LISTENING

Monitoring Practices

Reference Recordings

  • Instant reality-check by comparing your recording against another (good) one.
  • It's there to compare, not copy.

Taking Breaks

  • Our ears fatigue, leading to making things louder.
  • Your ears will adjust to create a 'new normal.'

Translation

  • How your work sounds on different speakers, in different environments.
  • Your recordings have to sound good everywhere.
  • Use speakers you know well and trust, then check on lots of different systems.

Comparisons

Volume-Matched 

  • You will think the louder option is 'better'
  • Use loudness (perceptual), not peak level (objective)

Switch Quickly

  • We have very short sound memory
  • Switch without pauses or silence
  • Sometimes called Solo Exclusive or Solo X-OR

Limit the Variables

  • Change one thing at-a-time
  • Keep things as simple as possible

Listening

By Brian

Listening

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