What changes between Easy, Medium, and Hard mode?

Easy mode boosts 4 broad frequency bands by +18 dB. Medium mode uses 7 standard bands boosted by +12 dB. Hard mode uses 10 precise ISO octave bands boosted by +6 dB for professional mixing precision.

Apps & Tools

Ear Training: Guess the Boosted Frequency

Pink noise plays with one frequency band boosted in real time. Select your difficulty, listen, and guess which band is boosted to train your ears for mixing.

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Which Band Was Boosted?

Knowledge Base

Why Ear Training Beats Reading Frequency Charts

Knowing that "muddy" lives around 300 Hz is useless if you can't recognise 300 Hz when you hear it in a real mix. This game builds that recognition directly: it boosts a real frequency band on real noise through your speakers or headphones, and asks you to name it. The same skill as sweeping an EQ to find a resonance.

How Difficulty Levels Work

Easy Mode (4 Bands · +18 dB): Obvious wide boosts across Bass, Low-Mid, Upper-Mid, and High Air. Ideal for beginners building basic frequency zone awareness.
Medium Mode (7 Bands · +12 dB): Standard 7-band breakdown (Sub-Bass, Bass, Low-Mid, Midrange, Upper-Mid, Presence, Air). Great for daily mix warm-ups.
Hard Mode (10 Bands · +6 dB): Precise ISO 1/1 octave bands with subtle +6 dB boosts. Trains your ear for fine surgical EQ cuts and boosts on vocals and instruments.

FAQ

Q: Why pink noise and not a song?
A: Pink noise has equal energy per octave, so a boost stands out cleanly without melody or rhythm distracting your ear. Once bands get easy to identify here, try the same exercise on a track you're mixing.

Q: I keep confusing neighbouring bands, is that normal?
A: Yes, especially between Low-Mid and Midrange, or Upper-Mid and Presence. They're close enough in character to blur together at first. That confusion is exactly what this game is training out of your ear.