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Aike East
May 26, 13:46 in SoundGym Cafe

Hey everyone, can someone give me some tips on how to play Dr. Compressor?

I listen for the attack and sustain mostly on the transients. Usually the sample where the attack is rounder and shorter its the sample without compression (or at least less compression). And when the transients sustain are longest it is the most compressed version (and vice versa).

But sometimes it seems like this is flipped. Is that because some samples get compressed with a slower attack or faster release? If so, what other characteristics should i listen for?

Thanks in advance for anyone trying to help out!

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SoundGym
May 25 in SoundGym Olympics

Cut Champ Winner, May. 21st - May. 25th:

1st: @papa rojas 38 pts
2nd: @Stelios Mavroyiannis 36 pts
3rd: @Vitalii Mizhenin 36 pts

See complete standings:
https://www.soundgym.co/contest/view?id=AHATFDB3AZP

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papa rojas
May 26, 10:39

thank you guys!! i guess i was very lucky this time 😊

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SoundGym
May 26, 10:34 in SoundGym Official

@Caroline Röjthammar just uploaded the song 'Shitlist' to the SoundGym Charts.

🎧 Listen and vote now ›

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SoundGym
May 26, 07:20 in SoundGym Official

@Ron Allen just uploaded the song 'That Sunny Song' to the SoundGym Charts.

🎧 Listen and vote now ›

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SoundGym
May 26, 06:31 in SoundGym Official

Congrats @german martyshin for winning the Golden Ears Award!

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german martyshin
May 26, 06:31

😤

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Emanuel E. Guevara
May 26, 07:09

Good job!!

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SoundGym
May 25 in SoundGym Official

Huge congrats to @Colin Aiken - 'Glass Parade' just took the top spot this week. Drop a prop, leave a comment, and give it a spin:

https://www.soundgym.co/chart/index

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Steve Rinaldi
May 25, 18:23

Way to go, Colin! That's fantastic!

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Doctor MojoTrip
May 26, 05:27

🤘

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Colin Aiken
May 26, 05:42

Wow! Very cool. Thanks everyone. And thanks to my dear friend and collaborator, @Magghy Ji .

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SoundGym
May 26, 03:53 in SoundGym Official

@Anji Kaizen just uploaded the song 'OVERDRIVE' to the SoundGym Charts.

🎧 Listen and vote now ›

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Darth pHrank
May 24 in SoundGym Cafe

How important are rest days to you?

It’s easy to fall into the mindset that more hours = faster progress, but I think that can be a bit of a paradox. Like physical training, growth often happens during recovery.

Yesterday I mixed an event for 8 straight hours — line check, monitors, rehearsal, and show — and today I feel completely cooked. The ear fatigue is real. At that point, is it worth forcing a training session, or is it better to come back fresh?

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Jay Kay
May 26, 01:41

This is a great question.

Personally, I think that time spent isn't nearly as important a factor as intention. If you're cooked, your brain is gonna check out while your body moves on auto pilot. You can push to get work done but you're unlikely to meaningfully grow on days you force yourself to get through it.

Really depends on what you're trying to do.
Have a deadline for a client and need to get work out the door? It's not ideal but a deadline's a deadline. Them's the brakes. Push.
Have an itch in your brain that this song is never gonna get finished if you don't work on it every single day? Our brains have a tendency to go straight to panic when we're exhausted - if you want it to be your best, you have to put in your best effort. Rest.

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Charles Boyle
May 26, 02:35

I. was just about to force myself to do a tired, after work session. This was the first post I saw! haha, I'm taking a break tonight!

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Darth pHrank (author)
May 26, 03:15

@Jay Kay That's a great perspective! Thanks for your insight!

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SoundGym
May 25, 20:00 in SoundGym Official

@papa rojas just uploaded the song 'Article 'Love' - We Make The Law' to the SoundGym Charts.

🎧 Listen and vote now ›

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SoundGym
May 25 in BeatRace

@Azet Aya is a BeatRace legend - congrats on the win!

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

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Colin Aiken
May 25

Very cool!

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SoundGym
May 24 in SoundGym Official

Congrats @Matias Alfonso for winning the Diamond Ears Award!

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Cindy Preta
May 24

Great Job Matias 💎💎💎

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Steve Rinaldi
May 24

Matias, fantastic job! Congrats for winning your diamond ears!

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Colin Aiken
May 25

Outstanding work!

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poo boy
May 22 in SoundGym Cafe

wow i suck

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Troy Loper
May 24

Keep on going my friend

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