Channel Robot release Eardition - Hearing testing and compensation plugin

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Hi,

I thought some of you might be interested in our latest release Eardition. Here's the press release:


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For all of us over the age of about 18, our hearing is failing. Slowly for some, quicker for others. The older you are the worse its likely to be, and it’s made considerably worse by long period listening to or playing loud music. Does that sound like someone you know? Your high frequency capabilities will start to fail as you age and (ab)use your hearing.

So whilst getting the best monitors you can afford and applying the finest room treatment is something we all aspire to, and it’s something you should definitely do to improve your chances of a great mix, the thing we are all forgetting is our ears, we all assume there’s no problem there….. wrong. But Eardition is here to help.

Eardition is an audio test suite – for the human in the room – that builds a profile of your higher end hearing capabilities thru each of the systems you use (speakers or headphones). So to some extent its also accounting for the high-end problems inherent in both your listening systems and your hearing by testing you and not the system. Run as many tests as you like on as many sets of headphones, speakers or rooms that you like, and save each profile you generate. Each profile then builds a multiband eq set-up that you can run across your master bus to compensate for your hearing losses, you can bypass the set-up or even dial it down at any point in your mix session. When your session is complete, just bypass the eq for your final mix.

Available as AU and VST3 for MacOS and Windows.

Eardition is available now list price is $42.50, on introductory sale for $32.50 from:

https://channelrobot.com/product/eardition/
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Nice :) i've done a test not too long ago and if i remember correctly my hearing stopped at 15000 hz or so.
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double post.
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Since there is no demo, would there be a video on how the testing works?

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planet_b wrote: Wed Jul 12, 2023 5:22 pm Since there is no demo, would there be a video on how the testing works?
As I said elsewhere - it would be a deeply boring video but here's an explanation of what happens:

1. Sets the listening level - here it randomly and quickly plays sine waves at a wide range of frequencies and lets the user change the gain to get a level consistent with their usual mixing/listening levels.

2. Runs the tests. So for each ear : it moves upwards through a fixed set of 12 frequencies, in each frequency it plays a test tone at a decreasing gain level and asks the user if they can hear this tone, for 14 different gain levels.

3. It uses the results matrix from this test to draw a different eq profile for each stereo channel that will compensate for the hearing deficiencies it finds.

4. Shows the eq profile to the user and engages it for audio play back

At this point the user can save the "profile" for future use.

It also lets you copy the left and right signals across to its opposite to give you a consistent stereo compensation if you want it. Finally it lets you attenuate the eq-profile, so reduce the amount of change its introducing, and finally finally it lets you bypass the eq-profile.
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Thank you for explaining the process. So it is similar to how "real" hearing testing is. Would you mind telling what these fixed 12 frequencies are, are they near the higher end of the range, ie. like 9kHz 10k 11k..?

I am curious about this, since my right ear's hearing is pretty screwed due to tinnitus. It's been recently tested that the hearing class is III (I being the best, age compensated). It's not just the higher end that's attenuated, the problems start at 2.6k. If I do a sine sweep with headphones at low volume, the attenuation is at 2.6k to 4k, then I hear a range from 4k to 5.3k, then it goes attenated to up to 6.3k. So yeah, I can tell you it's not optimal that the hearing is missing some ranges in the middle of the spectrum.

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Nug Wrangler wrote: Wed Jul 12, 2023 1:56 pm Nice :) i've done a test not too long ago and if i remember correctly my hearing stopped at 15000 hz or so.
What?
This is the same method MJ used when he was working on Anthony Marinelli's Thriller.

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planet_b wrote: Thu Jul 13, 2023 12:53 pm mumble mumble mumble
Speak up.
This is the same method MJ used when he was working on Anthony Marinelli's Thriller.

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Aloysius wrote: Thu Jul 13, 2023 12:55 pm
Nug Wrangler wrote: Wed Jul 12, 2023 1:56 pm Nice :) i've done a test not too long ago and if i remember correctly my hearing stopped at 15000 hz or so.
What?
huh?
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Nug Wrangler wrote: Thu Jul 13, 2023 3:05 pm
Aloysius wrote: Thu Jul 13, 2023 12:55 pm
Nug Wrangler wrote: Wed Jul 12, 2023 1:56 pm Nice :) i've done a test not too long ago and if i remember correctly my hearing stopped at 15000 hz or so.
What?
huh?
I think the poster missed the emoticon for "this is meant to be humour..."
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Apple Silicon?

BTW, the product page doesn’t even specify Mac/Win or VST3/AU. That’s the first thing I look for before I even consider buying.
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jamcat wrote: Fri Jul 14, 2023 4:04 am Apple Silicon?

BTW, the product page doesn’t even specify Mac/Win or VST3/AU. That’s the first thing I look for before I even consider buying.
Yes Apple Silicon, MacOS Universal binary (so both Intel and Apple Silicon in the same plugin)
VST3 and AU on MacOS and VST3 on Windows
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Great, thanks!

I did see in your initial post that it supports VST3 and AU. But for someone who just came across your product page (and not this thread) they wouldn’t know what platforms or formats were supported.
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jamcat wrote: Fri Jul 14, 2023 8:38 am Great, thanks!

I did see in your initial post that it supports VST3 and AU. But for someone who just came across your product page (and not this thread) they wouldn’t know what platforms or formats were supported.
Yes, thanks for that - I've made a few changes to the product page.
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Hi. I recently discovered that I have high frequency hearing loss that starts about 3khz then gets progressively worse up the frequency spectrum, so I'm very interested in this. Can I ask how long the intro price will last for please?

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