Questions tagged [sound]
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How do speakers work?
My brain just can't comprehend how all the sounds and frequencies at one single point in a song (drums, vocals, guitar, etc) can be created by one single vibration of a membrane. All at once!?
I ...
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Does sound lose quality if sped up and then slowed down back to normal speed?
I am trying to research and find whether audio quality degrades if sped up and then slowed back down to it's normal speed, on the one hand its shortening the track so there is bound to be a loss of ...
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Remove internet radio from mic input
I am trying (on a linux system) to remove a known source (internet radio) from the input from a microphone to then record for sphinx voice recognition software.
I have been searching all over the ...
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How to fix the buzzing noise from external speakers [closed]
I have been experiencing this issue since ever but never knew how to fix it.
When my TV is connected to external speakers, there is a slight buzzing noise from the speakers. It increases when the ...
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Mechanism to always have a specified decibel level output
I'm a novice in this and planning to build a small inexpensive audio interface for myself.
It will have:
1. One AUX input, that can be connected with a 3.5 mm jack.
2. One output, that can be ...
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How do I fix an m4a file that that has no sound beyond the 1st minute? [duplicate]
Now sure how these files got corrupted, they were recorded using the default Android Sound Recorder app. There is no sound beyond the first minute but the file is large showing there is info recorded ...
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Sound Proofing For use of power tools in a room located in a house located in a residential area in the utmost clandestine fashion possible [duplicate]
As the title as pretty much covered, I am a night owl and my mother goes mental if I do anything more than type on my computer. What do I buy from a the local hardware store would be a huge help
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G35 speaker, soldering [closed]
my G35 fell off the table and one of the speaker and the connecting cable got loose (right side). I glued all the plastic parts and opened it up to solder the cable.
My question is: which cable (A and ...
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Selection Shortcut for Adobe Audition
I hope it is the right place to ask an Adobe Audition specific question.
I'm trying to get audio clips from a large audio file.
When I play and pause a sound in Adobe Audition's Editor using Space, ...
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Approximating SPL from dBFS?
I am attempting to try to find a relative measure of SPL using a value of dBFS. Stats from the audio data are derived from SoX using mean/max amplitude values from -n stat
I know there is no direct ...
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Looking for sound evaluation parameters
I have a collection of live recordings of very varying sound quality.
I have graded them in a first pass (along with tagging them) but I'm afraid that evaluation was rather inconsistent.
The grades ...
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New BM-800 Problems
I recently bought a BM-800 condenser microphone set and as i'm hooking it up, I want to be able to use my headphones with it, but the split USB input and output won't allow the mic to work in the ...
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Source moving at speed of sound
What frequency sound would be observed by observer at rest is source is moving away from him at speed of sound?
And Why so?
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Sound Design: water, river, streams etc using a synth
working on a game here and need a whole bunch of water-y sounds like rivers, streams etc .. of various sizes and characters... but given the abstract visuals having realistic water recordings simply ...
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Behringer C1-U Microphone Static Noise In Background
So I got my Behringer C1-U Microphone for my birthday on the 19th of November, and the Microphone has been amazing since just recently, all of sudden there has been a super annoying static sound in ...
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Microphone Array
I'm using 4 microphones to built a microphone array. To interface them with my PC (running Windows), I bought four USB sound cards and using a USB hub I connect them to my system. Is there any ...
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How can i remove noise from sound coming from my computer mic jack ?
Normaly The signal comming from the computer audio jack should not have any noise.
But when i connect the signal to my oscilloscope i see a lot of noise in the signal.
How to solve this ?
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best material to absorb Sound
The Loft that I live in used to be a city hall building.
The hallways and lofts have very high ceilings and have a horrible echo problems.
I am considering hanging some type of sound absorption ...
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Record Very Low Sound
I want to record very low sound. This sound can be heard by ear, so it is in the range of 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz , but i think it is more between 20 hz to 200 hz .
The sound that i want to record is ...
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Audio formats safe to re-render as multiple times without noticeable degradation?
Okay so my understanding is that each time I render/export audio as anything it compresses itself and u lose quality. Even exporting it as itself with no changes once more, loses quality. That its ...
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Hospital Reception Sound Recording
I'm new to this forum but have quite a few questions packed in one for a shoot I'm doing soon.
We want to record a scene with a subject waiting in a hospital reception (no dialogue), and create a ...
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Did hdmi ever not support audio? [closed]
My professor was going through slides and said “Oops, that should say hdmi supported. I wrote these slides when HDMI didn’t support sound.” Is this true? I can’t find anything saying that HDMI didn’t ...
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Headset plugged into Yamaha piano and Laptop at same time. Does not have to be wireless
What audio cord/jacks do I need to enable use of Digital piano and lap top to 1 headset-does not have to be wireless right now
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I have a sound project. For blind children ages 3-10 years to consult
I have a project for blind children 3-10 years old.
This project is about listening.
Because I have to provide information on various listening environment or other.
For example
As the blind child is ...
