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Gael, that's awesome - what an accomplishment! Congratulations!

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Congratulations Gael! 🌈🌈🌈

You did the same thing the last time you got the better of me 😅 I had to take my revenge. I’m just kidding, it wasn’t intentional. I only managed to play few yesterday and once today, as you might have seen on Instagram, I’m not available at all this week.. It's a miracle I was able to play.

@Cindy Preta

That's right, my friend, you deserve your revenge! Well done! 😎

I'll Keep Crying Like Cristiano... 😝

My first time in the top 10. Nowhere near you immortals though.

Thanks man, but it’s not as impressive as you might think. Soon there will be guys scoring 100+ points.

@huid joppa May be, but if you can do 93 you can do 100+ !! Go Go Go !!

Hey Oalid, well done!👍

nice!!

Congratulations!

In the Compressionist game, you are trying to match the sound you are creating with the available knobs to the sound you are hearing. What I do is adjust the volume first to match volume of what I'm hearing, then adjust the attack speed (if that's the only knob available). Since attack speed is when the compressor kicks in on each beat, the longer the attack speed, the louder or punchier the beat is because it is letting a lot of the transient through before the compressor clamps down. The shorter the attack speed, the more distant or less punchy the beat is because less of the transient is getting through before the compressor clamps down. It can be hard to detect the difference at first but keep plugging away at it and it will become more obvious. The Dr. Compressor game is the one where you have to determine which is more compressed. In the earliest levels, they are using the attack speed (faster is more compressed), but in later levels they also introduce ratio (higher is more compressed) and release speed (slower is more compressed). For higher ratio, listen to the level of the background noise coming up. For slower release time, listen for the smoothness of the compression effect.

Another tip for the Compressionist is to listen to the bypassed signal, then the compressed signal. I usually give it a couple of repetitions to get my ear attuned or habituated. When you go back to the compressed signal try to identify what changed and use that for your first pass at the settings. As Linda points out - gain matching is critical (and can be tricky) but try to get them the same, and do the habituation thing again. Then listen for what changes when you toggle to the other sound and use that to determine what settings need to be adjusted.

Thanks! That's very helpful! I'll try those suggestions