Ear training software for audio professionals
Improve Your Aural Skills with Auricula AU Plug-Ins
Here's how they work…
Auricula AU plug-ins run on Mac OS 10.5, 10.6, or 10.7. A Cocoa compatible host (such as GarageBand) is required. Watch the movie.
You provide an audio file and the Auricula plug-in will manipulate the sound automatically in some way – it’s then up to you to make a guess and see if you heard what changed. Your scores will improve the more you practice and you’ll become a better listener!
Playyour source recording from within a Cocoa compatible host.
Listenwhile the plug-in adjusts the output. You can customize the difficulty level as your hearing becomes more acute.
Select your Answerfrom within the plug-in; and keep testing as long as you like.
You can Customize the Difficulty as your hearing becomes more acute.
EQ / Timbre
Learn to identify frequency bands by octave, using five filter types, over a ten octave range.
HelicesEQ / Timbre
Helices Pro narrows the affected band of frequencies to 1/3 of an octave. Can you say 3 times harder?
Helices ProEQ Cloning
Listen to a randomly generated, single band of paramtric EQ then modify your own EQ settings to match.
ConchaEQ Cloning
Listen to a randomly generated 10-band graphic EQ, then modify your own EQ settings to match.
Concha ProGain Changes
Ever wonder what a dB sounds like? Develop an intuitive grasp of level differences as measured in decibels.
MalleusCompression
Reducing the dynamic range of a recording is all too common. Are you able to detect it?
ScaphaStereo Imaging
Learn to recognize common changes to the stereo field: phase reversal, sum to mono, channel swap, left heavy mix, right heavy mix, and more.
IncusTime Delay
Learn to recognize delay and determine the elapsed time difference in
milliseconds.
Distortion
Distortion changes the harmonic content in a signal. Sometimes this is done on purpose, but if not, you should know how to recognize it.
Tragus