Ear training software

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This seems interesting.
I suppose it could help although I havnt tried it yet.
Dont know how well it would translate to your own mixes though.

Eck
 
Have a look at "Critical Listening Skills for Audio Professionals" by F. Alton-Everest.


It's a book that comes with a CD and, IMHO, is great for training you ear to listen critically. The CD contains loads of tests and stuff for you to train your ear with, as well as a fair bit of "mind theory" about how to really concentrate on your ears.
 
I know someone who studied Golden Ears and thought it was great - he claims he can mix sooooo much better (I never heard his older mixes, but the stuff he does now is very impressive).

The only negative he mentioned was getting headaches from listening to the various tones for extened periods.
 
mikeh said:
I know someone who studied Golden Ears and thought it was great - he claims he can mix sooooo much better (I never heard his older mixes, but the stuff he does now is very impressive).

The only negative he mentioned was getting headaches from listening to the various tones for extened periods.
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Ooh, headaches from tones. Cant be god for your ears then.

Eck
 
golden ears is excellent - if you can make it through the whole thing ... (it's TOUGH)

http://www.moultonlabs.com/page/cat/Product/

but as with all good quality ear training .. you NEED to have at least decent monitors and a good room, or as high end headphones as you can afford (the higher end the better) .... or it will *almost* be a waste of time - I say almost because doing any ear training is 1000x better than not doing it
 
RedStone said:
I say almost because doing any ear training is 1000x better than not doing it
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I completely agree!!!

It's not fun to listen to after about 5 minutes (if that long), but it's an essential due that if paid now will reap benefits for years.
 
I checked out the DEMO
And did the Low Octive Pink Noise lesson.
I was impressed. I was able to pick out the frequences that had been boosted.

I had to use headphones to get the 31hz and 62hz.

It took me about a 1/2 hour before I could do it.

The Animated person in the demo is kind of annoying
 
I've found that boosts are way easier to perceive than cuts comparatively - i.e. try picking out the exact octave of a narrow (1/4 octave or less) 6dB cut - it's so hard it almost hurts lol ... now try the same, only a boost ... way easier to get it quick.

Its worth the effort when you do get it (on the cuts especially) :D
 
No need to pay for software (though it couldn't hurt.)

Just spend a couple of nights running songs of various genres through a 1/3rd or 2/3rds octave graphic EQ and start systematically playing with the bands, one band at a time, up and down, *really listening*, until you get to recognize which "sounds" and which attributes are associated with which frequencies.

Start now, and by Super Bowl you'll be able to tell that when Wally Ogumleye sacks Peyton Manning, that there's a definite 2-3kHz sound of Manning's helmet cracking combined with the wind of the the air coming out of his lungs that starts as a 4kHz wheeze and rapidly modulates down to low 500Hz "Unnnnnh" sound.

G.
 
:) da Bears :)

Won't all that compression squash the dynamics out've him??

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The GOlden Ears product sounds pretty good.
Quite pricey, but im sure it would be worth it.

Eck
 
For the price I'm very impressed.
From what I can tell it is very similar to the Golden Ears first 2 Cd's. (It only covers EQ. The Golden Ears covers FQ and compression)
And the PC interface is better than just listening to the CD.
 
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