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Sound of racing cars passing by at different velocities
I'm currently trying to generate the sound of racing cars passing by at different velocities from this single sound of a racing car passing by at a certain velocity:
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One of my speakers won’t play high frequencies until volume is raised very high
My hifi has two speakers
The left speaker, when I start to play something (after having had the unit switched off for a while) will reproduce low and mid frequencies fine. It will not reproduce high ...
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can't figure out why my mic wont work right
if you guys can take a look at this video and give me any tips i have floureon bm 800 mic and a 48 v phantom power supply i have a feeling its my mic but i dont know any tips will help a whole lot ...
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bm800 mic no sound but static issue [duplicate]
I've got a Floureon condenser mic and cant figure out how to get it to rec my audio all it does is rec static i do not have a power supply with it so that might be the issue please help thanks
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Is there a sound quality difference between RCA (analog) and optical (digital) connections?
All other things being equal, if there's an option for connecting two components using RCA cabling or connecting the same two components using an optical cable, is there any reason to prefer one ...
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How do 7.1 VSS speakers know where the sound is coming from
While playing games like Call of Duty, 7.1 VSS headsets can really enable you to hear where enemy footsteps are coming from: left, right, above etc. How do the headset know where these footstep sounds ...
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The headphone works only when different levels for L/R are set [closed]
My headphones suddenly became strange- the voice was pure.
I solved the problem, setting the L/R levels 40/60. That's to say, the voice is OK only on different L/R levels.
I can configure it on my ...
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Source localization on a laptop
I have been trying to achieve sound source localization for a long time with two mics using the ITD method and have gone through various articles on the net.
I want to know if its possible to ...
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Is this a piano?
do you know how can I recreate this? It seems a piano.
https://www.facebook.com/kygoofficial/videos/886958051367329/
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How can I recreate this sound?
can you help me recreating this? (The sound starts 0:06 - 0:13)
https://www.facebook.com/kygoofficial/videos/1455768857819576/
Here's another example (The sound starts 0:00 - 0:05)
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Which sound format converts to text in SoX?
The SoX command line program lists 85 sound formats.
I need one that converts WAV files to a text format, listing the amplitude values in numerical form, preferably as integers.
Which format does ...
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Sound Card Creating Mic Static
I am using a generic karaoke microphone with a C-Media Pci sound card (an older one). If I enable playback, (you can hear what your mic is recording) I hear copious amounts of static. I can find no ...
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help me find the sound effect
I hope you could help me, I'm trying to identify the name of the horn sounding sound effect used at 1:39 [
in that video.
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what is this sound effect?
I hope you could help me, I'm trying to identify the name of the sound effect used at 1:38 in that video.
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Foley Sounds for a swimming pool
Whats' the best way to make foley sound for a swimming pool at a uni without having to book out a actual pool for a whole day? Please help????
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Extract audio from mp4 container without re-encoding or command prompt?
How can you extract the audio file from an mp4 without re-encoding?
Mp4 videos are just containers that have video and audio.
In theory the audio file should be able to be extracted quickly in its ...
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Requesting tips - Sound/foley workshop without software
I would need some help with ideas for a workshop in sound design for beginners. I'm working at a game company and my boss overheard me talking about foley and decided he wants me to hold a fun ...
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My keyboard recordings sound tinny/low quality
I’ve recently started recording piano covers for Youtube. I use a USB and Audacity to record the audio. However, when I play it back on my computer it sounds more tinny or lower quality than my ...
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Conditional math (intersection) to join two audio tracks
I do not want the difference. I want the intersection of frequencies.
The problem:
I have two audio files. One of the files (A) contains the vocals and drums. The other file (B) contains the vocals ...
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Problems with xlr mic [closed]
So for about 2 months now i've owned a Audiotechnica AT2020, which has been working fine for the whole time i've owned it. It is hooked up to a Newer NW-100 power supply, and uses an xlr cable to get ...
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What does 100Hz 12dB per octave mean?
I have been trying to understand what 100Hz 12dB per octave means in a low pass filter. What does it really mean in full details? Any material can be of help.
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What is this effect called?
There is a type of effect in music which I would like to replicate when making music in Apple Garageband. It sounds as though the EQ is being played with causing the music to sound as though it is ...
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Difference in Hz when recording audio?
I'm trying to convert old cassette tapes to MP3 using a USB device through Audacity. I know very little about audio so I'm not interested in getting into all of the technical stuff but just wondering ...
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How to make wood reverberate less?
I use a "inverted" drawer as a support for my mouse and keyboard, the problem is since it's hollow it reverberates a lot, any thumb on it can be heard from outside my room. What can I do or which ...
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How do I make my interface (or OS) output stereo with a mono mic that outputs on the left channel?
I have a Scarlett Solo interface and I'm using a Shure SM57 mic, plugged in the interface mic input with an XLR m-f cable. The interface is connected via USB to my PC.
When I record in a DAW like Pro ...
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Mic plugged in the guitar input does not work
I have a newly bought Scarlett Solo, in which I plugged an SM57 using an XLR to jack cable, in the guitar input. When I handle the mic, I see the LED from the gain knob lighting up, probably from ...
