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Hears Perfection
Anyone have a thought or two regarding Hears Perfection from Brainworx? I’ve been needing to work on calibrating my listening environment both on headphones and with my speakers. Plus, the plug in was on sale, $80 off on Plugin Alliance, so it seemed like a good time to take the plunge. Also, I do have Ollo headphones so my initial thought would be the Hears would be instead of as opposed to in tandem with the Ollo set up. Thanks for all your help and hope all are well and busy.
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Hi. I use both Hears and Realphones. One is to regain all the high frequencies I have lost thru age and live music. The other is to regain room space while wearing headphones. My hearing loss is significant so using hears for both my headphones and monitors is essential. Obviously I have different tests for both. Without Hears everything is muddy to me and I mix way to much high end as is shown in my earlier mixes with the PAS analyzer. Now my hearing is closer to a normal set of ears. If the cost is in budget then do it. You might be surprised after your hearing test. I know I was. I have NGH30’s not Ollo so I don’t know what the setup is for that but I assume it’s similar to Realphones which uses the calibration setup for my brand of headphones and has nothing to do with frequency hearing losss.
Credits from Old Platform Site
If anyone has rolled over credits from the old site, please email me nick@mastering.com with your name, email address, number of credits you believe you have coming, and in the subject line, put "Legacy Credits". We are working hard to get everything to this platform so it will be easier for you to move forward. Nothing has changed yet ... just trying to make it better and easier for everyone involved. Any questions, let me know
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What are credits? Levels of leaderboards?
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@Nick Allegro Ah. Ok thanks.
What is Hard versus Actually Hard…
https://youtube.com/shorts/4ITyozxca6Q?si=Z4NUD7OFdYgpXg5Q
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Yep
HEARS Perfection
Question for anyone who uses HEARS Perfection plugin: I remember someone in the Mixing Intensive saying they set it at 50% once they have completed the test. Not sure if that is the gain or the scale. I'm wondering how others adjust the settings, and why. I did lower the gain to make sure the meters weren't maxing out. I have the manual and have watched a couple of overviews on YouTube, but would like any info available about best practices.
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Hears add db on my system. I lower the volume around 2.7db in the app matching before and after levels
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Sometimes. Depends on the days tinitus
Gain Staging
Here is a short video from my ProTools certification mentor. It has some great insight on gain staging. Hope it is helpful to someone. https://youtu.be/1PvmDJyQPTI
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@Tom Baldwin Master Fader - Actually passes audio. - Changes the real level hitting inserts, sends, and outputs. - Can clip or save you from clipping. - Affects meters, headroom, and bounce level. VCA Master - Passes no audio. - It’s a remote control for other faders. - Moves grouped faders proportionally. - Preserves all routing, headroom, and gain staging. Practical reality - Use a VCA to ride groups (drums, music, vocals). - Use a Master Fader to control or monitor what’s feeding an output or bus. In ProTools I use Routing folders for groups and not VCA, It is not as limited as a VCA.
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Nathan Hershfeld
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CEO of PNAWT, Inc. and PNAWT Publishing BMI. Music composer, artist, and engineer. Avid ProTools Certified Specialist.

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