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Jul 14 in SoundGym Official

The Reason Every Plugin Sounds Better When You Turn It On

Turn on a compressor and it instantly sounds better, right? Not quite. It's just louder. That extra dB of makeup gain is tricking your brain into thinking the processing did something magic.

New on the blog: why loudness bias fools even experienced ears, and the one habit (gain-matching) that takes it off the table for good. 🎚️

Check it out: https://www.soundgym.co/blog/item?id=loudness-bias-why-plugins-sound-better

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Gaspar Acevedo
Jul 14

Totally true... every bit. Thanks Eric !

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Quetzal Mendoza
Jul 16, 18:14

Thank you!

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SoundGym
Jul 16, 14:27 in SoundGym Official

@Dermot O Mahony just uploaded the song 'Truth Hurts' to the SoundGym Charts.

🎧 Listen and vote now ›

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Dermot O Mahony
Jul 16, 14:36

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SoundGym
Jul 16, 13:01 in SoundGym Olympics

Cut Champ Winner, Jul. 13th - Jul. 16th:

1st: @Mike Benza 62 pts
2nd: @Cindy Preta 60 pts
3rd: @Romano G 59 pts

See complete standings:
https://www.soundgym.co/contest/view?id=GHT3G4Z795O

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SoundGym
Jul 16, 10:50 in SoundGym Official

Congrats @Cachin Hsu for winning the Golden Ears Award!

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Cachin Hsu
Jul 16, 10:55

诶嘿嘿😆

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SoundGym
Jul 15, 20:53 in SoundGym Official

Congrats @İZMA Müzik Yapım for winning the Golden Ears Award!

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Colin Aiken
Jul 16, 04:01

Brilliant work!

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Lio LM
Jul 16, 07:55

Very nice! ⭐⭐⭐

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Darth pHrank
Jul 14 in SoundGym Cafe

Is anyone else experiencing this...my daily workouts are resetting when finishing the last game for the day, and not registering a completed workout. Its not a huge deal, but curious if there may be a system bug. its happened a few times.

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Gaspar Acevedo
Jul 15

Just to add info... all ils working fine on my end (W11 | Chrome)

@Nelson Addison Have you refreshed (reloaded) the tab ? F5 in Win

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Nelson Addison
Jul 15, 21:45

@Gaspar Acevedo Yes, I refreshed multiple times, but no dice. I closed my browser and reopened it before revisiting the site, and I still had the same problem. I am using Firefox on Windows 11

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Darth pHrank (author)
Jul 16, 04:14

@Nelson...odd issue. Are you able to play any of the other games, aside from the daily workout?

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SoundGym
Jul 15, 17:35 in SoundGym Official

Congrats @Andi Beyerlein for winning the Golden Ears Award!

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Lio LM
Jul 15, 18:19

Congrats Andi! ⭐⭐⭐

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Steve Rinaldi
Jul 15, 19:56

Way to go, Andi! Congrats for winning your Golden Ears!

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Colin Aiken
Jul 16, 04:02

Fantastic!

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SoundGym
Jul 14 in SoundGym Official

Congrats @Ariana Lucero for winning the Golden Ears Award!

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Steve Rinaldi
Jul 14

Ariana, congratulations for winning your Golden Ears - on to those Diamond Ears!

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Lio LM
Jul 15

Congrats Ariana! ⭐⭐⭐

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Jay Kay
Jul 15, 20:21

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amir ashoori
Jul 14 in SoundGym Cafe

Hello everyone,

im struggling massively with Reverb wizard on guitar sound but can get on pretty easily with the vocal samples.
does anyone have any advice on this? for the guitar reverb I almost can't tell any difference between the samples and reverb.

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SoundGym
Jul 13 in SoundGym Official

Congrats @Bill Radovich for winning the Diamond Ears Award!

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Steve Rinaldi
Jul 13

Bill, nice work! Congratulations for winning those Diamond Ears!

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Colin Aiken
Jul 14

Outstanding work!

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Abhi Bj
Jul 14

Congrats Bill!! Great job!

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SoundGym
Jul 13 in SoundGym Official

Congrats @MADDY wrld for winning the Golden Ears Award!

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Lio LM
Jul 13

Congrats Maddy! ⭐⭐⭐

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Colin Aiken
Jul 14

Fantastic!

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Gaspar Acevedo
Jul 14

Way to go Maddy !!!

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