hi folks, yesterday someone posted their frustration with these exercises and were like “I’m canceling my membership”. I can’t find the post but I wanted to write to that person and let them know that we’ve all been there. I started using sound gym in 2019 and I could not hear the difference between compression settings at all ! now six years later, I’m starting to hear it. Wanted to tell that person that it’s OK to be frustrated. Hang in there. The value of ear training is the better you can hear, the better you can tailor the track to the artist and the song. Will help you make 2nd by second decisions about what’s best. That person seemed really frustrated. I just wanted to tell them it’s OK keep going and you’ll get through it. so if anyone can find that post, please share this with them. ty TVG
Any advice regarding how to hear the difference in delay times below 40 ms ? I use phase cancelation in the low end as an indicator, but it doesn't seems to be reliable all the time (especilally when there's not much or not a all bass freq in the sound)
Like for example, I just had a choice between 3 vs 7 ms.
I am on level 27 of Dr. Compressor and am finding it trick to tell which is more compressed - the indicators I was using (like things sounding further, or ambiance getting lounder, or even consistency of the part) are frequently not there. Any suggestions as to what I should be listening for?
I am WAY behind level 27 and identifying compression is one of the tougher exercises for me. But I'm finding one cue that often works for me, at least with the drums, which is that the pitch in the compressed version seems just a shade under the uncompressed version.
The description of the game says 'Listen to two sounds - one is more compressed than the other, with very short attack and release for easier detection. Can you identify it?'. I used to try to hear for more pronounced ambience and room sound but now this feels tricky to me. I'm nearing level 100 and most of the time I rely on transient differences, which is what the description implies we should do. If I pay close attention to the transient of the less compressed version, it is more pronounced, snappier. Conversly, the transient of the more compressed version is smoother, more sanded (to use a woodworking analogy). I mainly focus on the kick, and secondarily on the snare. Sometimes it comes easily, sometimes not, but if I have the patience I usually pass the level.
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