SoundGym Hero: Steve Rinaldi
Trombonist, physicist, and recording engineer with a soft spot for capturing live ensembles, Steve Rinaldi never set out to be an audio engineer, just a chance childhood lesson on a neighbor's trombone, decades split between the bandstand and a career steering quantum computing programs, and a growing collection of microphones pointed at concert halls, before discovering that the ear, like a laser, can be trained. @Steve Rinaldi is this month's SoundGym Hero!

Meet Steven: https://www.soundgym.co/blog/item?id=steve-rinaldi
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Mike Mahoney
Aug 27, 21:41
Steve! Didn’t realize we had a hero in our midst over at TRE! Great interview, so pleased for you!
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Steve Rinaldi
Aug 27, 22:03
Thanks, everyone, for your kind words! This honor was quite a surprise, to say the very least. Stelios, if I'm not playing the horn, you'll find me on the trails in the nearby mountains. Cuantas, life is most certainly not boring here (almost too much going on!). Carolyn, one of my big motivations is giving back to the community, and I've focused a bunch of energy on that desire. Mike B, many thanks as always! Socky, oddly enough, many of the theoretical physicists I worked with at Sandia National Laboratories played trombone - something I was almost tempted to do a survey on. John, I could only wish to see Chicago as many times as you, and Rush' Moving Pictures tour back in the 70's was nothing short of awesome. Mike M, thanks - and I'm sure I'm not the only TRE member to receive this honor.
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Colin Aiken
Aug 28, 20:20
Very cool Steve. Quantum computing, incredible. a fascinating story. Thanks for sharing.
Cut Champ Winner, Aug. 24th - Aug. 27th:

1st: @Vitalii Mizhenin 62 pts
2nd: @Cindy Preta 58 pts
3rd: @Romano G 57 pts

See complete standings:
https://www.soundgym.co/contest/view?id=W3G1F7M2X8Z
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Colin Aiken
Aug 28, 05:16
Congrats everybody!
Congrats @Miles Frost for winning the Golden Ears Award!
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Lio LM
Aug 27
Congrats Miles! ✨✨✨
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Steve Rinaldi
Aug 27, 22:10
Miles, that's excellent! Congrats for winning your Golden Ears!
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Colin Aiken
Aug 28, 05:08
Fantastic!
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SoundGym
Aug 28, 02:34 in SoundGym Cafe
A full session documented from the ground up, production, engineering and mix, all in one studio run. This is what it actually looks like when pros work 🎙️🔴
Congrats @Nicolas Bautista for winning the Golden Ears Award!
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Colin Aiken
Aug 24
Fabulous!
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Lio LM
Aug 27
Congrats Nicolas! ⚡⚡⚡
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Steve Rinaldi
Aug 27, 22:09
Way to go, Nicolas! Congratulations for winning those shiny Golden Ears!
@Serdar Özkök just uploaded the song 'KEMET' to the SoundGym Charts.



🎧 Listen and vote now ›
Congrats @Amaury Hocquet for winning the Diamond Ears Award!
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E A
Aug 26
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Lio LM
Aug 26
Congratulations Amaury! 🌈🌈🌈
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Congrats @Egor Kalinin for winning the Golden Ears Award!
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Jay Kay
Aug 25
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Colin Aiken
Aug 26
Fantastic!
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Lio LM
Aug 26
Congrats Egor! ✨✨✨
which artists sounds do you use more often? which ones do you think are more balanced and suitable for training? Alternative Rock II is a favorite here
thank you so much!
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renato medeiros (author)
Aug 26
Thanks! I agree we have to vary the sounds, but some packs are better than others. For example, I love the Indie Rock pack, it's very well mixed and has cool songs, which always helps when you're listening to lots of repetitions. However some of the songs are cut in a filtered section (which is the case in other packs too), so it's not unusual to get a question where the bass is boosted, but there's no bass in that particular part
Alternative Rock II is a good example of how all snippets can be useful because they're all full-range, and the songs are good too :)

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