Software is a computer program that exists separate from the computer itself. It can be installed or uninstalled. In the context of this site, it is a tool for the manipulation of audio or video data.
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Environments in which to stage an animated scene
I'm looking to shoot a short computer-based set of scenes, however I'm not sure what suitable (3D) engines/environments would be available to facilitate this.
I'm aware of the Source engine, in which ...
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How do I sort through a music collection and find and categorise the best quality files?
I'm looking for some software that can scan a large collection of files which contains many duplicates of varying quality in different file formats.
Ideally I would like to have a folder structure ...
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How to recognize deep from loud sounds?
I found a player at newgrounds.com time ago (cannot find it now, forgot the url, will comment if i find it) that has two pairs of speakers. The upper pair plays loud sounds or screamy sounds but the ...
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MAX/MSP vs Cubase
I am interested about sound synthesis and music production. I came across max/msp and cubase and they seem to be the de facto standards in this field. I would like to have some recommendation about ...
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How can I View Audio in Real Time?
This may seem like a dumb question but I don't know where else to ask it!
One of things I like to do with music is check out wave patterns, spectral phases, etc, if for no other reason than they look ...
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Voiceover drowns in music. How do I make it more dominant?
Total newbie here, not sure if this is the right place to post this. I'm trying to record some station IDs for an online radio station thingamajig I'm doing. I'm using a Samson C03U. My voiceovers ...
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Where can I publish a 50 fps video?
I've produced a video in 50 fps progressive. I am having a hard time getting anyone to actually see it: all popular online video players are artificially capped to 30 fps.
Is there any way I can ...
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Unwanted letterboxing using Wirecast
When I create a 1280 x 720 pixel image in Photoshop CS5.1 for use as a title slide in Wirecast, the resulting image is letterboxed. I have a similar problem with 720p video feeds from a Black Magic ...
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Professional text animation software
In addition to Adobe Flash, what other tools people usually use to make text animations.
By text animation I mean, like animations that has a narration and word or letters from the narration dance on ...
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Could someone edit this? [closed]
I need to edit an After Effects file (.aep) but the project needs to be completed by the weekend. However, I am unfamiliar with After Effects as most of my work is with Photoshop, Maya, etc. I just ...
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Recording multiple applications (on different VAC lines) to multiple tracks
I have set up a PC (Windows 7x64) with 3 Lines in Virtual Audio Cable. Each line has one program using it as it's output device (total of 3 programs running) the physical device is just on-board ...
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Choosing an import format: AAF vs OMF
I am developing a video rendering application. I would like to import editing projects from non-linear video editing application like Avid or FCP.
Which format should I start with, AAF or OMF? What ...
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How to create music throughly inside computer, without using live instrument sounds? What do I need?
I have some themes, and I'd like to expand them and make some songs out of them. However, I can't afford studios and players and I'm just an ordinary guitar player. I'd like to create music totally ...
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How would you go about restoring old voice recordings?
I have some old voice recordings I would like to restore and I'm not sure what software I should use and in what order I should apply the different transformations.
They were digitized a while back ...
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How can I align photos for stop motion?
I just began to take the same photo everyday, in order to try to make a stop motion over the fall/winter season.
As I have took now 3 photo (that's a start) I realized that they will not be well ...
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Is there any Windows, Mac, or Unix software similar to LSDJ for writing “chiptunes”?
I am aware of LSDJ and have tried to use it via various GameBoy emulators, but I find the interface to be incredibly clunky and am wondering if anyone has seen a suite of software that takes better ...
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How do I isolate parts of a song according to pan position?
Suppose I have an mp3 of a song. That is, I have a final mixdown; I don't have access to the constituent tracks.
Now, suppose I want to isolate parts of this song according to pan position. For ...
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Need webcam presentation software for digital projectors
I am about to do a presentation of a mobile application at a conference. I have a good USB webcam to use, so I can point at the phone, but want to put it through my laptop and then through a projector ...
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Transfer Avid project from one machine to another
How can I transfer an Avid Media Composer project -- with all media -- from one computer to another?
Are there any issues with duplicating media when transferring media files?
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Software/Hardware requirements for home recording
I'm as novice as one can be regarding home recording, hence my broad question.
I play guitar (classical/electric) and keyboard (MIDI output available) and I want to (try to) record some songs I've ...
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Need help with creating subliminal audio cd's with "Max/MSP'
I have custom subliminal CD's scripts already made and masked under white noise and all I want to do is mix them together and record them realtime and maintain the right frequency level through the ...
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Pitch/chord tracking software (such as Melodyne)
Aside from Melodyne, do you know any other music transcription softwares Specifically those that can do, onset detection, pitch detection, possibly chord detection, and possibly tempo estimation.
I ...
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Combining multiple Videos
Does any one know about any free software for windows with which I can combine multiple videos and create a video like this?
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Which Choir library would be recommended for film scoring, regardless of the price?
I'm looking for a good choir sound library to use in film scores.
Tonehammer's Liberis and Requiem Pro choral libraries seem to deliver quite an outstanding and realistic performance (if used ...
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What is a good workflow for producing High quality High definition Videos suitable for a final upload to the internet.
I'm entering my third week into the video editing world, and have already put up a few test videos to youtube. But overall, I am unhappy with the results so far.
Quick background: I am recording ...
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Premier Pro versus Final Cut Pro
I am thinking about getting some video editing software and I was wondering if Premier Pro or Final Cut Pro is better in terms of ease of use, compatibility with other audio and video editing ...
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Multiple loop phrases in Ableton looper?
