How consistent are your ears?

[Brandonrz]

I don’t think it changes too much day to day. What changes for me is about 20 minutes after playing/mixing my ears change. So I’ll be playing for hours dial in something that I think sounds sick on that day, then I come in with fresh ears days or an day later and I’m like damn… that sounds like shit. I’m trying to limit myself more, take breaks, etc… which is tough to do because I can only play mix so much as family life is real busy.

If I’m chasing whistley frequencies on guitar I literally limit myself to 10 minutes. Or all I hear is fuckin whistles in guitar tone and it ruins me for days lol.

 

[shar-vell Dan]

Man. You take yourself WAY too seriously. I agree with everyone else here. I’m not getting worked up over your tantrums.

I’m seriously laughing right now.

Man. You take yourself WAY too seriously. I agree with everyone else here. I’m not getting worked up over your tantrums.

I’m seriously laughing right now.

I just look at the pictures.

 

[sytharnia1560]

I think my ears are actually better now in some ways than 30 years ago ... I use metal picks (0.03mm) with coins glued to them (for a bit of thickness) and I swear I can hear different sounds depending on the coin type and size.
And I can still learn songs by ear relatively easily in terms of picking out the notes/chords, but I now find in tough to concentrate long enough to actually sit there and learn songs that way

 

[Monkey Man]

Tough to control everything that you're exposed to during gigs, but a quiet stage is a good start.

For mixing, monitor at 85dB SPL or less and you'll never have a problem with the consistency of your hearing's frequency response. IOW, you'll prevent fatigue and its attendant HF roll-off and whatnot.

 

[Erock]

easiest way to tell if voltage is affecting your sound, they sell the plug in wall monitors for under 10 bucks at Walmart. Just watch what it's doing, in relation to what you're hearing that day. You might be as surprised as I was.

 

[tjnx]

easiest way to tell if voltage is affecting your sound, they sell the plug in wall monitors for under 10 bucks at Walmart. Just watch what it's doing, in relation to what you're hearing that day. You might be as surprised as I was.

I recently did this and noticed that just like 2-3 volts made a big difference in tone. Am I crazy? I can't tell if its my amp or the voltage but I get variations in volume when playing at softer levels.

Seems like when the wall is at 120 it's the best and loudest but not as great up at like 122 or so

 

[Techdeth]

barometric pressures in the atmosphere, humidity levels, jet streams ect can all have an impact on toan. high humidity and low mids dont work well cause the mids get stuck in the atmosphere and then sound tubby

This is very vey true . Even more than that .

 

[MetalThrasher]

Bump up the mids. LOL

 

[BABMusic]

Pretty consistent, but I'll tell you something I've never figured out. I used to go for a run of a few miles. Every time I would finish, music always seemed slightly slower in tempo. As I've gotten older, things sometimes sound slightly faster than I remember.

 

[Erock]

I recently did this and noticed that just like 2-3 volts made a big difference in tone. Am I crazy? I can't tell if its my amp or the voltage but I get variations in volume when playing at softer levels.

Seems like when the wall is at 120 it's the best and loudest but not as great up at like 122 or so

Not crazy at all. Dr. Z has a long video about it, it's not in your head.

 

[tjnx]

Not crazy at all. Dr. Z has a long video about it, it's not in your head.

I looked into this a bit a while ago, the problem with the variacs is the voltage fluctuations. I can see on the wall it will go up +3 at a given moment.

I looked at some ups's and regulators but the resolution was +/- 5v. If there was something that was more locked I'd be all for it

 

[Erock]

I looked into this a bit a while ago, the problem with the variacs is the voltage fluctuations. I can see on the wall it will go up +3 at a given moment.

I looked at some ups's and regulators but the resolution was +/- 5v. If there was something that was more locked I'd be all for it

I had the same problem. My power grid is held together by duct tape and bailing twine. I got a black lion regulator, and it solved my issue.