The Reason Why You Can't Trust Your Own Ears!
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Can you trust your own hearing? In this video I'll show you a simple hearing test that will reveal that nobody can really agree on what is being said, so make sure to let me know what you hear in the comments below.
I always find it fascinating that people can never seem to agree when it comes to sound and what sounds good. Some people will say that a particular pair of studio monitors, or headphones sound great, and that another pair sounds bad, while others will say the exact opposite. Why is that? Why can people never agree?
The fact of the matter is that you can't really trust your own hearing. We all have vastly different hearing, and will therefore perceive sound very differently. As a music producer, it is therefore very important to use visual aids when mixing, as well as having other people reference your mix. You might have heard the expression "use your ears". That's a good piece of advice. After all, the best tool you have are your ears. If something sounds good, it's usually good. That said, there might be certain frequencies you're not very sensitive too, which others might pick up or vice versa. My point is, you might have slight hearing damage without even being aware of it. Some people are more sensitive to higher frequencies and others are more sensitive to lower frequencies. By taking a hearing test, you can get a audiogram, showing the curve of your hearing. This hearing test will let you see which frequencies you are less sensitive too. That can come in handy as it will allow you to compensate for that slight hearing loss. if people say your mix is always too harsh up top, and has too much high-end, but it sounds fine to you, it might be that you have a slight dip in your upper-frequency hearing range. Being aware of this will allow you to compensate for that. I'm not saying you shouldn't use your ears of course. I'm just saying you can't always trust them 100% and that you should use visual aids like spectrum analyzers and the Izotope tonal balance 2 etc.
The Yanny or Laurel audio clip is not a traditional hearing test but it serves to show how differently people can perceive sound. It can also tell you something about which frequencies you are most sensitive to.
Visual aids can be helpful when mixing and mastering music. Particularly the Izotioe tonal balance plugin. It will show how much energy is in the different frequency bands, compared to other commercial tracks. You can check it out here:
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Honestly,i kept hearing "Moral,Moral,Moral " LOL🤣🤣🤣
I can only hear Laurel..
@branchyapple
3 ай бұрын
Even in when slowed down? 3:49
Laurel here! Thanks for the info. It is something I think about from time to time, this is why it is so important to trust the metrics and scopes. What we cannot hear well, we can trust these visual tools that will help us a lot.
Slowed: yanny. Sped up: laurel. Normal: laurel. Eq: Laurel.
Great info! Thanks for sharing.
I heard a whispering voice that said that Firewalk should produce more Uplifting Trance...
Laurel, but when the speed decreased i could hear Yanny
Amazing video.
I find it hilarious hot youtube captions captured laurel every time😂😂🤣🤣
nice and educational video
An amazing video as per usual. I remember this Yanny/Laurel debate going viral back in like 2017; I always hear 'Laurel'. I've just started working on my own music and I'm trying to become more trusting of my ears, but I don't have the facilities for a big setup with fancy speakers. Any headphone recommendations that act as a decent alternative?
@Timsturbs
4 ай бұрын
mdr7506+wm61a+arta+equalizerapo
Awesome video didnt knew about of different can be the hearing between humans. Im kinda glad that i take care of my ears for my whole life. Didnt even figured out how much can the loss of hearing can become like even 50% less capture on high frecuencies on that diagram. Lets take of our ears peeps.
Laurel. It`s a good Test :-)
I've recently got a handful of people in different age range that I send my tracks to when I think they sound good to me just to make sure they actually do sound good more often than not they actually sound good... cuz I specifically buy computers that have good amps
I'm convincing myself that tinnitus just shapes my sound design in a.. unique way 🤣 A loud kind of way that I can hear clearly
Intresting and informative! I heard yeowi all the time 😂😂 i dont know what that means 😅
@johnnyanko6051
4 ай бұрын
I only hear Laurel 😂
Only laural .. couple of years ago when I was mixing hats and other high frequences that I relized my right ear dosen´t hear anything from 8khz and up. Great video !
Listening to the video on speakers I heard laurel, but when you did the tests I heard "yeah ah ee" then sped up I heard "yeah me" then the eq I heard laurel again. Trippy shit, nice video.
So as producers, ignore constructive criticism from others?
I can hear both Laurel and Yanny.
Do you have a video on how to use compressor? The very basics
I hear Yammy and Laurel when the frequency is higher.
I think the way my phone speaker is built makes me only hear Laurel. Yanny could be with more high end speaker cause saying "Ya" gives more air and my phone could be not producing highs enough so I only hear Laurel (Haven't watched the full video btw, maybe there's will be a talk about that) Just watched the part where it says the reason why and I feel good that my analysation was on point. Slowed: Yar ee Speed: Laurel EQ: Laurel Now I wonder why the slowed and deeper tone made it sound like Yar ee. Maybe because the details with the slowed and deeper is lower.
Loudness is subjective, Frequency is objective
I heard both , Yanny and the slowd version but I heard more of Laura at the hight end I heard both
I hear (yeah we)
laurel on headphones and over my edifiers, only change was low speed, then iit was yeewee
Laurel normal speed Higher speed yenny :D
I hear Yanni, and Laurel when it's EQ'ed
I hear Yui and Laurel.
Ahh... I realized two days eariler my left ear cant hear anything over 15kHz... My right ear is okay till about 17khz. Well its not related to the actual content but just had to tell you :D it would be a good subject for a future video. Hearling loss vs mixing or someting like that.
@SpacedOutDoonie
4 ай бұрын
I hear less in my left ear too but im sure it would be balanced out if I got my ears professionally cleaned/removed of ear wax. Have you seen them ear wax removal videos? People say once they get their ears cleaned its like having super human hearing and everything is loud, so wearing headphones for the first couple of days/week(s) maybe would be severely loud and unbearable.
@rcs2003
4 ай бұрын
@OutDoonie No problem with my ear balance, simply cant hear beyond 15k at all with my left ear. Wax doesnt cause like that. My ears are clean btw. I am 40 this year so somewhat it is normal due my age.
Yarel
Laurel hehe
every time you hear yourear(s) ring randomly or after a loud concert. your making your ears weaker
Laurel till u slowed it down then yanny
I don't hear nothing of Yanni 😅 just laurel
Trump 2024. That's all I hear. BTW, I was born with two right ears.