I am on level 27 of Dr. Compressor and am finding it trick to tell which is more compressed - the indicators I was using (like things sounding further, or ambiance getting lounder, or even consistency of the part) are frequently not there. Any suggestions as to what I should be listening for?
I didn't realize when I wrote my comment but you're actually ahead of me haha! But yeah, I've also noticed it's always a fast attack so far. The low volume trick plus looking for a more dynamic transient has helped me so far, but maybe by the time I get to your level I'll have the same issue... Another thing I've noticed is that headphones / speakers make 100% of the difference for me. When I use my airpods, I can't hear the differences at all. Even using my studio speakers it's pretty tough. My best performance is always on my HD600s. It's a good reminder that the tools sometimes do make a huge difference!
I’m at the same level, and for me the main issue is identifying the compressor’s attack time. With a fast attack, even if the difference is small, it’s relatively easy to tell which sound is more compressed. With a slower attack, though, I still struggle a lot, it almost feels like the compressor behaves more like an expander, giving the impression of a less compressed sound, even though that’s not actually the case. That’s where my main difficulty is.
I am WAY behind level 27 and identifying compression is one of the tougher exercises for me. But I'm finding one cue that often works for me, at least with the drums, which is that the pitch in the compressed version seems just a shade under the uncompressed version.
Hey there! I was surprised to see so many good reactions to my song Warrior Tonight form EP Tomorrow (2025). Thank you so so much! I'm so happy. I suppose my song will sound good in this playlist. Have a nice day!
Any advice regarding how to hear the difference in delay times below 40 ms ? I use phase cancelation in the low end as an indicator, but it doesn't seems to be reliable all the time (especilally when there's not much or not a all bass freq in the sound)
Like for example, I just had a choice between 3 vs 7 ms.
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Hi everyone, this is the latest musical piece I have been working on. The genre is best described as film music I think. This is the first time that I've tried to make a binaural mix using fiedler audio's dolby atmos composer. It's not perfect, but I'm pretty happy with it. Thanks so much for listening!
It’s my first day back in over a year. Trying to do a workout on my IPad Pro, and during the games, it will stop working. It’s like the touchscreen no longer works mid game. It might be fine for the first question, then suddenly I can’t change the curves or frequency- even trying to type in a value with the keyboard only captures the 0’s but no numbers. It will allow some factors like bypass or turning the EQ on and off, but I can’t manipulate anything. I get frustrated and just hit confirm and of course, then I die. LOL. Is this an Apple issue or a “‘me” issue?
I also struggled on my phone (Android), sadly the web app version seems to be the only reliable one. If that's really anoying, you can try activating the laptop mode of your web browser on your iPad, it might solve some issues, but for me it didn't solved everything
With my newly released EP, I made a lyric video to see if I could visually show the movie that was in my head when I was writing the song. Interestingly, trying to visually create a story takes in new directions even when it is close to what inspired the song. There was a part of me that was fascinated and torn by this technology. I don't use generative AI for writing music, but for making videos, it is promising. What do you think? Would you use it to make music videos?
Thanks @Endriu Filimon! I think over the years I had considered different ways to visually tell stories and I feel it allows a new type of expression. Thanks for checking it out!
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