Thank you for taking the HEAT listening challenge exam.
You scored 100 % Correct __Most correctly identified : Neve summed Pro Tools mix (5 out of 5),Pro Tools only mix (5 out of 5),Pro Tools mix with HEAT (5 out of 5) __In Section 5 You Preferred the "Neve summed Pro Tools mix", 1205 People have taken the test to date and 68 % answered A/B said They were not sure - It was Pretty hard. __The Current Average Score is 30 % Correct

I agree that they could have used a better mix. I'm thinking that they mixed it originally in "heat mode" then phase aligned the Neve mix to that. I think I did well because I'm familiar with how a Neve console sounds, so I have a reference as to which sections were obviously the Neve. It was then a matter of choosing which was heat, which again was obvious, as they certainly went overboard with the processing, to a point where it sounded forced.

And this is the scary part (and why I originally chimed in on this thread)...

In section 5, I chose "Pro Tools only mix" as the best mix, yet it told me that I chose the "Neve summed Pro Tools mix".

Avid, I think your challenge is severely flawed!!!

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