Critical Listening Skills for Audio Professionals
Posted on June 22nd, 2009
Audio productions are made or broken by the quality of the recording engineer’s ears. The ability to properly discern sounds, identify subtle problems, and act accordingly to apply the necessary fix makes all the difference in the quality of the final tracks and master. The good news is that these crucial skills can be learned. The ability to instantly identify frequencies, hear hidden distortions, and instinctively reconcile conflicts in the EQ of instruments, audio elements, vocals and more are traits of those who have mastered the art of audio production.
The best engineers have trained their ears to immediately recognize audio problems that the consumer and those new to recording arts would likely not hear, but that, if left unresolved, would result in an amateurish final product. For more than two decades, students of F. Alton Everest’s Critical Listening and Auditory Perception courses have rapidly developed these skills by using the intense lessons found in this b (more…)
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10 Responses to “Critical Listening Skills for Audio Professionals”
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Walta Says:
June 22nd, 2009 at 9:35 am5.0 out of 5 stars
Audio listening skills for the professional and learner
Always good to find a product that challenges the learning curve and this book is one that has stood the test of time. -
Infant Clothes Says:
June 22nd, 2009 at 5:17 pm2.0 out of 5 stars
Supplied CD Uses Wrong Media
A clearly well written book. The CD supplied is a CD-RW which does not play on certain brands of CD player (like my Sony). -
Odessa Says:
June 22nd, 2009 at 9:48 pm5.0 out of 5 stars
Affordable Technical Training in Audio
This book/cd is amazing. With specific exercises to help you identify frequency ranges, shelving and hi/lo pass filters, thd and lots more. -
Anonymous Says:
June 23rd, 2009 at 2:25 am1.0 out of 5 stars
CD corrupt
Another review mentioned that the CD was corrupt. I hoped to get lucky and ordered it anyway but, alas, the CD delivered to me was corrupt, too. -
Uta Says:
June 23rd, 2009 at 6:32 am5.0 out of 5 stars
Review
Great book for begginers looking to understant the basics of sound. Clear and easy to understand. -
Walt Says:
June 23rd, 2009 at 9:12 am2.0 out of 5 stars
mp3 files on cd????
i just tried to listen to the track lessons on my very expensive and revealing audio system, and to my surprise the tracks on the cd lessons are on MP3!!! WHAT??? -
Sacagawea Says:
June 23rd, 2009 at 11:22 am4.0 out of 5 stars
Just what I needed
I am currently a student in mediaproduction and not too apt in the field of audio. Often I would come across examples in my textbooks on problems concerning EQ, audio levels,… -
Kaede Says:
June 23rd, 2009 at 3:49 pm1.0 out of 5 stars
Save your money, it’s a ripoff
The book comes with a cd. Mine didn’t work, and book is useless without cd. I emailed publisher, waited a week to hear back, and they pretty much told me I was out of luck… -
Duscha Says:
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:38 pm4.0 out of 5 stars
Zombie walking
This is a reissue of two earlier publications from a distant era. An old school approach to ear training. The Psychoacoustic section is quite informative. -
Kai Says:
June 23rd, 2009 at 11:39 pm5.0 out of 5 stars
The best course!!!
i love it!!
This book is all about
develope your skills in order to make better determinations
about EQ,Comp,Reverb,etc./..