"How to Listen" Listener Training Software (beta) Available For Free Download

[Alex2507]

Which version of Firefox are you using?

I can't seem to figure that out but I'm on auto updates so it's a recent version but not quite the 4.0 which I found but didn't want to take the time to install.

... just click on the "Download anyway" hyperlink which starts the download.

I did! ... but it wouldn't take me seriously and did nothing.

No matter, it got done and the program is doing it's work as a teaching tool. I think it's a brilliant way to show people what they do and don't have the ability to discern while helping them learn how to listen better.

I think your ears are trained and ready to appreciate a pair of Revel Salon 2's

I agree ... send me a pair.

I don't know about trained but I had my girl listen to the one and only track that I missed by more than a factor of 1. She couldn't tell the difference between any of the EQ choices even though her hearing isn't damaged. I figured the difference in our abilities lies in the fact that I have been paying attention to what I hear for a few years now and I care about the differences in what I hear where she has never paid any attention at all and has no interest in being able to tell where the 6db bump is. I always knew she couldn't listen for sh!t.

Man I would like to spend about a year getting good at that.
My number has dropped to like 58% with a bunch of other trials at level 6
... always by a factor of 1 ... it's really aggravating.

EDIT:

... and how about some other scores from the first Band ID thing that says 'Peaks,G...'

 

[tonmeister]

I can't seem to figure that out but I'm on auto updates so it's a recent version but not quite the 4.0 which I found but didn't want to take the time to install.



I did! ... but it wouldn't take me seriously and did nothing.

No matter, it got done and the program is doing it's work as a teaching tool. I think it's a brilliant way to show people what they do and don't have the ability to discern while helping them learn how to listen better.



I agree ... send me a pair.

I don't know about trained but I had my girl listen to the one and only track that I missed by more than a factor of 1. She couldn't tell the difference between any of the EQ choices even though her hearing isn't damaged. I figured the difference in our abilities lies in the fact that I have been paying attention to what I hear for a few years now and I care about the differences in what I hear where she has never paid any attention at all and has no interest in being able to tell where the 6db bump is. I always knew she couldn't listen for sh!t.

Man I would like to spend about a year getting good at that.
My number has dropped to like 58% with a bunch of other trials at level 6
... always by a factor of 1 ... it's really aggravating.

Level 6? You need to get to Level 8 to be considered sufficiently trained to be a Harman listener, and some of them have gotten beyond level 12. Keep practicing! The program selection is a factor in getting the right answer, as are you are likely finding out.

 

[Alex2507]

Level 6? You need to get to Level 8 to be considered sufficiently trained to be a Harman listener, and some of them have gotten beyond level 12. Keep practicing! The program selection is a factor in getting the right answer, as are you are likely finding out.

I'm wicked good at level 2.

Does that program know what level I'm doing well with and keep me at a level that is gonna keep me engaged and learning? It just dropped me back to testing/teaching at level 5.

 

[tonmeister]

I'm wicked good at level 2.

Does that program know what level I'm doing well with and keep me at a level that is gonna keep me engaged and learning? It just dropped me back to testing/teaching at level 5.

Yes, the software drops you back to a lower skill level if you get too many wrong answers. For Band ID, this occurs if you get 3 consecutive wrong answers. If you get the next 3 wrong, you're probably qualified to become a professional audio reviewer
(refer to graph here: http://seanolive.blogspot.com/2008/12/part-2-differences-in-performances-of.html ).