Questions tagged [software]
Software is used in digital computer systems - Hardware is a physical electronic device. I.e. You can have software installed on hardware. Use to indicate a preference for a software solution, i.e. computer-based.
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MIDI noise and latency problems
I have just bought a Roland A49 MIDI controller.
I'm using Reaper as my DAW. I've installed the drivers, and I know that my controller is talking to my DAW, as I am getting a correct red signal ...
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Open-source alternatives for plug-ins.
Are there any open-source alternatives to VST/AU/RTAS that work across multiple OSs and can be used in host-programs such as Ableton's Live that are either in development or fully functional?
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Boost volume of track in GarageBand
I have a track in Garageband that is recorded at a very low volume. If I could I would go back and redo it, but I can't, so I just have to live with it.
So far, to boost the volume of this track, I ...
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Guitar rig settings to get a deathcore sound on guitar
I am trying to make a deathcore sound on guitar rig software for guitar but cannot find something decent.
I tried downloading some presets but either they weren't good enough or they were not ...
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Modify voice recording so that the original voice cannot be recovered
I have a voice recording. I want to modify it to have a different voice but to keep the intonational shifts and the pauses between the words. I want to be sure that the original voice cannot be ...
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How do I simultaneously play audio on 35 speakers?
I am working on a research project to test audio spatialization. The project involves playing audio on 35 different speakers. One speaker is randomly selected to play slightly different audio. Then, ...
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Help recreating a synthesized hit sound
Any pointers of recreating the sample at the beginning of this MDX composition with a synth(preferably Harmor or Massive):
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3FbCURTShmeM2F4QXE1SldmUjA&authuser=0
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programming for sound design and music
Does someone have any names of softwares/gears related to sound that allow scripting or/and programming.
my list for the moment:
Software - Language - Purpose:
Ableton Live - ClyphX, Max/MSP - Clip ...
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DIY Active Noise Cancellation?
I wanted to perform an experiment with Active Noise Cancellation. I've downloaded a song from YouTube. I converted it to .wav using FFmpeg. Then I negated it using sox:
sox -v -1 song3.wav song3-...
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How do I detect the sound files used in an audio file?
There is an audio file with a soundtrack, SFXs, and voice-overs. I have all of these included elements separately as original audio files.
I need to detect which file is used in what point (...
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How to easily (auto) remove fret noise from a guitar track with Melodyne
Are there any tips for removing fret noise from a track using melodyne?
I'm hoping there may be some automated methods inside the software perhaps by design.
Let me know!
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How do software algorithms to calculate BPM usually work?
Most music editing programs will tell you the BPM of a song, but how do they calculate it? Obviously they try to find some sort of constant pulse throughout the song, but:
how are they separate from ...
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Split audio into many files
I have an mp3 recording that spans many hours. It is just one big file. I would love to split it into dozens or hundreds of individual snippets.
I actually already some most of the time-stamps where ...
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Sound off on Noise Reduction!
So, folks, what's the dirt on contemporary noise reduction for things like hiss, hum, and
background drone noise? Are folks still using DINR, third-party plug-ins, artful gating?
My two cents is ...
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Looking for (preferaby free) sofware that can pan an input signal while recording to a stereo track
To explain - I am an actor. I like to learn my lines by recording myself reading everyone else's lines on the right track, and all my lines on the left track.
That way, on playback, I can mute the ...
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How to bootleg live concert using android phone? [closed]
I am planning on recording a live concert in 32 bit float 192khz sampling rate stereo using an android phone What app should I use? How do I prevent the audio from clipping? Thanks.
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How does Opus know how many channels are encoded?
I've looked at the RFC but it's not explicit how channels are encoded. Are channels implicitly associated with frames in a VBR Code 3 packet? I can see a stereo flag in the format but it's not clear ...
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Cubase is blocking audio for other audio application
If I run cubase, I can't run spotify or any other sound program at the same time. does this have to do with my soundcard and is my soundcard substandard for this?
If I exit cubase then I can use ...
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How reliable is Plural Eyes for syncing?
I'm on a documentary where we're shooting on double system. For practical reasons we're mostly not clapping, and I'm worried for the poor editor...
We're shooting on a few 5Ds and I'm wondering how ...
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EAC: Batch edit track title in metadata to use track number
I'm ripping a CD audiobook in Exact Audio Copy (EAC) and want the metadata track titles to reflect the track number (which reach >100, e.g., Track 001, Track 002, ... Track 099...) Is there any way to ...
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Software for managing field recordings
Currently, all of my hundreds of sound files from field recordings are simply titled with a date and time, and I've done my best to describe their contents in the Comments field in Finder. This is ...
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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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Is there a software that allows replaying pre-saved fader positions?
I'm designing an upgrade to an existing sound system, with the goal of simplicity for the operator. I've got a strong computer background, and a modest (mainly car) audio background.
I've done some ...
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Audio format that keeps separate tracks
I'm looking for a way to render a 4-channel audio file where the channels are mapped to stereo, that is, two of the channels play on the right channel and two on the left.
