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What are the correct audio levels for Voice and Music in a web promo video? I'm editing a promo video that will appear on the web (specifically, PledgeMusic ) and I'm curious what is the current best practice for the correct audio levels (base -dB) for: Music (when no other sound is present) Music (when a voice is ...	To reiterate what other posters have said already, there aren't 'correct' levels.
Natural morph between 2 voices I'm trying to morph a voice into a second one, for an anticipation movie (there's a brief resume of the movie in the beginning of a previous question I answered about how to make futuristic cars here : Futuristic cars ) The protagonist can change his appearance, and choose his voice. S...	There was also a special plugin once available called Morph from Prosoniq that was designed especially for morphing. I think another solution would be to abandon the idea and use one speaker who changes his voices, that will be more natural.
Looking for inspiration to create a "swarm sound" I'm trying to create a kind of "swarming" sound. It is a multimedia installation that shows an animated flock of "birds", not real birds but abstract forms that look and behave like birds. I'm trying to create a sound that is a mix between real wing flapping sounds and ...	An other thing you could do is to record ripping a piece of paper apart and then pitching that sound down.
iZotope RX2: limiting the noise profile bandwidth is there a way to limit the bandwidth of the noise profile? I mean, let's say I only want to denoise the highs from a recording and keep the rest. By now I can't find a way, since the noise profile is full range. Thank you in advance. Cheers,Luca <Q> If you copy and p...	You could also use the 'envelope' function to create a frequency curve that allows you to attenuate noise in a specific frequency range.
Field Recording with SD-744t - Do I need a mixer? I have read a few posts with people adamantly suggesting a mixer before the 744t/702 etc. I am wondering what the advantages are. My application and work is mainly nature recording. I might set up two omnis and an M/S simultaneously. But need I mix on the spot? What a...	If you are just going to configure it before hand and let it run, a mixer should likely be unnecessary as you won't be making any adjustments anyway, but it can be valuable to have if you either want to be able to monitor and adjust recording levels live during recording or want to be able use more than one audio sourc...
Does converting an mp3 format audio file to m4a format makes audio quality better? Does converting an mp3 format audio file to m4a format makes audio quality better ?I was just wondering if mp3 is lossy. How it can generate lossless m4a file after conversion.I know mp3 can be converted to m4a but will this m4a file wil...	You could convert a lossy MP3 to a WAV or an M4A file but the quality of the WAV or M4A would be exactly the same as the original MP3.
How can I use the output of a wireless mic reciever as a wireless monitor and get audio on both sides of my headphones? I referred to this Q&A, but I'm still confused: Stereo and mono cables and jacks? What happens when you cross them? I have this wireless lav set: http://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-EW-112P-G3-A-omni-di...	My understanding is that if you set both ends to mono then it should come through your headphones in both ears.
hum noise when recording Guys I have just connected a studio microphone to the phantom power which inturn is connected to the sound card (m audio) which is also in turn connected to my PC using a usb port. The problem am having is that when I record audio, I hear a hum noise. I don't want to fix the problem during mixi...	My problem with bad hum was simply to turn off the preamp-amp of the HiFi system when recording from microphone.
What does warm mean? It seams like there is one magical word in post production, sound design and music production that describes everything from compressing and distorting signals to expanding and filtering signals: warm There are so many conflicting descriptions and it seems like warmth is used as a stable to adv...	In general, it is marketing gibberish, but the most common definition I can think of is that it has kind of an analog sound.
Doing the best possible Job in a situation that demands ADR While working on my first small budget feature I encountered a problem I was unsure how to handle as the Audio Mixer. We were shooting inside a warehouse and one morning there was a heavy rainstorm that could not be muffled or worked around. Because we had...	The best you can do in these situations is radio mic everyone, cover up offending noises as best as possible (carpets and sound blankets) and get the best guide track possible.
