I've been working on improving my ability to recognize missing frequencies without comparing the altered sound to the original, but I still haven’t found a reliable way to do it. Most of the time, I get close — usually within about 100 Hz — but other times I’m way off.
Do you have any tips that could help me make more accurate guesses? I’m pretty sure this is a skill that would really help me make better mixing decisions. Thanks in advance!
Santi it's important question that u ask. and I try to tell my vision of it
first of all - you have already done the main thing that had to be done with this task. training without switching is a very correct and very important solution. it is difficult to come up with the best solution. this is because with switching, with comparison with the original, the frequency cutting exercise turns into an exercise to boostin frequencies (that is, in this case, one begins to make decisions based on the phase of returning previously deduced frequencies ... and this exercise for adding).
In this case, the main advice, the one that is given most often: carry on train (and keep calm))) and this is not an empty advice. This is what works most often, this is what is most effective.
an important aspect for training without switching - one should know well the samples chosen for training. It must remember its original sound. even better - use samples with a full frequency range. on some types of samples, the same task is solved easier than on others. find out what type is yours and train with it more often. in my case, it's a samples of the drum kit. a successful solution to the problem motivates to keep training.
Unfortunately, the Kit Cut game dosent offer the Sample of Pink noise one more regret about the Kit Cut game - there is no option to choose what sound we will hear first, the original Sample, or Semple with changes. we always hear Sample with cuted frequencies. And if we decide not to switch, we must make decisions based on what we hear. (and for a meaningful solution, we must either remember this sample well, or should be sure that this samle was initially contained all frequencies). but, if we had the option to hear the first sound of the original, and make one press to subtract frequencies (but only one press! We should not press the second time and return substracted frequencies! Only subtraction !!!) then it would also be a very useful exercise.
and yes ... it may seems that there are no improvements ... but, a very frequent case with training hearing, when improvements do not occur gradually, but a significant jump. those. One day, one suddenly begins to hear what he has not heard yesterday.
but still you need to be prepared for the sad side of the issue - improvements are not endless. everyone has its own level (both physical and psychological) which will never rise above. but, as a rule, it is enough for successful mixing
it seems like it has a warmth eq setting, like focusing on the low mids, not a lot of mids and focusing on just a part of the brightness to be just enough so the vocal don't feel muddy or boomy, and a room/ambience reverb that you can really feel and the a long plate or bright hall but quite. I think that's the key and to find a good vocal sample/loop
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