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In The Studio: Mix Processing Listening Test

Compare two audio tracks and try to decide which one is processed... And which one you prefer...

I acquired a new piece of audio equipment and got the idea to run a mix through it for coloration.

This equipment is not designed for this task. I don’t normally run hardware on my mix bus.

Arriving on a subtle setting where there was no audible distortion, I thought it might be a fun ear training exercise.

The two files below are labeled Track A and Track B. One has been processed and one has not.

Click on each one to listen, and then click on the box below for the answer.

Track A

Track B

Did you correctly identify the processed file? Which did you prefer? Did you think the difference was significant?

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