When I make a 4-channel file ...
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Automatic DMX lighting?
I don't know where to post this question other than here, if there's a better SE for this question please let me know.
I'm wondering what software/hardware I would need to automatically sync DMX ...
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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 do you configure three or more phrases to be mapped to a one-button-per-phrase loop triggering? [closed]
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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Are there any programs that can ‘losslessly’ do range compression on MP3 files? (Or other lossy-compressed formats)
I occasionally bump into audio with ‘whisper and explosions’, namely podcasts and audiobooks—and need to do range compression to listen more comfortably. I can do that with a variety of apps that ...
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How would I configure huge custom surround setup playback in Windows?
Suppose I have nine sets of stereo speakers spread around the room, each connected to the other in the set, as indicated in the diagram:
(assuming each of the speakers is an identical model)
Assuming ...
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No VST rendering on Tracktion T7 Waveform 11 free
I'm using LABS VST instrument plugin on a MIDI track in Tracktion T7 Waveform 11 free. I'm working on Windows 10, on a ACER Aspire V Nitro Black Edition Laptop, native soundcard.
I can hear the VST ...
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I need help with Steinberg ur22 interface on Mint Linux
I have a Steinberg ur22 mk2, but they do not support it on Mint Linux. Where can I find compatible drivers?
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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.
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What is the easiest way to create 5.1 sound effects (sound panning from one channel to another)
I need to create a simple 10 second sound file, where:
0-1s: tone plays in (and only in) Front-Left channel
1-2s: tone plays in (and only in) Front-Right channel
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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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Are there tools to seamlessly loop sounds?
I need to loop a lot of recordings such that the loop is not clearly hearable. For example, I recorded some sounds in the forest and want to loop them such that I can fall to sleep when listening them....
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Guitar gain and noise setup for amp sim
I'm looking at recording DI guitar and I have a few questions regarding setup input levels and dealing with noise.
My current setup:
Ibanez RG321MHE (EMG h4 passive humbuckers)
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How to do unattended recording
I am trying to record audio from a microphone connected to my computer for a duration of several hours, but I need to start and stop the recording without human intervention (I am using cron jobs).
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How to delete after last marker without pausing the recording?
I'm recording a voiceover for a slide show in an Adobe Audition multi-track session. For each slide, I often need multiple attempts to get a good take.
To mark the boundaries between slides and parts ...
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Draw music in software
When we open up a song in an editor we see a wave track, if we zoom it we see that it's curves and bends at different places and etc. I wonder if it's possible to draw music this way? Theoretically i ...
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What's the shortest sound perceptible to the human ear?
How long would the shortest perceptible sound last?
I'm guessing there'll be a frequency at which we can hear short sounds best but I don't need to find that. Admittedly this is also completely ...
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how do you make an actual *song* in Figure?
I've started playing around with Figure and I'm really enjoying it, but I'm a little lost. I've gone through the entire tutorial but it only teaches me how to make loops. it's great that a loop can be ...
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While editing dialogue, what tool do you use to eliminate clicks within words?
In order to eliminate clicks in words in Pro Tools, and I use either the Pencil Tool or cut out a cycle of the waveform.
What would software tool would you recommend?
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How to quickly understand the layout in various digital console
Well i don't know if am asking this question on the right platform but anyways i can't help it so I'll still put it through. With the rapid growth in digital processing from various manufacturers ...
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Open source software/library/tool/patch/... for converting audio to MIDI suggestions?
Having found 2 open source tools that can convert any audio file to midi, I'm still interested if there are others (for comparison).
I've tried WaoN and Audio_to_midi_melodia.
But not all samples ...
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Route standard Windows audio (MME, WASAPI, etc.) through specific ASIO device channels?
(apologies if this is off-topic for this forum - I looked around and this seemed the most appropriate!)
I have an audio interface / mixer (Zoom Livetrak L-8) with support for 2 independent stereo ...
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Which DAW do you use? [closed]
I'm just wondering, which DAW or software is the best and cheapest for designing sound.
I'm working in a studio, and we use Steinberg Nuendo on a PC. It's quite good and comfortable software. You can ...
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How difficult is real-time software "noise cancellation" using two input sources
Good active noise-cancellation technology costs money, but delivers great value. I'm wondering if I can obtain half the value at tenth of the price by hacking together something myself. This is for a ...
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Program for mixing multiple inputs and outputting to single stream
Is there some software that I can use that cane take multiple audio inputs, say from a mic, and two virtual audio cables, mix them so I can change volumes and gain and all that, and then output to ...
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Emulating StarWars X-Wing Recv Communications Effect
I'm curious the best method to mock the effect used in the voice communications of the X-Wing and other ships that were garbled when received,
There is some kind of modulation going on if I'm not ...
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A trip down your DAW memory lane
This could lead to some very long posts, but here goes anyways...
I got into a conversation with the guys at work about the old DAWs they used to use, what's changed, what they miss, and what's ...
