Questions tagged [audio]
For questions about 'audio', defined here as one or more streams of electrical or digital information representing sound.
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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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Adobe Audition / Audacity: If I sum all the bins of a FFT (rectangular window), do I always get RMS Amplitude?
First I use Audacity to perform an FFT of an audio clip with a rectangular window. Then I sum all the FFT bin values. Since the FFT bins are expressed in dB, I perform the "decibel sum" like this:
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Building an AES50 stage snake
Recently I had the opportunity to see how AES50 works in action with the Behringer X32 and two S16 digital snakes connected together with a Cat6 cable. I did a ton of research on AES50 and wasn't able ...
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Favourite FREE sound design plug-ins?
Thought it'd be good to have a thread discussing everyones favourite free plug-ins that they use for sound design, everyone likes free. A useful resource for everyone!
To get the ball rolling for me ...
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Having volume issues when recording a podcast
When I'm recording a podcast with my two other co-hosts, lately the output sound has been fluctuating to loud and then very quiet levels seeminly randomly. We've replaced the mics and cords with no ...
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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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Convert MPEG-H 3d back to MPEG-H master (MPF) or ADM BWF file
I'm recently experimenting with 360 reality audio format. It seems like currently there are only tools to encode mpeg-h 3d mp4 files from master files, and no easy way to decode. Is it technically ...
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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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Looking for Sound/Voice advice for an Audio Clip I'm editing in Pro Tools!
Im new to audio production and I am creating a cartoon for youtube. I was wondering if anyone could listen to this audio clip and tell me why it doesnt sound very good. Then let me know what I can ...
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How can I mix two wireless USB headsets in full duplex?
I'm the editor of an ESPN affiliate website covering an NBA team. I'm shooting video and recording audio for on-court interviews during pregame when there is typically a lot of background noise. My ...
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Transcoding DV Without Desyncs
I've recorded DV video from my camcorder over FireWire, and it plays fine in OSX. However, when trying to transcode it to H.264 for editing and uploading it to YouTube, the audio desyncs. I've been ...
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Good piano patch for Nord Modular?
Do you know a good piano patch for the Nord Modular? Not grand piano, but for dance song. A piano sound I like is the piano from the song Someday by Ce Ce Rogers for a reference.
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Sonar LE freezes when using MME (32-bit) driver mode
A few days ago I started having problems with Sonar in MME driver mode. Basically it freezes when I try to execute the most trivial operations, such as arming a track for recording. It had worked fine ...
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How to Connect Bridging Input Transformer to MacBook Mic Input
I am very new to audio and need some guidance. I inherited a setup where there is a mic and speakers in a meeting hall, and the audio output from that system feeds into a bridging input transformer.
I ...
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How can I make my microphone work on my MacBook Pro?
I can't get my dynamic microphone to work on my MacBook Pro. How do I go about it?
I have a speaker, headphone splitter and a 3.5 mm male-to-female audio cable.
Still, I cannot recognize the ...
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Improving audio (Adobe Audition)
I have a recording with sound quality that I would like to improve. Got Adobe Audition software and tried various things in there (mainly different Effects). However, I'm not a professional and ...
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Automatically split audio before and after music
I have an audio file of a person answering several questions. Between each answer, there are seven seconds of music before the person starts to speak again. The audio is originally from a video and ...
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Audacity Recorded Commentary Is Out Of Sync With My Webcam And Gameplay Recordings
so basically my commentary that i recorded for a game play video is out of sync with my webcam footage and my gameplay footage
Webcam: Logitech C922 Pro Stream Webcam
My Microphone: Stadium USBMIC1 (...
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Website for audio equipment specifications?
I'm looking for a website where I can compare audio equipment just by specification listings. A lot of times, I notice that several specifications are either incomplete or meaningless (looking at you, ...
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Play music through multiple speakers
Hi I'm working on a project where I'd like to hook up about 15 small speakers and play music through them.
I'm setting up a haunted path for a halloween party (2016) at my house. I have a long ...
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Audiotrack (for video) - workflow from Ableton Live to Adobe Premiere
I'm creating audio in Ableton Live that will be muxed with edited video footage in Adobe Premiere. The audio is everything from (Foley) effects to background music, and it must be in sync with events ...
