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?
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MrCello Music (author)
Mar 23, 00:03
Thanks all - @David Schockett for me the farther away sound is actually the transient being dulled, but appreciate your detailed description I will try and apply the sustain part as well as the volume part for sure.

My understanding of this game is that the attack is always fast, but maybe that changes as you progress?
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David Schockett
Mar 23, 12:29
I didn't realize when I wrote my comment but you're actually ahead of me haha! But yeah, I've also noticed it's always a fast attack so far. The low volume trick plus looking for a more dynamic transient has helped me so far, but maybe by the time I get to your level I'll have the same issue... Another thing I've noticed is that headphones / speakers make 100% of the difference for me. When I use my airpods, I can't hear the differences at all. Even using my studio speakers it's pretty tough. My best performance is always on my HD600s. It's a good reminder that the tools sometimes do make a huge difference!
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Giuseppe Rizzo
Mar 23, 12:57
I’m at the same level, and for me the main issue is identifying the compressor’s attack time. With a fast attack, even if the difference is small, it’s relatively easy to tell which sound is more compressed. With a slower attack, though, I still struggle a lot, it almost feels like the compressor behaves more like an expander, giving the impression of a less compressed sound, even though that’s not actually the case. That’s where my main difficulty is.
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Clément RUIZ
Mar 23, 12:28 in SoundGym Cafe
Sup :)

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.

Thanks in advance for your lights, much love
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Mar 23, 12:08 in SoundGym Official
Congrats to @Ekaitz Hernandez Perez - 'She calls the winds to blow' is this week #1 track on the SoundGym chart!

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KC Chee
Mar 22
Interesting. Thanks for sharing.
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Dodock Cherry
Mar 22
Thanks for this article, really interesting !
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Greg Kocis
Mar 23, 02:00
nice
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Mar 22, 23:54 in BeatRace
@olivier drouard is a BeatRace legend - congrats on the win!

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Congrats @Quinn Bennett for winning the Golden Ears Award!
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Quinn Bennett
Mar 21
😈😈
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Colin Aiken
Mar 21
Fantastic!
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Lio LM
Mar 22, 19:49
Congrats Quinn! ⭐⭐⭐
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Mar 22, 17:20 in SoundGym Official
@Joshua Hentschel just uploaded the song 'Sir Accident' to the SoundGym Charts. 🎧 Listen and vote now ›
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Mark van der Meij
Mar 22, 14:01 in SoundGym Cafe
Hi everyone, this is the latest musical piece I have been working on. The genre is best described as film music I think. This is the first time that I've tried to make a binaural mix using fiedler audio's dolby atmos composer. It's not perfect, but I'm pretty happy with it. Thanks so much for listening!

It’s my first day back in over a year. Trying to do a workout on my IPad Pro, and during the games, it will stop working. It’s like the touchscreen no longer works mid game. It might be fine for the first question, then suddenly I can’t change the curves or frequency- even trying to type in a value with the keyboard only captures the 0’s but no numbers. It will allow some factors like bypass or turning the EQ on and off, but I can’t manipulate anything. I get frustrated and just hit confirm and of course, then I die. LOL. Is this an Apple issue or a “‘me” issue?
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I recommend you to use the web app version on you laptop or your computer. Its better. :)
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Clément RUIZ
Mar 22
I also struggled on my phone (Android), sadly the web app version seems to be the only reliable one.
If that's really anoying, you can try activating the laptop mode of your web browser on your iPad, it might solve some issues, but for me it didn't solved everything
Happy 1 Year Anniversary to the first EP I mixed and mastered
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Meet Coo
Mar 21
nice job man, it's very QOTSA reminiscent :))
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Kevin Koelzer (author)
Mar 22
Thanks, and that band was actually the reference tracks the artist chose ha
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Love this one, great job! AI Videos definitely can help to visualize your Visions in music and how you see your stories.
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Ken Matsuda (author)
Mar 21
Thanks @Endriu Filimon! I think over the years I had considered different ways to visually tell stories and I feel it allows a new type of expression. Thanks for checking it out!
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Super Ken! Loved the song and the video!
Congrats @Eish Beertjie! for winning the Golden Ears Award!
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Lio LM
Mar 21
Congrats Eish! ⭐⭐⭐
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Steve Rinaldi
Mar 21
Eish, that's super! Congrats for winning your Golden Ears!
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Colin Aiken
Mar 21
Wonderful work!

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