TrainYourEars EQ Edition is an ear training software for Mac and PC designed to help you understand equalisers and frequencies like never before.
It speeds up your learning process exposing you to hundreds of random equalizations you have to guess. If you are wrong, it will let you know “how wrong”, and it will let you hear both your guess and the correct answer.
In no time you will develop a frequency memory which will allow you to connect the sound you imagine in your head with the parameters you need to dial, quickly and easily than ever.
It has a brand new training method. Instead of guessing, you have to make corrections while you hear the result.
The person who suggested this method to us in the first place was Bob Katz, a renowned mastering guru. We tested it, we loved it, so here it is for all you to enjoy!
Besides it has a new, modern and clean interface, a new assisted training screen, a new exercise designer, it supports other languages, and many other features.
The ability to connect what is in your mind with the appropriate parameters you have to dial to get that sound is not an easy task. The steps involved should be:
Sometimes people get lost in the translation step and start turning knobs without confidence. The more you work, the better you understand what those knobs really do, but it is a slow process.
People excel in this matter after many years, because they have learned experimenting with lots of different processes applied to lots of different sources. The purpose of this training is to open your ears to what each frequency sounds like and reduce the amount of time needed to acquire this knowledge.
In 15 minutes you can guess or correct 100 random equalisations, so training every day for a few weeks is equivalent to accumulating the experience of many years.
First, you load the music you want to train with:
Then, you choose an exercise or design a new one:
And finally, train your ears with one of these two methods!
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If you are a beginner today, use Serato or Rekordbox. They are objectively better. But if you find an old Windows XP laptop in your parents’ basement and you see that on the desktop? Plug in your headphones. Load up "Sandstorm." Hit Sync (which was actually invented in VDJ 5, by the way).
If you started DJing between 2007 and 2010, you probably don’t remember the name of the software. You remember the skin . That slick, dark grey interface with the two mirrored vinyl decks, the blue waveforms, and that unmistakable to cue. That was Virtual DJ 5.
And smile. Because you’re looking at the software that started the digital revolution.
Back to the Crate: Why Virtual DJ Version 5 Was the Gateway Drug for a Generation of DJs
But for the "bedroom DJ" generation—the kids who mixed for their dorm room floor or a house party of 15 people—VDJ 5 was the first time we felt like a professional.
Virtual DJ 5 allowed any kid with a laptop and a $30 Radio Shack splitter cable to become a DJ. We didn’t have CDJs. We didn’t have turntables. We had a mouse, a keyboard, and the .
Retrospective
Let’s take a moment to respect the software that taught millions of us what a BPM counter actually meant. Today, touching a laptop screen while DJing is frowned upon in purist circles. But back in 2008? It was magic.
It was the "Honda Civic" of DJ software. It wasn't fancy, it wasn't flashy, but it turned on every time and got you to the gig. Virtual DJ version 5 is now abandonware. You can’t download it legally from the main site anymore, and modern operating systems (Mac OS Ventura and Windows 11) struggle to run it. The audio engine is dated. The effects sound like tin cans compared to modern algorithms.
Before the sync button was perfect. Before STEMS isolation and 4K waveforms. Before streaming playlists replaced MP3 folders, there was .
If you are a beginner today, use Serato or Rekordbox. They are objectively better. But if you find an old Windows XP laptop in your parents’ basement and you see that on the desktop? Plug in your headphones. Load up "Sandstorm." Hit Sync (which was actually invented in VDJ 5, by the way).
If you started DJing between 2007 and 2010, you probably don’t remember the name of the software. You remember the skin . That slick, dark grey interface with the two mirrored vinyl decks, the blue waveforms, and that unmistakable to cue. That was Virtual DJ 5.
And smile. Because you’re looking at the software that started the digital revolution. virtual dj version 5
Back to the Crate: Why Virtual DJ Version 5 Was the Gateway Drug for a Generation of DJs
But for the "bedroom DJ" generation—the kids who mixed for their dorm room floor or a house party of 15 people—VDJ 5 was the first time we felt like a professional. If you are a beginner today, use Serato or Rekordbox
Virtual DJ 5 allowed any kid with a laptop and a $30 Radio Shack splitter cable to become a DJ. We didn’t have CDJs. We didn’t have turntables. We had a mouse, a keyboard, and the .
Retrospective
Let’s take a moment to respect the software that taught millions of us what a BPM counter actually meant. Today, touching a laptop screen while DJing is frowned upon in purist circles. But back in 2008? It was magic.
It was the "Honda Civic" of DJ software. It wasn't fancy, it wasn't flashy, but it turned on every time and got you to the gig. Virtual DJ version 5 is now abandonware. You can’t download it legally from the main site anymore, and modern operating systems (Mac OS Ventura and Windows 11) struggle to run it. The audio engine is dated. The effects sound like tin cans compared to modern algorithms. Plug in your headphones
Before the sync button was perfect. Before STEMS isolation and 4K waveforms. Before streaming playlists replaced MP3 folders, there was .
Final price was 89€, but the 49€ launch offer was such a success that we sold twice as many as we expected.
After a lot of thought we decided to keep this reduced price forever :)
Thanks to all the people who has supported this project so far and made this possible!
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