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		<title>Wired For Sound Part 4: Headphones</title>
		<link>http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/2010/08/04/wired-for-sound-part-4%c2%a0headphones/</link>
		<comments>http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/2010/08/04/wired-for-sound-part-4%c2%a0headphones/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Long</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[buying]]></category>
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So far we&#8217;ve covered playback sources, discussed options for amps and speakers, and looked at ways to judge improvements to your setup by listening. This week we&#8217;re focusing on the more compact alternative to a room full of hi-fi gear: Headphones.
Headphones Saved My Life
So here&#8217;s the deal: You&#8217;d love to have super high fidelity sound [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wired For Sound Part 3: All The Gear, But No Idea?</title>
		<link>http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/2010/07/20/wired-for-sound-part-3-all-the-gear-but-no-idea/</link>
		<comments>http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/2010/07/20/wired-for-sound-part-3-all-the-gear-but-no-idea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Long</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bass]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/?p=1900</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Missed the previous posts in the series? Catch up with Part One and Part Two.
So you&#8217;re planning on buying some new toys, or shifting your set up around, but how will you know if you have actually made things better?
First things first, you need some test material. Several hi-fi manufacturers make CDs of test tracks, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wired For Sound Part 2: Amps and Speakers</title>
		<link>http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/2010/07/13/wired-for-sound-part-2-amps-and-speakers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/2010/07/13/wired-for-sound-part-2-amps-and-speakers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Long</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[amplifiers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[amps]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Missed part one? Catch up here.
Welcome to part two of my series helping you gain new enjoyment from ear training by showing you how to get the best sound quality. This week we are going to be talking about amps and speakers.
This is a huge subject and you could easily fill books on such esoteric [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to write better songs (&#8230;by developing your ears!)</title>
		<link>http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/2010/07/02/how-to-write-better-songs-by-developing-your-ears/</link>
		<comments>http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/2010/07/02/how-to-write-better-songs-by-developing-your-ears/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Abdallah</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[absolute pitch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[composing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dynamics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[relative pitch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[song writing]]></category>
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Songwriting and ear training are two concepts that are strongly linked together, which is often overlooked. The goal of songwriting is to create music for an audience to hear. The goal of ear training is to develop a sense of hearing better able to listen to musical ideas.
A musician with better ear training is going [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wired for Sound Part 1: Playback</title>
		<link>http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/2010/06/24/wired-for-sound-part-1-playback/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Long</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/?p=1599</guid>
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You don&#8217;t need a fancy Hi-Fi system to have fun ear training, but good sound reproduction can inspire your creativity, reveal unheard detail in a familiar recording and is less tiring for extended listening sessions. In this series of articles I will be providing some hints and tips on how to get the best listening [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ear Training Link Roundup</title>
		<link>http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/2010/06/22/ear-training-link-roundup/</link>
		<comments>http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/2010/06/22/ear-training-link-roundup/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Sutton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are a few great ear training resources on the web which you might not have come across:
Arranging Music for A Cappella
&#8220;This guide should get you started arranging music for your a cappella group if you have musical ideas but don&#8217;t know how to put them down on paper. It&#8217;s no substitute for really learning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Background: EQ Feathering and Spectrum Analyzers</title>
		<link>http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/2010/05/28/background-eq-feathering-and-spectrum-analyzers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/2010/05/28/background-eq-feathering-and-spectrum-analyzers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 14:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fotios Koulakos</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[audio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[engineer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EQ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feathering]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Frequency Fundamentals]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/?p=1142</guid>
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Today we&#8217;re taking a quick breather in the Frequency Fundamentals series, for an introduction to two important topics for audio engineers: EQ Feathering and Spectrum Analyzers. Once you&#8217;re familiar with both of these, you&#8217;ll be ready for the final part in the series, on harmonics of sounds.
…Here is the answer to the mystery bonus question [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Frequency Band Characteristics (Part 2)</title>
		<link>http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/2010/05/07/frequency-band-characteristics-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/2010/05/07/frequency-band-characteristics-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 19:15:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fotios Koulakos</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[characteristics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EQ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[frequencies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frequency Fundamentals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mastering]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/?p=1140</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
We now continue our discussion of the 10 audible octaves. We left off at Octave 5 in Part 1. Onward….
Characteristic Sounds: Bands 6-10
Octave 6 (640-1280Hz)
This is midrange land again. Remember Octave 5, and now 6 are referred to as the projection octaves. 
Specifically, here in Octave 6 rests the difference between a focused and loud [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Frequency Band Characteristics (Part 1)</title>
		<link>http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/2010/04/20/frequency-band-characteristics-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/2010/04/20/frequency-band-characteristics-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fotios Koulakos</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[audio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[characteristics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EQ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[frequencies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[frequency bands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frequency Fundamentals]]></category>
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Now comes the time that we need to address actual characteristics of different frequencies, as well as the different octaves that humans can hear. (As in, how many are there actually?)
As always, let’s follow the flow of logic. The simple question first:
How many octaves are there in the human hearing range of 20-20kHz?
The answer is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Few Words of Encouragement</title>
		<link>http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/2010/04/15/a-few-words-of-encouragement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/2010/04/15/a-few-words-of-encouragement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 09:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph DuBose</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alright, we’ve covered quite a bit of ground in the last three articles and by now you might feel a little overwhelmed by the enormity of ear training. So, let’s go back over the highlights of what has been covered so far.

Ear training requires a focused attention
Training the ear to distinguish between the various musical [...]]]></description>
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