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I feel the same way about all the games, and I seriously wonder how some people get so much spi. I've seen someone with 10 million spi

what i think happens is that they farm all the spi on feedback eliminator/compressionists as that is the only game that don't get more difficult as you progress, they have that skill ceiling when all the options are available and if you mastered it yeah you can just rake in all the points as you want

ahhh that makes sense haha

I got a meter that runs outside my DAW and used that in the beginning just to learn what the frequencies sound like to begin with. I used it during practice games and I picked it up pretty quickly like that. Maybe not the best way but it certainly helped me get started.

I usually use the concept of Frequency Range Association.

i sort of compare certain Range to Certain Sound Characteristic. For example.

under 100hz : like the sub bass you feel in your chest as the rumble tail of a thunderstruck.
100hz to 200hz : As the feeling of the bass outside of the club.
200h to 350 hz : in the mud more of a car driving at 20 mph or like the sound of a fridge.
350 to 450 hz boxiness. the sound of raining tapping on a piece of cardboard.
500 to 1k: Honkyness nasally sound. or a car Horn coming from the nose.
1k to 2k : still honky but higher more of like a telephone filter range. ( whistling sound too mine range from 700 to 1600hz )
2k - 3k : bird Chirping Sound ( human cant reach that high of whistling ).
3k 8k - mosquito Buzz or electric Razor type of sound.
8 to 11k - the TSsssssss sound coming from the mouth. this one works good for me .
ove 12k. the airiness in the sound, more a feeling but can sense it .

but most importantly you have to put this in pratique over and over again.
potentially best if you have your own association.

you coud have Chat Gpt to what other common Sound has their fundamental frequency in those range and experiment.

Hope this was helpful.

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I didn't mean you literally won't move up in bass detective, it's just the running joke on soundgym as being the game that you end up not working on.

Oh, ok. Why though? Proper low end balance seems critically important to me. How else would a listener feel that it's time to shake their ass if the low end is not well mixed? :)

It just takes time. After a while you’ll be able to do it without a thought or comparison. Peak master helped me get a lot better with the Cheetah Game. Once you hit lvl 20+ on peak master you should be fast as lightning imo, but everyone is different.

compressors help manipulate dynamics. The way its commonly described is that it helps make the dynamics of something even, like if you have a kick drum stem where every kick is a different transient size and volume. You can use a compressor to shave off some of the largest transients, and bring up the volume and size of the smaller ones, to create a more even kick drum. this is only one way to use a compressor however, compressors can sculpt transients essentially. If you're interested in really understanding everything that a compressor does and how to apply it, check this out:

but no I've never thought of compressors as a way to stifle and suffocate something, if that's what you want just bring the volume down. Compressors help control dynamics, and there's lots of things you can do with dynamics besides make them even, which is the common usage. You can actually purposely make them uneven and punchy, or sidechain like you said to help make two elements work together better.