Chopping by EAR is not as bad as it seems.

Recently picked up a 500 and this is the workflow I've developed so far for chopping with the 500.

Why do we trust out eyes more so than our ears?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzAp6uj4eHw?si=ni07aIZmB0TxJ_bT

What if you're deaf?

If you're deaf, you pitch everything down until you can feel the sound waves.