Hello there! Mr. Question here, with another question as always.
How do you practice the exercises presented on SoundGym outside of the platform? Do you set up specific exercises inside your DAW, or do you practice mentally by listening to sounds in your environment?
For example, I try to guess the volume decrease when I put in my earplugs before sleep, or identify the frequency range of specific noises, like a stove making noise, a kettle boiling water, or thumping from a nearby construction site.
Do you create templates in your DAW to train your ears for any sound input?
I'm curious to know how you guys extend the practice into the real world.
i try to recognize beeps in my surrounding and find the hrz freqency that fits wit it, for example the parking beeb of my girlfriends car is 1270 hertz. i have an sine generator app on my phone so i can not mesure it but need to find it myself. in the daw i find the eq trainings have the most value, i can find resonant spots ez or when making neuro basses know what kind of freqenties to boost or cut. and even the panning thing with panning drums or so but its more of a practice when doing so. and i just like to listen to diffrent compressor settings on drums since i started knowing the subtlile changes
I do listen to the reverbs created by different environments, and sometimes take estimates of long the reverb tails are. And as a practical use of some of the games, when recording different ensembles, I'll not only listen for the reverbs, but also the stereo images and how they collapse with distance from the ensemble - helps with the mic placement for the kinds of images I'm trying to record.
reverb tails are definitely interesting to observe, for example in empty rooms or between buildings there's some kind of slap back delay. Also I pay attention to the frequency spectrum when someone talks to me directly or talks in another direction, I hear that there is a decrease in high frequencies. Also, when I hear loud music from a car, with closed doors I try to detect what spectrum of this sound is, it's kind of low, low-mid spectrum, but with some mid frequencies because they leak the cabin
I am new to SoundGym. Should I train using my hearing aids or without them? I am 62 and have notable hearing loss in the upper register that my audiologist says is due to damage so is not coming back. As I understand SG is about ear training and not hearing recovery, it makes sense to me to train WITH them - to be able to actually hear the sounds in order to identify them - but I thought I'd see what others have to say. Thx.
Thanks Dave, I think we're on the same wavelength (at least, the ones we can hear)! They are a complete game-changer (no, life-changer!) and I wish you well. It's so wonderful to be able to hear conversations accurately again, not to mention the nuances of music, nature, heck even the TV! Mine cost $6G but are completely worth it. Not a cheat, just reality, like when we first have to start wearing glasses to read. (Although, my diminishing eyesight is just age, while hearing damage was caused by a youth filled with construction equipment, farm machinery, high-powered rifles, and of course loud music - all long before hearing protection was a serious thing.) Give yourself several months to get used to them. A good audiologist with break you in slowly. Peace! -Paul
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