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Quiztones ear training app9/8/2023 In real life you often have to deal with a single track, or how making changes to a single track affects the whole mix, while these apps (those I used anyway) are based on changes to a full arrangement only. But unless these apps have evolved since I used them, they are not exactly an accurate representation of a mixer’s daily job. In order claim it wouldn’t be worth the time, you’d essentially have to argue that precise accurate frequency identification is unrelated to mixing - In my opinion, that would be a hard argument to support. I mostly agree with you Jonathan, I guess I was just sharing my own experience because I was using these little tools a few years ago when they appeared on the internet and at first I was hoping that it would help me get better at mixing in a significant manner, but in the end I realized practicing mixing was far more efficient for me in the long run. If you want to get better at mixing, mix more. Of course that is not something I would recommend and not even something everyone can do, I’m just making a point about what should be a reasonable goal to pursue. They just tweak things until they sound good to their ears. I know some people who are not professional mixers but they are able to consistently make a very decent mix, without having a f***g clue about accurate frequencies and ranges on their different tracks. Being able to accurately identify the frequencies or frequency ranges shouldn’t be a goal in itself, it will just come with time. Try to mix genres so that you have at least a couple of good mixes to compare to what you are actually mixing whatever the arrangement, compare them in your studio, on headphones, on a bluetooth speaker, in your car… If you do this regularly you will significantly improve your ability to balance frequencies, volumes and manage dynamics. Make a playlist of songs that you know very well and have been nicely mixed. Something that helped me a great deal is referencing and A/B comparisons. Some of them are really experts, some are just experts at looking like an expert. Use free multitracks (there are tons out there), compare your mix to the others and learn to forge your own opinion on what works better in the other mixes and what works better in your own mix, don’t rely solely on the opinion of the “experts” out there. I think that the best way to get better at mixing is to mix. Practicing a particular exercise will only really make you better at this particular exercise (and this is true in a lot of other domains). While it can probably be an eye-opener for a few things, I don’t think using them on a daily basis will actually be worth the time you spent. These apps look fun to use but I wouldn’t rely on them to actually get better at mixing.
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