Questions tagged [audio]
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Is there way to improve R sound in audio?
If you need to get a sharper R on the audio track, to make it sound more Spanish. To make without selecting each instance or the sound. I.e. is it possible to apply some settings to the whole audio so ...
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Blend Modes for Sound
With image data, there are blend modes. I was wondering if there is something similar for audio? That is, if I have a high sound and a low sound, roughly speaking, could I: lighten (return the high ...
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from Flac to wav
i have some flac files, some are from the same song but have a different size,
usually the larger size corresponds to a lower compression, to determine which is the best file I then go to see 2 other ...
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Remove alternating low sound and combine alternating high waves, there is no overlap, easy audio file [duplicate]
There is low waves after high waves in my audio. The two are alternating (high then low then high then low, etc.). I have no experience in audio software. I only use basic stuff in iMovie. I would ...
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What should be the bit-rate & sample-rate settings, if I were to convert a WebM audio file to MP3?
I want to convert a WebM audio file to an mp3 file using FFmpeg. I was wondering what should be the ideal bit-rate & sample rate settings for the following input.
Input #0, matroska,webm, from 'v....
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How to improve the audio quality in my YouTube videos?
So, I'm a beginner in creating YouTube videos. So far, I've posted 9 videos on my YouTube channel. The videos consists of poems and comedy vines (in Hindi). I'm getting good response from the viewers ...
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What is this empty space in this spectrogram? I have this is some lossless high kHz files
I have this with some albums. Is this something to worry about or is this normal? Or am I missing out on something?
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Setup to sync 4 low-end Bluetooth speakers [closed]
My neighbors are setting up outdoor movies with a few groups of people sitting 6-10 feet apart. The setup is a a smart projector and multiple Bluetooth speakers - one at each group, and the group ...
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Headphones: Can you use bass boosted headphones as professional sound editing headphones after making some changes in software or hardware changes?
I am here to ask some technical questions about differences between some audio devices and about them point by point. I am a beginner or nerd in audio devices and sound editing.
Can you produce flat ...
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Headphones: How are different types of headphones are made or designed?
I am here to ask some technical questions about differences between some audio devices and about them point by point. I am a beginner or nerd in audio devices and sound editing.
How a bass boosted or ...
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Recording audio through 3.5mm jack on a Mac [closed]
I connect my gaming headset to a little mixamp. The mixamp has a raw audio 3.5 mm output jack. I want to use a 3.5mm male to male aux chord to record the audio output from the mixamp on my Mac (my ...
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How to use midi output from PA system amplifier for web conferencing
I'm a novice looking for help. I want to use midi output from a PA system amplifier as audio input to PC for use in Webex video conferencing. I bought a usb midi interface (Roland UM-ONE) but can't ...
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looking for a 24bit audio file only recorded in the lower 8 bits, or the ability to make such a file for testing
As the title suggests, I'm looking to either download, or create, a 24 bit audio file, that only has data in the lower 8 bits. The point of this would be to determine, definitively, if a piece of ...
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Do USB Audio Interface XLR Inputs show up as separate devices on Windows over the USB connection?
Devices I'm looking at specifically are these 3. I also want to clarify that I mean does it show up as 4 different devices in Windows sound settings? I don't plan on using these devices with a DAW.
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Isolating acoustic events in spectrogram in audacity [duplicate]
What is the best way to isolate individual acoustic events in the spectrogram view of an audio file in audacity?
I have some recordings of conversations I need to analyze but the microphone was placed ...
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What type of microphone is best for a medium space room mix?
I'm looking for a way to record a live dance class in a 25' x 20' space. I want the classroom ambience but also want the teacher's voice to be clear. I'll be using a PA system either in the back or ...
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What's the lowest analog audio sound that a CD/44.1kHz audio system can make?
CDs, and other 44.1kHz sampling audio systems, can produce a maximum sound frequency of 20khz in the analog audio range (I'm not sure how the maths goes, but that's apparently true). My question is, ...
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How to simulate stereo from a mono audio file with command line or python?
I'm trying to do stereo effect from a mono audio, not a copy of the mono track to another channel.
Some examples of stereoizing with Audition and Cubase 5.
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Trying to connect old speaker to old sound system
I hope I am asking in the right place. I don't know much about audio technology, so please excuse my terminology.
I have an old sound system whose speaker stopped working, and I have a set of two old ...
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I want to make a pair of 2 ways loudspeakers reusing the drivers from two old identical 5.1 systems. Make it sense?
I have two identical 5.1 systems that doesn't work (I think the problem in both are the power supply, but I don´t care about that, I'm interesting on reusing the drivers, they are working fine). The ...
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How to invert a music track? (FL Studio / Audacity)
I am trying to invert my music track, I don't mean reverse it, invert it like here http://prntscr.com/rwa7a0 to make the first one be like second one. (Its flipped in the picture).
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How to reroute the audio interface output back into input?
I have a Behringer UMC404HD Audio interface. It has 4 inputs and 4 outputs. Through the inputs, I have mic, guitar, and keys. In order to put all of these through my loop pedal and effect pedal I have ...
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Rode NTG3 vs Sennheiser MKH 416
I am pretty torn between the Rode NTG3 and the Sennheiser MKH 416.
The Sennheiser MKH 416 is considered to be the industry standard and is considered by many as probably one of the best in the market. ...
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what adaptor to use when connecting 3.5mm Boya lav mic to my old Moto X Android headphone jack
what adaptor to use when connecting 3.5mm Boya lav mic to my old Moto X Android headphone jack?
