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SoundGym
Sep 08, 13:50 in SoundGym Official

Congrats @John Walsh for winning the Golden Ears Award!

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SoundGym
Sep 07 in SoundGym Official

Your Compressor Has a Tempo (And You Probably Never Set It)

Most of us set attack and release by feel, then blame the ratio when the drums stop grooving. But those two knobs aren't tone controls. They're timing controls, and your song already told you what the timing should be.

One number does most of the work: 60000 divided by your tempo. That's your beat in milliseconds. At 120 BPM it's 500, so eighths are 250 and sixteenths are 125. Suddenly the release knob has numbers on it that mean something.

New post covers why lining release up with the grid fixes hits that change weight bar to bar, why a slower attack usually gives you more punch than a fast one, and the two places where tempo math stops helping.

Read it here → https://www.soundgym.co/blog/item?id=compressor-attack-release-tempo

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Cuantas Vacas
Sep 08, 12:47

Great article. A slightly different, detailed view that might have a big impact in how well compression's big picture is understood. Thanks for that!

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SoundGym
Sep 08, 11:39 in SoundGym Official

Something is cooking. Want in before anyone else?

Until Monday, September 15, our private beta space is open to new members.

We can't say much yet, but it's big, and it's the next step for SoundGym.

Join the beta space → https://www.soundgym.co/space/view?id=BETA4QDJ5KA

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SoundGym
Sep 07 in SoundGym Olympics

Cut Champ Winner, Sep. 3rd - Sep. 7th:

1st: @Cindy Preta 64 pts
2nd: @pedro poyart 59 pts
3rd: @Romano G 58 pts

See complete standings:
https://www.soundgym.co/contest/view?id=LUWBECU78UU

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Colin Aiken
Sep 08, 05:29

Congrats!

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SoundGym
Sep 08, 04:35 in SoundGym Official

@Hamsini Kaushik just uploaded the song 'HOPELESS' to the SoundGym Charts.

🎧 Listen and vote now ›

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Hamsini Kaushik
Sep 08, 04:40

Hi Everyone!! I really hope you like this song :)

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Jeff Gower
Sep 08, 05:07

Sounding good, Hamsini! Vote cast :)

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SoundGym
Sep 08, 04:35 in SoundGym Official

@George Moore just uploaded the song 'Misery' to the SoundGym Charts.

🎧 Listen and vote now ›

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Aushaud Gantt
Sep 07, 22:12 in SoundGym Cafe

I have so much to learn. I literally had no idea what I was doing in the HZ game. Are there like educational videos or is this site just games for people who already have a level of knowledge. I am brand new to audio engineering.

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Aaron Wilkins
Sep 08, 00:36

Hi, welcome to Sound Gym! If you are looking for some video courses on concepts like mixing, recording, sound design, ect... check out the learn tab at the top of the page. If you have any questions about the games or any concepts, feel free to ask in the forums. The community here is very friendly.

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Aushaud Gantt (author)
Sep 08, 01:06

Thank you for that! To my chagrin, I had completely overlooked the tab labeled Learn. This is going to be a steeper curve than I anticipated. 😄

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Kristian Dimaranan
Sep 08, 03:02

Hi Aushaud! Completely understandable, it takes time to learn those, and I completely agree with Aaron here, check out the learn tab, that'll help you a lot, and feel free to ask questions

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SoundGym
Sep 07 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
Sep 07, 21:30

Colin, way to go! Congrats!

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Vinh Nguyen
Sep 07, 14:25 in BeatRace

Could everyone please give me a review?

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SoundGym
Sep 07 in BeatRace

@Ludwig Del pino is a BeatRace legend - congrats on the win!

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

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Colin Aiken
Sep 07

Very cool!

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SoundGym
Sep 06 in SoundGym Official

Congrats @Stephen Bailey for winning the Golden Ears Award!

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Steve Rinaldi
Sep 06

Stephen, way to go! Congrats for winning those Golden Ears!

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Stephen Bailey
Sep 07

Thank you!!

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Colin Aiken
Sep 07

Fantastic!

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Zack Skyes
Sep 04 in SoundGym Olympics

anyone who mix together music and mental health? that's me:

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Iksz Gipsz
Sep 05

Sounds really great!

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Emanuel Kneuss
Sep 05

Cool Song! Great production and nice video as well. 👍💪

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Mary-Ellen Lane
Sep 04 in BeatRace

What do you do when you just can't get a ReBeater right? I've been stuck on Level 34 for over a month. Aaargh

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Jay Kay
Sep 05

Have you tried using different kits? Some of the drum machines have very similar sounding toms or snare and clap or other things. Usually, when I get stuck it's because 2 similar sounds are playing at the same time and one of them is getting drown out by the other.

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shoji miura
Sep 05

I often get stuck at a certain level too. It's tough when you keep getting it wrong for days on end. I also try not to get too fixated on Sound Gym and limit myself to two or three challenges a day.

Even if you think you're doing it correctly, you might find yourself deviating from the reference in unexpected ways. So, when you're getting it wrong repeatedly, how about trying to judge by looking at the sequence light at the top and the timing of when you hear the sound?

As Mr. Jay Key said, changing drum kits makes it easier to distinguish the sounds and helps you understand the character of the kit, so I highly recommend it.

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SoundGym
Sep 04 in SoundGym Cafe

Andrew's doing music production from scratch in an island setting, exactly the kind of creative, off-the-beaten-path production content the SoundGym community loves 🎛️🏝️

Stranded on an island - for music purposes!

Producing

11 min

Andrew Huang

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