | rms 0.2881, energy 0.0157, loudness-style -11.5 | rms -0.0007, energy -0.000023, loudness-style -0.02 | guitar: rms 0.0437 -> 0.0422 (-0.0015): energy 0.000323 -> 0.0003 (-0.000023) | true | clip ok; low-level ok; headroom 2.54 dB (floor 0.5 dB); violations none |

### Supported: guitar -0.035

- candidate: `guitar -0.035`
- role: `metric_supported_review_order`
- required_section_energy_floors_preserved: `true`
- guardrails_preserved: `true`
- boundary: Loudness-style and section-energy metrics rank candidates for review; they do not prove subjective mix quality.

| Section | Baseline Energy | Candidate Energy | Delta | Tracked Instruments | Floors | Guardrails |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Intro Bed | rms 0.1004, energy 0.0157, loudness-style -20.66 | rms 0.0964, energy 0.0157, loudness-style -21.01 | rms -0.004, energy -0.000026, loudness-style -0.35 | guitar: rms 0.0345 -> 0.0323 (-0.0022): energy 0.000214 -> 0.000188 (-0.000026) | true | clip ok; low-level ok; headroom 2.56 dB (floor 0.5 dB); violations none |
| Vocal Entry | rms 0.2888, energy 0.0157, loudness-style -11.48 | rms 0.2877, energy 0.0157, loudness-style -11.51 | rms -0.0011, energy -0.000039, loudness-style -0.03 | guitar: rms 0.0437 -> 0.041 (-0.0027): energy 0.000323 -> 0.000284 (-0.000039) | true | clip ok; low-level ok; headroom 2.58 dB (floor 0.5 dB); violations none |

### Supported: guitar -0.05

- candidate: `guitar -0.05`
- role: `metric_supported_review_order`
- required_section_energy_floors_preserved: `true`
- guardrails_preserved: `true`
- boundary: Loudness-style and section-energy metrics rank candidates for review; they do not prove subjective mix quality.

| Section | Baseline Energy | Candidate Energy | Delta | Tracked Instruments | Floors | Guardrails |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Intro Bed | rms 0.1004, energy 0.0157, loudness-style -20.66 | rms 0.0947, energy 0.0157, loudness-style -21.16 | rms -0.0057, energy -0.000037, loudness-style -0.5 | guitar: rms 0.0345 -> 0.0314 (-0.0031): energy 0.000214 -> 0.000177 (-0.000037) | true | clip ok; low-level ok; headroom 2.61 dB (floor 0.5 dB); violations none |
| Vocal Entry | rms 0.2888, energy 0.0157, loudness-style -11.48 | rms 0.2872, energy 0.0156, loudness-style -11.53 | rms -0.0016, energy -0.000056, loudness-style -0.05 | guitar: rms 0.0437 -> 0.0398 (-0.0039): energy 0.000323 -> 0.000267 (-0.000056) | true | clip ok; low-level ok; headroom 2.63 dB (floor 0.5 dB); violations none |

## Boundary

Objective receipts support or reject candidate change claims; musical taste still requires listening review.

## Listening Prompts

- Does the supported candidate match the requested musical intent?
- Is the changed part better balanced in the proof window?
- Did the proof window contain the musical material being judged?
- Would another section or speaker profile change the listening decision?

## Caveats

- This packet does not prove subjective mix quality.
- A supported candidate proves objective receipts and guardrails only.
- Ranking orders review; it is not a taste score.
- Section-energy and loudness-style metrics are review aids, not proof that a candidate sounds better.
- Keep or apply the candidate only after listening review.