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Way to go, Garrett!

Brilliant!

Congrats for winning your Golden Ears, and now on to those Diamond Ears!

I don't speak English so I have no idea what this title means, but Thank you so much!

Brilliant job!

Very nice! ⭐⭐⭐

Big Congratulations!

Let's go !!!

Outstanding accomplishment!

At least when it come to hearing EQ, and this is for everyone out there, learn to associate EQ moves with vowels. If there's a boost at 250hz, there's a ooo sound like too. 500hz, also ooo sound but as in no, 1k ahh sound, 2k ehhh sound, 4k eee sound. I don't know If i explained that well but for me its a game changer. its like a superpower. Learn to train your ears to hear those vowel sounds when EQing and it'll get easier, trust me

I think, the first question you should ask before touching ANY plugin is What this song needs?. Think about the flow of the energy in the song, where it has climax etc. Than, the second question I like to ask What tool, that I ALREADY KNOW, I can use to serve this song. The music, the song should be target by itself, not the tools you are using (and automation is also one of them). When you realize, that e.g. second chorus needs more energy and it's not achieved by the arrangement or the recording than you should think how can I help with that. And then apply some effects.
One funny way to practice automation itself is to practice Sound Design for movies or small pieces of gameplay. Start simple e.g. take some footsteps sounds. Imagine that you character is moving 3 steps towards you, then it turns left goes 6 steps, then it goes away for next 4 steps. Than try to make this move happen by the automation (volume, panning, reverb level, eq).
Next level, take a short (10 seconds) of gameplay. Watch what happens there and try to recreate that.
Good luck!

Thank you Michal!
This is very helpful. I have to try the sound designing like this. Sounds fun

That's nice

Fantastic!

Way to go, Jeffrey! Next stop - Diamond!