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Pierre James
Mar 28, 15:16 in SoundGym Cafe
At what point is soundgym still making you a better producer/engineer/etc. vs. just making you good at the games?

At my level I'm 100% sure it's still helping (I'm not even at bronze yet).  But at some point, your ears must be good enough and you've played the same games 10k times and you must just be training for the game no? 

Kind of like a PhD drummer that can hear a 31/30 polyrhythm pattern, but can't come up with a great beat for a Beatles song (obviously that's a flawed example, but hopefully it illustrates the point)

Curious what you guys have as your goal before you think my time is probably better spent elsewhere? And curious if it changes by profession?

I'm more of a songwriter & musician and use production as a means to get good demos to producers and engineers.  I think my goal is to get to 75-80th percentile on each game and then I will feel I have done my basics and am ready to move on to other areas of learning.

Anyone else think like this?
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Adam Deering
Mar 28, 19:51
Just wondering of I revert to a free account, what do I miss out on? Can I only play certain games or something?
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Quinten Hodson
Mar 29, 06:12
This is a great thread with some interesting insights! I've only been on here for about two months but have noticed dramatic improvements in several areas, getting to the 80th percentile. However there's others, namely compression games, where I just can't hear and don't know what to listen for and as such I'm not improving much at all. On that note, if anyone could recommend any good blogs or Youtube videos on how to hear compression I'd be most grateful!
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Maurice Robinson
Mar 29, 07:03
I think it's similar to most training - when you stop training, you lose a little fitness. Having said that, I have not done game exercises for a while, but mix way more frequently now than before joining Soundgym, via the Mixdown Training Room space.
I am a total hobbyist, so just looking to improve without the pressure of needing to for any commercial or financial purpose.
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Marc-André Bleau
Mar 28, 22:41 in SoundGym Cafe
Question Guys : Can we delete some training sounds that we don't like ?
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Colin Aiken
Mar 29, 04:02
I wish.
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Quinten Hodson
Mar 29, 06:05
That would be fantastic - I hope the devs are reading this!
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SoundGym
Mar 28, 18:47 in SoundGym Official
Congrats @Mike Ortynskiy for winning the Golden Ears Award!
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Lio LM
Mar 29, 02:08
Congrats Mike!
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Colin Aiken
Mar 29, 04:01
Fantastic!
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SoundGym
Mar 28, 15:01 in SoundGym Official
Congrats @Marcos Bastos for winning the Diamond Ears Award!
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Martl Galler
Mar 28, 18:15
Nice Marcos!
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Lio LM
Mar 29, 02:08
Congratulations Marcos!
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Colin Aiken
Mar 29, 04:01
Outstanding!
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Sweet Sonix
Mar 28, 17:04 in SoundGym Cafe
Headphones or monitors for your Soundgym work?
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Paul Gilbody
Mar 28, 17:11
As the games get harder you need your best monitoring environment to hear detail. That's headphones in my case as my room isn't treated yet. Speakers better for Stereohead though I think.
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Avelino SOB
Mar 28, 17:14
Headphones all day , thanks for the tip paul!
i use the AT M50x
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Ron Allen
Mar 28, 17:50
Headphones for frequency and compression stuff. Monitors for spatial stuff.
Congrats @Mike Benza for winning the Diamond Ears Award!
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Well done!
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Lio LM
Mar 28
Congratulations Mike! =)
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Colin Aiken
Mar 28
Incredible accomplishment!
Congrats @Marc-Olivier Gratton for winning the Golden Ears Award!
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Lio LM
Mar 28
Very nice!
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Colin Aiken
Mar 28
Fabulous!

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