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static in my video sound
I am getting static sound on my video playback. I have my computer and camcorder going into a manual switcher and out of the switcher to a monitor on the wall. The static occurs when I have my HDMI ...
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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 on"...
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Audio problems using All in One HP PC
I'm trying to use an All in One HP PC and Reason 12 for music production. It has Intel Core i5-11500T (Rocket Lake-S) 1.5 GHz base frequency, up to 3.9 GHz Max Turbo Frequency, 12 MB L3 cache, 6 cores
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Extracting audio frames using miniaudio.h
i am trying to make a simple audio fft visualizer, but i don't know much about audio programming.
Can somemone instruct me how could i extract a pcm frame with miniaudio.h library. I've seen some code ...
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Is it possible to use scarlet solo audio input to use sound from a pc or phone speaker?
I want to record my vocal and karaoke together in scarlet solo audio interface. I want scarlet to record the karaoke sound directly by using input 2 to get sound from pc together with my vocal coming ...
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Teams with Cubase
When I use Cubase 13 pro with Zoom I tick loopback on my UR44 and the other party can hear my audio, how can I achieve the same thing in Micrsoft teams, seems very complicated.
Many thanks
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Do I need to turn off the main power switch on a digital board when plugged into a Furman power sequencer
I have used power sequencers for years and recently someone told me I still need to turn off the main power switch on the board even though it has powered off with the sequencer. The sequencer is a ...
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Preamp self noise as it relates to an increase in gain
Taking the following basic audio signal chain...
singer -> microphone -> audio interface preamp
I understand that if a vocalist sings very softly into the microphone, the desired signal would be ...
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BM-800 Microphone doesn't work well with PC
I've read three or four other posts here about that microphone, althought none seems to have progressed much beyond "my microphone doesn't work."
The volume is very low on mine. I recognise ...
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Audacity crahed mid recording and now the exported audio recording is broken
I started to record the audio of a meeting to listen to it later via audacity, but right at the end of the meeting my laptop shut down because the battery was dead. I immediately started my laptop ...
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How to change the speed of an audio and then put it back to its normal speed
Maybe it's too simple a question but I can't figure out how to do this.
I would like to regulate the speed in the same way as in a turntable with a speed regulator (pitch) but it is impossible for me.
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Minimum number of speakers needed for 3D Audio
I am planning to create a 3D Audio experience in a small room. For that I would like to place speakers around the center of the room. How many speakers do I need minimum to play sounds, for example ...
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Difference between AC3 and EC3?
Hi I was studying the concepts of the structure of AC3, it is described as an object-oriented audio codec, is it right to define it as such and why?
What is the difference in wave compression compared ...
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How can I play music at more than 10 locations while controlling them all from one place?
I was tasked with finding a way to play music in more than 10 super markets, all are in different locations (which all of them are on the same network and being controlled from the HQ).
The question ...
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How can I convert from PCM to EVS audio file and decode back to PCM?
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I have a problem with converting to 3GPP TS 26.442.
If I want to convert from .48k to .192 file, how am I supposed to get original audio file? Do I have to convert from any audio file (eg. ...
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Has anyone built an audio equivalent of this?
This is a tool which generates imagery based on text prompts using machine learning tools. Does an equivalent for generating audio clips exist?
https://github.com/pixray/pixray
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How to create a sense of motion in stereo audio
I have a :15 mono audio file of a car driving by.
What I would like to do is use that as the input to create a stereo audio file where the sound 'moves' from left speaker to right for better realism.
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Audio sample analysis - Comparing two audio samples, the original sample with a reproduction capture sample
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I'm currently working on a project where I'm implementing a basic software phone, which connects two users.
Since I'm implementing both server service and the client applications, I'm ...
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Steinberg UR22 and UR24C signal is panned
I have a problem with my Steinberg UR22, the sound has started to feel stronger by about 5-10% in the left channel (headphones). I thought it was a HW problem so I ordered a new sound interface, this ...
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No external mic input can be given to Laptop
I have a ASUS A555LF laptop. I facing an issue with microphone, my laptop only detects in built mic but any other external mic source like headphones or condenser mic.
I used OBS as audio monitor for ...
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Opus adds "unexistent" frequencies to the audio spectrum?
I admit that I am more than a newbie in terms of audio compression and everything that surrounds that world, but I was doing some research on how audio codecs work and how they actually cut off ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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