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@Jose Palacios just uploaded the song 'Self-Interested' to the SoundGym Charts.



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@Alexander Khazanovsky is now a SoundGym certified member. Congratulations Alexander!!

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

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

Congrats @John Walsh for winning the Golden Ears Award!

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

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

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

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



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



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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.

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

Could everyone please give me a review?

Congrats @Stephen Bailey for winning the Golden Ears Award!