Questions tagged [audio]
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Basics for using AoIP at home [closed]
I bought a condo that has AoIP endpoints with speakers in the ceiling. I'm new to this and am having trouble determine how to power them. I have wall switches with an RJ45 plug and wire for the ...
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Looking for aux cable that splits surround into standard left/right/ground cables
I have an old Dell Dimension 8300, and it comes with a 5.1 surround + subwoofer system. The speakers have proprietary connections that connect to the subwoofer, where the subwoofer has 3 audio jack ...
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Removing Background Music From Video Files [duplicate]
I'm trying to remove the background music from a movie, the audio is in 5.1 but the background music is still present on the channel with the spoken audio I want to keep.
Has anyone had any success ...
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How to connect the 6.3mm headphone to USB? [closed]
I bought a headphone and a 6.3mm-to-3.5mm adapter, but my notebook computer is Zenbook 14 which has no 3.5mm jack.
Can I just connect the headphone to the 3.5mm adapter and then to the USB adapter?
If ...
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Audio normalization and comparison of pitches
I need to compare the pitch of one person's singing with another person's singing. If this second person is from a different gender, do I have to normalize the female singing before F0 extraction and ...
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what are audio recording formats/types?
i am working on my final year project at the university. I am implementing AI on my project in baby crying detection. the problem is that i am recording live audio using max9814 which gives values ...
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PreSonus 16.0.2 USB recording on PC makes a buzzing sound ONLY when playing video games
I have a StudioLive 16.0.2 USB that I use for live podcasting. I send the mix to my PC using a stereo 1/4" to 3.5mm headphone cable and plug it into the mic-in on the PC using one of the Aux Out ...
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Record video while simultaneously listening to another video using the same headphones
What I want to achieve
(to avoid the X-Y problem)
I want to record a video, which is synchronized with another, already existing video.
I want to do it as simply as possible, using my Windows 10 ...
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Missing Audio despite wave form being present
After recording audio via a mic, some of the audio won't play in sections, despite the audio being visible. If the audio wave form was missing in parts I'd assume its a faulty mic or cable, but the ...
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Focusrite 3rd-Gen Solo Bundle - Mic Mounted on a Boom Arm Noise Issue
Below is image and voice sample for recording by using Focusrite Scarlett 3rd Gen Solo Studio. Its mounted on a boom arm shock mount. Its got noise. I am touching it then noise goes away but if I ...
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Ticking sounds in my screen recordings
I have some issues with my home audio setup.
I use a Mac Book Pro and when it comes to gear I use Shure SM7B, DBX 286S, Scarlett 2i2, Screenflow to record screen, and Audio hijack to capture audio.
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My brand new AT-2035 mic sounds EXTREMELY muffled. Can someone help me solve the problem?
I have the mic hooked up to a Scarlett Solo and just as of recently my vocals are so muffled to how it sounded just a few months prior. I haven't recorded in a while and when I decided to start ...
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Does the device I'm looking for exist?
I'm looking for a simple USB interface that would provide multiple 3.5mm jack audio inputs to my computer.
I've been searching on the web but all I can find is too complicated, with professional ...
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Behringer UM2 weird white/static noise problem
I have recently stumbled up upon a weird problem with my audio interface. I'm using a Behringer U-PHORIA UM2, with an Audio-Technica AT2020 mic connected to it. When I first got it there was no ...
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German Deutsche Post ringtone 1980-ies
I am looking for a ringtone which was ubiquitous in Germany in the 1980-ies. When telephones were still attached to wires.
It is very hard to describe a ringtone. After 20 years or so I found the ...
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What likely caused the audio to be badly distorted in this YouTube video?
Please direct me to an appropriate site if this is off topic.
I have been checking out some of the footage and recordings posted on-line following the pro-Trump riot in the United States, and one of ...
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Computer audio/monitoring back through interface?
I'm new to all of this so please forgive me if this is a really basic question! I've got a Livetrak L20 which I have plugged in to my computer via usb. I've installed the drivers for it and I see it ...
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normalize different songs with audio player?
I have many different songs and some of them play at different peak volumes.
Some are loud, some are soft.
I forgot what the term is to describe that I want all these songs 'attenuated' or made to ...
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How do video editors do audio downmix?
What mathematical formula do video editors use when they create a final mix of audio tracks?
Suppose I have a mono track pcm_f32le and 2 stereo tracks pcm_f64le. How do they calculate the loudness of ...
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I need help extracting instruments or finding a sounfont for the Yamaha PSR-280
I acquired a Yamaha PSR-280. It came with audio issues that I temporarily fixed but it then returned. I found out that It was a hardware flaw. Some chip kept loosening or something. This is when I got ...
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Is is possible to obtain line level with Composite/RCA connector from an ASHLY TRA-4150 Amplifier?
I am trying to split the output of an audio channel output "mix" (there is no mixing panel between the mic inputs to amplifier and speaker). From what I can see, it appears that there is a ...
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How to make a Stereo Headphones as Mono? [duplicate]
My Headphones are stereo and have stereo jack (3-pins, obviously).
I want to use it as a mono Headphones with an audio device that gives out only 2 audio wires for mono audio.
How do I connect my 3-...
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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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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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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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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:(...
