Audio refers broadly to the information, be it acoustic or electronic, entering, traversing, or exiting some medium.
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How tough is it to eliminate the background noises of this video?
As in the title, how tough is it to eliminate the background noises of this video?
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How do audio engineers (physically) treat rooms for studios?
Here's my problem: I live in a small apartment downtown São Paulo - it's noisy as it can be.
Loud traffic, people screaming and buses circulating day and night. This was never a problem - I usually ...
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Licence of audio samples
I am not sure if this is the right place to ask, but is there a free-to-use licence for audio samples like drum-kit sounds? And what if I want to use the samples in a commercial application? And what ...
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Audio and Frames Not in Sync in RAM Preview
Asked this question before... having same problem.
When I go to the RAM preview of After Effects, the audio of the video will play on sync for a while, then will get screwy. Sometimes the audio will ...
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Balance Main Mix Between Multiple Speakers
I'm designing a small PA system. I currently have the following setup (stereo main mix into 2-channel amp with 4 speakers [front and rear in parallel]):
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Strange corruption in optical/toslink audio from PS3
Please listen to this: http://nate.quandra.org/wtf.wav
It's me moving through the PS3 main menu and then playing part of a Bluray. You can hear that the clicking menu interface sound effect "hangs ...
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how can I make sounds of different frequencies appear subjectively equally loud?
I'm making an experiment where I play pure tones of three different frequencies (220 Hz, 440 Hz, 880 Hz) at 75 dB SPL. I've noticed that they don't sound equally loud, and I would like them to. I ...
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How do LPC encoders work
I asked this question on the DSP forum and got a reasonable answer but the answer was very technical and was wondering whether someone could give me a more general idea of how it works. My ...
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What equipment do I need to mix and monitor my recordings?
I am a complete Newbie when it comes to mixing and multi-channel Audio. I have two instruments I would like to record simultaneously - a Roland HD-1 V-drum set (outputting a 3.5mm PL connector) and an ...
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how to do mono to stereo conversion
(This is a cross-post from StackOverflow. But I wondered wether some people here might be the better audience to answer this.)
I am using libswresample to resample from any PCM format to 44.1kHz, ...
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Are there free records of separate piano notes in .wav files for instance?
I'm trying to find some piano sound bank -for my childish experiments with sound - the most desired form is of course a number of .wav files, each one corresponding to a piano key - being a record of ...
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Software for editing audio for video [closed]
Which software is best for editing the audio of a video?
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Audio conversion from optical audio to 3,5 analog jack
I need a DAC to convert from optical audio (coming from Apple TV) to a 3.5 analog jack.
I was thinking to buy something like this, but I'm wondering if:
1- can I easily find an adapter from 2 RCA ...
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Capturing Wedding Vows
So I am starting into wedding videography for a company, and we are having a lot of discussions as to the best way to capture wedding vows. The way they are currently doing it is a zoom h1 set to auto ...
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Does having a long 3.5mm cable degrade audio quality?
I've been looking into mics and I've heard that 3.5mm cables have problems with audio degradation over long distances. How long does the cable have to be before I start experiencing issues?
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Is there a way to play an DVD movie and hear two audio languages? [closed]
I am a brazilian and I speak/listen to English, but my wife doesn't. So, I would like to watch DVD movies in English language in my bluetooth earphone while my wife would watch (listen) in dubbed ...
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What to fix first, audio or video?
I have made a short timelapse of some nature phenomena. I would like to add ambient-like background music to it with Ableton Live. Both the timelapse and the music are (going to be) made by me, the ...
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What are the options for manipulating video in live situation? Kinda like a VJ
I would like to experiment with live videos when I'm playing as a DJ. I'm a windows user but I can migrate to GNU/Linux and I have money to spend on software.
I remember trying Virtual DJ's video ...
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FLAC vs MP3 (Lossless vs Lossy)
I tried to compare one file which was flac with mp3 file that was converted from FLAC.
I kept comparing these two files and I really had hard time differencing between these two codecs.
It was ...
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What should I be looking for in a shotgun mic?
I am by no means a sound person. I really don't have experience with sound and especially with mics. However, I am trying to buy a shotgun mic to capture audio for video. Since I don't know a whole ...
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Mixing voice and audio backing in Premier
I am looking to add a music backing to a video that I have recorded. When the person is speaking I would like the music track to be lower. When the person is not speaking, I would like the music ...
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Soundcloud Dropbox linked to Ableton/Max4live
I want to build a self-generating audio installation with Ableton Live 8 & Max4Live which is fed by audio snippets via a constantly updating Soundcloud dropbox.
Basically, I want ...
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Which plugins does Wavelab 7 have (that Wavelab Elements doesn't have)?
I'm thinking about buying Wavelab 7 or Wavelab Elements 7. I'm not planning to do multi-track recordings, so I thought that Elements may be enough for me. But one major difference between the two ...
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Why is after effects turning my Prores audio into white noise
I have some footage that I converted from red to prores444. I am able to view the converted mov in quicktime and the audio sounds fine. However, I when import it to Efter Effects, the audio previews ...
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Audio output from Mitsubishi HC4000 to speakers doesn't work
I don't manage to output the audio from my projector Mitsubishi HC4000 to my harman speakers, with a RCA to 3.5 jack adaptor.
I've connected the adaptor to the blue and red RCA output in the ...
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audio export settings for youtube using premiere elements
Pretty simple question(I think). I am using Adobe Premiere Elements. I would like to create a simple video using a 44.1 khz WAV audio clip and a still image and then export it to youtube.
