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weird how I can perceive 1db easily in my daw, but in the exercises here 2db have almost no difference.

Scratches in the Glass by Whose Party is out! Really enjoyed mixing and mastering this one - even with the super tight timeline.


or better yet

https://open.qobuz.com/album/j1qmvyucgui9q

Congrats @Nick Pukies for winning the Golden Ears Award!

Congrats @Alejandro Cortorreal for winning the Golden Ears Award!

@Pietro Gerbassi is now a SoundGym certified member. Congratulations Pietro!!

Congrats @Pietro Gerbassi for winning the Golden Ears Award!

Congrats @Peak Pulse for winning the Golden Ears Award!

SpacePan Champ Winner, Aug. 10th - Aug. 13th:

1st: @Mike Benza 101 pts
2nd: @Stelios Mavroyiannis 101 pts
3rd: @Helmut Mair 100 pts

See complete standings:
https://www.soundgym.co/contest/view?id=RTADBJ2C04N

Good luck, everyone. This one is REALLY tough...

Before you can record a great drum sound, it helps to understand what's actually happening inside the instrument. This documentary on how Zildjian cymbals are hand-crafted is deeply satisfying for any recording nerd 🥁🎬

Quick one to try before you close your session tonight: solo the quietest two seconds of your current mix and turn it up loud. What's actually living in there?

If the answer is dead silence, a flat zero, that's usually the tell that a track was built entirely in the box. Real rooms never go that quiet, and that low-level noise was doing real work: keeping the record feeling like one continuous space, giving you distance cues, keeping the vocal present between lines instead of vanishing and reappearing.

New post breaks down exactly where the cleanup habits (gates, stripped silence, heavy de-noising) go too far, and how to put the life back on purpose without just adding hiss for vibe. Worth a read if you've ever wondered why your mix feels thinner than the reference track.

Read here: https://www.soundgym.co/blog/item?id=the-case-for-a-dirtier-mix-why-digital-silence-sounds-cheap