Using my floorboard controller and vanilla Ableton MIDI mappings, I've managed to figure out a way to juggle two phrases with loopers. However, the MIDI assignments are a pretty clunky. The basic idea ...
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CD Ripping Metadata Software for SFX database
We are redoing our SFX server. We use netmix pro along with netmix server on mac leopard and snow leopard.
I was wondering if there was a good CD ripping software that can tag the regions with its ...
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I'm not happy with Final Cut Pro (X). What are my options?
I'm a editor who has been editing with Final Cut Pro for the last couple of years and I'm not impressed with the new Final Cut Pro X. I'm interested in looking for another NLE, such as Avid or ...
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Is it possible to recreate VirtualDub Deshaker functionality in Adobe Premiere/After Effects?
I'd like to automatically stabilize some poorly-shot shaky footage in Adobe Premiere or After Effects.
VirtualDub Deshaker analyzes frame motion, computes smoothing, adjusts frame position, scale and ...
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When I read “MPEG-4 AAC”, does this mean 'AAC', 'AAC+ Version 1', or 'AAC+ Version 2'?
I'm encoding .3gp videos.
Instructions say, under audio codec: "MPEG-4 AAC".
On audio settings, I can choose between "AAC", "AAC+ Version 1" and "AAC+ Version 2".
I'm lost. Can anyone enlighten me?
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What is the best way to make music play more slowly? (at any arbitrary speed)
And what is the best program to use for that?
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looking for a program for mixing subliminals with music at automatic levels
I am looking for a PC Audio mixing program that automatically mixes to sources at the same levels (floodgate). What I mean is that I want to mix subliminal messages in my music for me and I want to ...
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want to find a program or other sources that can help me find subliminal recordings in my custom cd's
I have purchased custom subliminal cd's and I have using them for over 3 months now and I am not sure if the message I wanted on it is even on there or what message is on there and or even if there ...
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Is it possible to record directly to a computer's CD drive?
I'm working with a client who needs to minimize the time between when recording is done and when the finalized audio CD ejects from the drive.
All of the computer recording software I'm aware of will ...
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Easy solution for controlling 5 or more speakers from a single computer
I work in a sensory research lab and we wanted to set up 5 or more speakers and control them with one computer, probably running Matlab. Is there a ready hardware solution for controlling 5 or more ...
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What are some good audio software for Tascam US 2000 interface?
I am looking for some good recording and mixing software to use with my new Tascam Us 2000 interface on my windows 7 64 bit PC. Preferably ones what ar'nt to spicy on the pocket book! The Cubase LE 4 ...
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VST Issue with REAPER and Superior Drummer
I've installed Superior Drummer and REAPER; but when I go to click on "Insert virtual instrument on new track", Superior Drummer isn't available. Am I missing a step?
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Looking for a Sound Editor for Mac OSX
I am looking for an audio editor (it does not matter if it is free or not). I am starting to learn music and how create and edit in Mac. I want a simple but still powerful enough application to edit ...
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Software playing real sounds not midi when writing scores
Is there any software able to synthesize music based on real sounds, not midi when writing scores? I mean something really offering all known instrument sounds and sound dynamics, no matter what it ...
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Methods of Amplifying Poor Audio from Camcorder Recording?
I have a recording from a camcorder (with a broken mic) where the audio is 1) largely white noise and 2) almost in-audible sound from people chatting in a room.
What methods could be used to amplify ...
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What do I need to make reasonable quality amateur recordings of vocals/piano to put on Youtube?
I have been recording myself playing piano and posting to Youtube, just so friends can take a look at how my progress is with the instrument for the most part, but also to post tutorials for some ...
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Need to convert large WMA library to MP3 or AAC. Software recommendations?
I've got a large WMA music collection that I want to convert to MP3 or AAC. Yes, I know it's not recommended to convert audio files from one format to another because I'll lose quality, HOWEVER, my ...
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outputting 2 different audio signals from a computer (PC/laptop)
I want to use my laptop to hold a cool party where there is 2 different sources of music. 1 for hip hop, and the other jazz. I would like to play the tracks simultaneously and have them outputted ...
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Software for Live Multi-Tracking Recording & Mixing
So I'm looking for a piece of software for recording multi-track live audio (PC or Mac is fine, I have system for both). That meets several key requirements:
Can record at least 4 tracks
Works with ...
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Software that actually produces instrument sounds
I'm a keyboardist (Yamaha PSR-2000), and recently, I've been wanting to replace my keyboard with a simple 'MIDI controller' keyboard connected to a PC, and have the PC produce the sounds. The reasons ...
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Kontakt 7 Player slow/bad sound quality
I downloaded Native Instruments Kontakt 7 Player, and despite the fact that I'm on an AMD Athlon 65 3500+ 2.19 GHz with 2.5 GB of RAM, the sound quality is unacceptable; there are drags and buzzes and ...
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Free batch conversion from FLAC to Apple Lossless (ALAC)?
I am looking for a free tool that would allow me to convert large amounts of FLAC files to ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec) while preserving the meta information and optionally adding new information ...
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Any plugins out there using GPGPU/CUDA/OpenCL for horsepower?
It looks like the dedicated hardware plugin boxes (UAD etc) use traditional DSP chips like the Analog Devices SHARC for their horsepower. Is anybody using graphics card processors via GPGPU (General ...
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Program to decompress WaveZip on 64-bit
Anyone know of a 64-bit or 32-bit windows compatible program to WaveZip compressed files? I just tried to install WaveZip on my 64-bit Windows machine and it is 16-bit and won't install.
