Feedback Eliminator suggested improvement: I feel like Feedback Eliminator has amazing potential, but the way that the lessons are set up now are kind of a crapshoot. I’m having difficulty gaining an intuitive sense about exactly which frequencies I’m hearing.
My suggestion is to stay consistent: e.g. start with ONLY 3 bands (e.g. 100Hz, 1000Hz, 10kHz), and quiz you on ONLY these 3 bands. Yes, ridiculously simple, but your ears are getting accustomed to these 3 bands AND ONLY THESE 3 BANDS. Level 2 would be to add a band (e.g. 315Hz) but ONLY quiz you on these 4 bands. Level 3 add another (e.g 3.15kHz), etc. progressively adding intermediary (or upper/lower) frequencies. After, say, every 3 newly added bands, the next level or two will quiz you on ONLY the newest/added frequencies, but give you the option to choose any of the learned frequencies. For each level after maybe 6 added bands then limit the choices to a subset of the learned bands (kind of like now), then slowly add more choices within the “learned” bands (again, similar to how it is) before adding another band. Continue this process through all 31 bands (and/or allow the user to limit the extremes based on playback equipment limitations - i.e. headphones that can’t produce frequencies below 40Hz or above 16kHz). I strongly believe this will tune your ear faster than randomly selecting ANY of the 31 bands as it’s set up now. Thoughts?
I like the suggestions you're making. They could be refined even more but it's a great start.
It's not only FE that needs to be looked at. A lot of exercises are very limited and it's a shame because this site has so much potential to be great. It feels like Soundgym is in an early beta stage right now in terms of the exercises.
Would be interesting to know how much effort and/or resources that gets invested into evolving the site.
John Ackerberg I agree, especially options for free to play users are so limited. I would happily watch an ad if it meant being able to do a variety of exercises, not just getting good at an extremely specific set of skills
Agreed with John, for example the first level of EQ Cheetah could be way easier (just 4 bands, for example). And for the frequency spectrum in general, even though I feel I'm improving, I also feel it's disorganized and the learning could be more efficient. Some kind of pedagogical plan that Soundgym would make public, for each exercise, would be great and motivating. Then us learning quickly might not be in their interest financially, so not much motivation to make things better than good enough?
Absolutely, the progression needs to be more gradual. You need to be able to become solid in a few bands first, then expand. Same could be said for most of the exercises.
All games should work this way. Like on dB king I can never tell the difference between 0.5 db and 1 db, yet I keep getting these questions - mixed in with extremely easy questions. To have the games progress more naturally would be huge and also more effective, I think. It's frustrating that, when struggling on something specific, it's very hard to improve because the games are not really focused on helping you work on your weaknesses.
I found a great free app for training frequencies, it comes standard with pink noise, but you can import your own songs, and it does what you are requesting: https://earquiz.org/EQ_Frequencies/
I find dB king to be one of the hardest games to level up on...and I might be wrong, but I have a suspicion that the reason is at least partially physiological: as my ears develop, when I hear a relevant frequency, whether it's EQing, feedback eliminator or whatever, or a 20ms delay, I recognise what this sounds like in absolute terms.....whereas as I become more attune to subtle changes in amplitude, it feels like I keep getting the wrong answer because, for instance, a 2dB attenuation now sounds like what a 3dB attenuation did a week ago, because I'm more sensitive...
...can a pro tell me is this accurate, or am I off the mark here?
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