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@David Aranda is now a SoundGym certified member. Congratulations David!!

Congrats @Jesse Grace for winning the Diamond Ears Award!

Congrats @John Chambers for winning the Diamond Ears Award!

Boost Champ Winner, Nov. 9th - Nov. 12th:

1st: @pedro poyart 83 pts
2nd: @Prēta 80 pts
3rd: @Romano G 80 pts

See complete standings:
https://www.soundgym.co/contest/view?id=D57PMEGEMQ8

Cut everything below 200 Hz from a 55 Hz note and you’ll still hear it. Your brain rebuilds the missing note from the harmonics left behind. It’s the same reason a touch of saturation keeps an 808 alive on tiny speakers.

We followed one sound from the speaker cone all the way to your cochlea. A few things that changed how we mix:

Sound travels about 34 cm every millisecond. Distance is time.
A 20 Hz wave is 17 m long. That’s why your neighbour hears your kick but not your hi-hats.
Two mics on one source can carve notches into your tone. Check in mono before you touch the EQ.
Your chair might be sitting in a bass hole. Move it before you boost.

Full breakdown here:

Congrats @Alexey Fedotov for winning the Golden Ears Award!

Pedro is on fire ! 🔥🔥

@Annika Isaksson just uploaded the song 'For Real' to the SoundGym Charts.



🎧 Listen and vote now ›

Ever pushed a saturator and the top end suddenly turned to sand? 🏜️

That’s probably aliasing. Your plugin creates harmonics above the session’s ceiling, and they bounce back down as notes that aren’t in your song. Flip oversampling on and A/B it. The difference can be wild. 🎧

Read the full breakdown here: https://www.soundgym.co/blog/item?id=your-saturator-is-playing-notes-that-aren-t-in-the-song

Cut Champ Winner, Nov. 5th - Nov. 9th:

1st: @Prēta 76 pts
2nd: @Romano G 75 pts
3rd: @Vitalii Mizhenin 72 pts

See complete standings:
https://www.soundgym.co/contest/view?id=EGU3XLOJD61

@Kjetil Pedersen is a BeatRace legend - congrats on the win!

Hourly BeatRaces here: https://www.soundgym.co/beatrace/index