The Boya mic slides into the Android headphone jack but does not fit correctly and does not work (of ...
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Audio repair service
I have some damaged audio from a video I recently took. Is there anyone interested in attempting to repair for me< happy to pay if need be.
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How to interpret the analog output of an SPL meter?
I tried to connect the analog output of a Sound Pressure Level Meter to a digital oscilloscope to determine the RT60 of a room.
I thought I will somehow have an analog reading proportional to the SPL....
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Fix stuttering audio
I have a long piece of recorded audio which has many regular gaps of silence:
When you zoom in you can see it like this:
Is there any way of removing these regular gaps of silence? They are around "...
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Audio conflict between applications when my audio interface is the default audio output
Sorry if this is not the correct place but... has anybody had audio problems when two different audio capable applications (let's say Google chrome and any DAW) are up, on a mac, when you have only ...
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What is the name of the audio equipment Charlie Puth has on under the Meinl shakers?
second 15 in video
under the Meinl shakers?
second 1:12 in video
right above the Universal Audio 1176LN
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How are audio samples of an mp3 file seeked?
I have a question concerning the idea behind the seeking of an audio file like (mp3 file). I am trying to implement my own seeking mechanism, but I cant understand how media players knows how to seek ...
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Is it possible for Matlab to read and decode an mp3 file?
I have run the following Matlab code and I got a signal as shown in the Figure below.
[y, fs] = audioread(mp3file);
y1 = y(:,1);
y2 = y(:,2);
dt = 1/fs;
t1 = 0:dt:(length(y1)*dt)-dt;
t2 = 0:dt:(...
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Anyway to track out two different voices within 1 audio file?
I have a podcast audio file with 2 voices, each speaking 1 at a time, and I need to track these out into two different files. I have logic, and I'm curious if there is any quicker way to separate the ...
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How to check for audio plagiarism?
I have a scenario of a global organization that has workers across the world uploading digital audio content and we need to confirm that their contributions are not reworked from older contributions ...
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What is the name of the audio equipment Charlie Puth has on this top shelf of his rack? (the one with the orange logo?)
What is the name of the audio equipment Charlie Puth has on this top shelf of his rack? (the one with the orange logo?)
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Track/id detection like Shazam (Clip to short)
i found a nice melody on a German documentation.
How can i find more information about the melody ?
I tried to recognize it with shazam, but the problem is the part is only around 1sec long, on the ...
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What causes the spike in PCM signal?
I decode an mp3 song using two different methods. The output PCM signals are shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2 respectively. Both the decoded output files have the same file size and audio quality. ...
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Why does this balanced/unbalanced setup work?
I've just learned about balanced and unbalanced audio connections and so I started trying to figure out which pieces of my equipment have what.
My Roland U-220 sound module appears to have unbalanced ...
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My speaker makes a buzzing sound only when the aux cable is NOT connected
I seem to have the opposite of the common problem of buzzing when AUX is connected in that the speaker is fine if the aux is connected to a device, but if I remove it then it starts to buzz.
Quick ...
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CECILIA 5 start problems in Win 10 [closed]
When I want to start Cecilia 5, Paint program starts instead. In win 7 I never had this problem.
Thanks for any solution to this headache.
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Export or save audio on Cubase 10.5
I’ve been confused by exporting audio files in cubase. I export a stereo audio file and I get a mono one. Just a moment ago I tried saving the file and it’s fast and in stereo.
Does anyone have a ...
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how do I get a 4 mic system with 6.5mm to be source for PA?
I have this wireless mic system: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07XJ6VVBC/
and this cord:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000068O1K
It seems to plug in perfectly when I place cord into my ...
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Tool to fix rapid-fire dropouts?
I recorded a phone call and the cell service was pretty shoddy. Here's an example. Good briefly, then high-speed dropouts, then good again.
In the below image, you can see the dropouts to the right ...
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Are there stereo systems that play music slower?
While building a mobile app that plays music for fitness classes, I was asked to add a feature that allows the user to speed up the tempo of the music 0-4% to compensate for some gym stereo systems ...
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What is Binaural Audio?
I often hear the term "Binaural" audio discussed in forums and in articles, but I'm not sure what it is. Can someone please provide a brief explanation?
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What are the risks of using bus powered audio interfaces? Compared to AC-mains powered?
I know as sound cards get bigger and bigger, manufacturers make the switch to power adapter rather than bus powered.
What's the justification behind that?
Why, and for whom, is it better to have AC-...
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Is the sound really decreasing according to the inverse square law?
Sound propagates according to the "inverse square law", that is well defined here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverse-square_law
So the intensity equals 1/distance^2
Like the image in the above ...
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How do I power a Yamaha EMX5?
I know basically nothing with about audio engineering and need some help. I just recently bought a Yamaha emx5 powered mixer. What is the best way to protect it from a power surge? Do I need a power ...
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Ogg metadata: cover art tag
I'm a software development and newbie in audio engineering topics. I ran Icecast audio stream server and would like to show cover art audio tag to website users. Stream format is Ogg. The problem is - ...
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How do you change the equalisation of an individual song/audio?
I've been looking for weeks, and I have nowhere else to turn to. I really thought this would be very simple to find, but I'm looking for any type of software that has a 5 band equaliser, that allows ...
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Encoding with explicitly defined 'high quality' regions within variable bit rate lossy audio
I am personally happy with absolutely trash audio quality when listening to podcasts, and frequently skip music, but have noticed many podcast producers will use high CBR* or overly high quality VBR ...
