Master Compression with SoundGym's Compressionist!

SoundGym is an online ear training and learning centre for producers and engineers. It is a gym for your ears! We have used SoundGym before, and it is a great tool for training your ears and developing your skills. Today, we are going to take it up a level and use SoundGym’s Compressionist. This tool helps you to learn how to detect differences in attack and learn the relationship between attack and release.

In the Compressionist game on SoundGym, you get to listen to a drum loop, and then match your version to the already compressed version they have given you. As you move up in the levels, it will become more difficult, but you will be training your ears along the way so that you can more easily detect these differences!

When people ask me what attack and release are and how they can go about learning them, the first thing I tell them to do is grab a drum loop, so this is a great tool!

On SoundGym, you can also learn a wide variety of other skills, including: frequency recognition, compression and dynamics, sound location and stereo impression, distortion and sound quality recognition, detect EQ filter types, detect gain level differences, and set delay time accurately.

Once you have chosen which skills you want to improve, you are given a series of games to play that will help you hone your skills! These games and training programs are curated by sound experts, and will improve your core listening skills and having you sounding like a pro in no time at all!

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[Producelikeapro]

Which skills would you want to improve with SoundGym?

[vacanoboymusic]

Sound gym is amazing. As you level up it becomes more difficult to hear the differences, specially with compression and distortion. If you want to train your ear soundgym is what you need.

[JimGriffOne]

That's pretty damn good software, even for professionals. I've been mixing/mastering for about 20 years now but I didn't learn proper critical listening skill until the past few years. If I'd had access to this software back when I started out, I'm sure I would've learned a lot quicker. Critical listening is one of those things that takes years to master without tools like this.

[TheJerry]

Nice! Actually really hoped you'd do a video about that! Thank you! :) Keep up the good work!

[commontimeproductions]

Sam and I loved this website! We had one month back in January and plan to get it again soon. This really actually did improve my mixing and ability to hear the subtle nuances with stuff. We really recommend it :) Thanks for highlighting a new game on there that we hadn't played back in January.

[jasonfella]

Wow this is SO cool!! Unbelievably great idea. Thanks for sharing this!

[ThomasL]

Wow, really useful for training indeed.

And I did quite like the teaser at the end haha.

[Not-Only-Reaper-Tutorials]

to me, it looks like the test-tool was on Abbey Road Studio’s website time ago. You could exercise yourself, to mix a song, trying to get the same result as the one on their mix

[samspaiser]

This is like Khan Academy for sound engineers! How cool! Thanks for letting the community know about this software, Warren :)

[jakubliska]

Hi Warren, thank you for this great video! What cable do you use to connect your guitar amp with guitar cab? Greetings from Germany!

[olialimusic]

SoundGym looks like such a great and powerful tool for learning and advancing your knowledge!

[splashesin]

Wow I didn't even know about this thing till now! It seems like it would be fun!

[J-DUB-F]

Great still find myself looking at the meters, watching how fast it reacts, then how it releases. I've learned over time listen for attack and release....but I get lazy and rely on meters.
This plug is good exercise for the ears :-)

[lucatabarroni]

Hi, i'm a 15 y/o "producer", do you think this Is really really helpful for a producer to the very start?

[ALCOFRE]

Quick question sir, is there a "contact us" section on your website? I wanted to send a thank you letter, I mean I'm not expecting a response but I feel it's the moral thing to do since this channel has literally transformed my life.

[RCSmiths]

Really interesting showcase, especially when you experiment for the first time. You always want to try something new, you might like it!

[amig]

Hey Warren... Sorry for unrelated question but I just have to ask - what kind of PC mouse do u use? You must rack up a ton of computer hours. I hope your wrist is ok. Ive been to painville and back with too many hours with the wrong device!

[drummerjeroensimons]

Hi Warren, I hope you are doing well man!! I, m personally going through a very rough time here, but I stay positive and I will be back stronger after this...Keep on doing great stuff!!! Cheers, Jeroen Simons, Independent, ex- Epica.

[skullzstudio]

This is a very useful training tool for engineers that have been doing it for a long time or for new Engineers great great tool

[semtex]

hey Warren, may i know what screen recording software do you use?