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Aike East
Nov 27, 13:37 in SoundGym Cafe
Anyone else feel like distorted reality is almost impossible with some soundpacks but super easy with others? Does that have to do with the volume differences between the packs? Or are some iterations of the same level just a lot more challenging?
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Eco Shadow
Nov 27, 17:15
If it clips very hard, it's obvious distorted; if it clips very tiny, it could be treated as a kind of 'compression'.
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Eco Shadow
Nov 27, 17:17
if you can easily pick it's distorted reality, if you can't it's 'compression reality'.
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Doctor MojoTrip
Nov 27, 17:24
My struggle is that sometimes there is a substantial difference in volume making it very difficult to make an objective decision.
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Justin Nielsen
Nov 27, 14:59 in SoundGym Cafe
I do not understand how to hear compression. Played the same game 10 times and my score didn't even improve. Does anyone have a link to a video explanation or just some sort of descriptor of what I am supposed to be listening for?
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Giuseppe Rizzo
Nov 27, 15:38
There’s no video that will ever let you hear compression. Videos can explain how it works, sure, but they’ll never give you the ability to actually hear it.

It takes hours and hours of listening, hundreds of SoundGym exercises, and tons of experimenting in your DAW. After many hours of work, days of focus and persistence, you’ll start to feel compression, the difference between an 8:1, 4:1, or 2:1 ratio… an attack of 25 ms vs 50 ms… or a release of 100 ms vs 25 ms.

There’s only one way to get there: listen and practice, practice and listen.
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Pedro Guerreiro
Nov 27, 15:40
It's not always easy to identify it or to access the level of compression.
Despite my complete understanding of the signal processing... Sometimes I find it challenging also...
After all... Sound nuances can be more difficult than Avionics! = P
Watch these free videos:
https://courses.mastering.com/course/1704923281092x507128451810197500?chapter=1704923395326x377106680623661060&lesson=1705002538537x684516078578040800

Record a sound yourself or download a stem and play with it a lot with any compressor that came with your DAW. Take your time... Because this things take time!
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MrCello Music
Nov 27, 17:00
It is definitely subtle. There was a good article/blog on here to give some sense of what to listen for.
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SoundGym
Nov 27, 12:28 in SoundGym Official
Congrats @fish dff for winning the Diamond Ears Award!
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fish dff
Nov 27, 12:30
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Congrats @Tenley Dambruck for winning the Diamond Ears Award!
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Colin Aiken
Nov 27, 01:54
Incredible accomplishment!
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Billy Lorne
Nov 27, 03:03
All that hard work and tenaciousness! Congratulations on your hard-earned Diamond Ears, Tenley!!!
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Tenley Dambruck
Nov 27, 11:19
Thank you for all the love! Hitting Diamond Ears feels amazing! 💎🎧
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Meenfil Marsal
Nov 27, 10:39 in SoundGym Cafe
Hi, I'm new here, and I was wondering ; is it just me that lowers by 20db before clicking on Collect Soundcoins? :D
Congrats @Dominique Carrette for winning the Golden Ears Award!
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Colin Aiken
Nov 26
Fantastic!
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Lio LM
Nov 26
Congrats Dominique! ⭐⭐⭐
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Billy Lorne
Nov 27, 03:04
Congrats on your Golden Ears, Dominique! So amaaaazing!!!
Congrats @Jetse de Jong for winning the Golden Ears Award!
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Steve Rinaldi
Nov 26, 21:13
Way to go, Jetse! Congratulations, and onward to your Diamond Ears!
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Colin Aiken
Nov 27, 01:54
Awesome!
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Billy Lorne
Nov 27, 03:04
So amazing! Congrats on your Golden Ears, jetse!!!
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SoundGym
Nov 26, 18:42 in SoundGym Official
Congrats @Ladislav Hanic for winning the Diamond Ears Award!
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Steve Rinaldi
Nov 26, 21:13
Fantastic! What an accomplishment - congrats for hitting this milestone!
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Colin Aiken
Nov 27, 01:55
Amazing achievement!
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Billy Lorne
Nov 27, 03:01
Incredible work! Congratulations, Ladislav!!!
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SoundGym
Nov 26, 21:08 in SoundGym Official
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Hey guys ! I just got here. So glad to join a community with the same goal as mine. These exercises have me realize how much I suck at critical listening. I mean I knew I did, reason why I'm here in the first place but wow.. even stereohead ?? I deadass thought I was good at that 😭 My question to you guys is can I stay steady on these exercises and expect progress any sooner ? Other than these what resources and drills could you suggest for me to get better at every/any aspects of critical listening in our field ?
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Tristan Vappi
Nov 25
Consistency is key! And trust the process!!

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