What would ...
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Vectorized audio? Does it exist? Its pros and cons? Which formats?
In grahpics-design, vectorized content are much easier to work with version-control rather than raster images: much smaller space so more fit to Git -style version-controlling. Can I do it somehow ...
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Android : connectionClosed: no XMPPConnection - That's strange! [closed]
I am getting this error
08-20 10:39:53.347: E/GTalkService(321): connectionClosed: no XMPPConnection - That's strange!
I am trying to play streaming audio on emulator using audiotrack.
what might ...
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Why does one side of my headphones always break?
So basically, I've brought several headphones. Within a few days, one of them almost always fails for some reason. It happens for different brands of headphones (both ones that cover the entire ear ...
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Management: how to develop/deploy audio -material? Large -files, separated -files or some other solution?
I develop a large dev -file usually over 300MB easily. Then I categorize it and break it into parts (A) such as shouting, laughing, smiling and other descriptive things. This pieced material belongs ...
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Do I need an amplifier to listen to the signal audio coming from a DAC?
I'm planning to use a DAC (digital-analog converter) to convert signal from an optical/toslink connection (Apple TV) to my speakers with 3.5 analog jack.
I'm wondering if I need an amplifier or if I ...
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search for most friendly software partner for my Voice Recorder
I got this Olympus WS-750M Voice Recorder. It's really handy, and I'm getting addicted to it.
What I need to match it, is a software tool, which can easily:
Manage recording files
Cut head/tail of ...
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Is the third RCA connector for video?
Sorry for the ignorance, but I need an adapter from two RCA audio jack to the 3.5 jack. However, looking back on my projector I see three RCA ports. Is the third one for video?
thanks
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Does combining the left&right speaker signals cause me to lose part of the sound?
Ancient speaker system in the pool hall I'm in charge of. It's got that kind of jack with a red and white opening that feed together into one wire that plugs into my laptop.
You can tell I know what ...
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How can I mimic the audio synthesis layers from Kraftwerk's “Tour de France Etape 3”?
I'm currently trying to achieve a similar sound from "Tour de France Etape 3". Specially the intro of the song. The same sound can be heard across the whole Tour de France Sountracks album.
From ...
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Assigning analog audio to play with HDMI/DVI video on an A/V receiver
I've got a computer I use to play a lot of media. The computer has a DVI video output and a standard analog audio soundcard. I currently have an audio-only receiver so I set the receiver to use the ...
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How to fix an audio-set with wrong levels
I have a set of 300 audios. I use those files in an App, as the voice of an animated character.
So, the thing is, that I can't find a process that take the audio, and "normalize" its levels to make a ...
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Which equipments can i buy to record sounds of animals and birds?
My friend is doing a acoustic project related to his studies. He needs to record high quality sounds from animals and birds. I don't know anything about recording audio as i am a programmer. So please ...
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Is it a good idea to use headphones for audio production?
Is it generally a good idea to use headphones in the production/mixing of audio?
And what can I do if my speakers are terrible (e.g. laptop speakers), and I'm on a shoestring budget?
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Video Archiving Tool
I'm collecting some video and audio files.
I need a tool to create a searchable archive from them that will be able to store video /audio path, meta data (Name, Director, description,...) and tag ...
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Should I use a standalone compressor/gate or do it in post?
I'm recording screencasts and also dabbling in podcasting. I do video editing in Final Cut Pro X. My question is this:
Is it better to use a standalone insert compressor/limiter/gate or have FCPX do ...
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What are the audio production capabilities in Sony Vegas Pro because I see mostly plug-ins only?
I have read that from the NLE video editors Sony Vegas Pro is better than the competitors in terms of the audio editing capabilities. But using it there still seem to be a limited set. Mostly the ...
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How does one call the y axis of a waveform?
In many audio applications one can find a waveform representation, but the y-axis normally is never labelled.
Now, if you would plot your own waveform and wanted to label it, what would be a correct ...
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Changing a wav's file format
Does anyone know of some software to convert a wav´s file format? I need to generate wav files with the following format:
format: PCM_UNSIGNED 44100.0 Hz, 8 bit, mono, 1 bytes/frame
thanks
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Best Sony Vegas rendering options for audio-only on YouTube?
I am not an expert in Sony Vegas 10, still learning, but I was wondering what the best settings would be for an audio-only video for YouTube, with one image. Thinks to look at are:
Best audio ...
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How can I invert the amplification of two tracks?
I'd like to know how to decrease the volume of one track (either automatically or manually) as the amplification of the second track increases.
So for example, if you're listening to a live radio ...
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When I load the track in garage band, I can hear it, but I can't see it!
My friends and I do a radio show and we use Garageband to record our individual tracks. Then they get uploaded to our site, where I download them and drag the entire file into Garageband. Voila! ...
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fast routing (switching) of a single output to n distinct monitors
I need to route sound from a personal computer to one of a horde of monitors. Only one monitor will be active at any one time, but I need to be able to switch between monitors rapidly (<50ms) ...
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Apple Hardware have Digital Output - do I need to get a high end audio card?
I've been asked a question which has got me stumped. Apple hardware generally has digital output, so what would be the benefit of installing a high end audio card?
Thanks
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Automatically synchronizing audio/video with FOSS tools?
At our hackerspace, we have a full HD video camera (Toshiba Camileo X200) with a crappy microphone input. Therefore, we use a Thomann SC450 USB microphone to capture audio on a computer. Buying new ...