Don't get mad, but do I NEED a sound mixer on my film shoot? I will be shooting (producing) a super low budget short for 4 days out in the country. There is no dialogue. One scene features a struggle that ends in someone getting stabbed. My former colleagues in Production tell me to save money by doing the sound in po...	Anything like what your planning to shoot is going to require foley or sound design Everything can be done in post provided you have the budget. So without a budget, nothing can and should be done by a professional.
Recommended sound effects library for designing system sounds? I would like to create some system sound effects for a sporting device. The device needs sound effects for actions such as play, stop, pause, error, clicking a slider etc. Is there a free sound library that I could use for this? Is there useful literature...	Thanks for the answers, I found some free effects by googling for UI Sound Effects and making some of my own in Logic Pro X. I mainly used ones I found on here: http://opengameart.org/
How To Create a Net Launcher Sound I need some help folks, I have to create the sound of the net launcher, in fact near from the one in the "Fitfh Element" of Luc Besson. It's a big powerful gun who fires a net over the oppents, So It has to be aggressive. I've tried some stuff, with big wind gust, whooshes, fire ar...	Mortars tubes firing can work well as it is something big and heavy moving down a barrel at relatively high speed, very similar to what a net launcher would have to do.
Is it recommended to record a whole album with an iPad only? With more and more stories of people making music with their tablets (e.g. Gorillaz's "The Fall" album -> The entire album was recorded on group co-founder Damon Albarn's iPad), I'm wondering, can I safely make an electronic jazz album with vocals, with an ...	You can use the tablet as a complement to your PC/Mac production setup (maybe as a control surface, or to record stuff while you are not in your studio) but not as a replacement. As long as an external sound card / sound recorder can be connected to it, it should be fine.
Any tips for close miking SFX and getting good transient responses? For a white-board animation example , i'm building a new sound palette for the dry eraser markers and some other sfx (coins) with sharp attacks.I usually take an MKH50 and record a session in my booth with good results for most sfx. But with harsh tra...	Also, I personally have found that using mics that have slower slew rates sound better on close mic transient objects.
Foley: a rolling rock I've got a scene which a huge rock is rolling down a mountain.how can I make this sound? Is there a material I can use to make the sound? <Q> It actually is the sound of a car rolling down a gravel driveway in neutral. <A> Car rolling downhill on gravel without engine running – record the wheel...	In Raiders of the Lost Ark, it sounds like a bunch of twigs and sticks snapping and then like crumbling paper with the high end taken out, with a little bit of cinder blocks being dragged on some concrete added in. Also roll a heavy ball, say a bowling ball along a hard floor.
Electronic Mic for very loud sounds I would like record the sound a motor car, by fix a mic on the motor directly, the problem that I get is that the sound overload the mic, and I'm how that some here could tell me what kid of mics can record a sound greater tahn 160 SPL ? thanks in advance for any hint <Q> Are you a...	Shure claims the SM58 is good up to 150, so that would be my choice, and I would place it appropriately.
How can I make the sound of fly or mosquito? I wonder how can I make the sound of a mosquito or a fly or any kind of insect? I prefer a comic sound. <Q> A bread and butter way is using a comb with thin paper, put the paper on top of the comb, covering the upside completely, with the teeth pointing at you, and blow betw...	Record about 20-30 seconds, use a high-pass filter on the recording to get rid of the unnecessary low end, then pitch it up until you get a buzzing sound.
Can a digital sound wave take any shape? I'm studying the topic of sound waves in digital audio. I have a basic understanding of the concepts of frequency, amplitude, samples, and how it all comes together to create a sound with a distinct pitch and 'tone' (timbre). My question is this: Can a sound wave take any sha...	The only shape a digital sound wave can not take is a perfect square wave (or impulse but its the same issue).
How can I get my direct input monitoring louder? I have a Focusrite Saffire 6 USB. It looks like this: Saffire 6 USB http://futuremusic.com/news/images/focusrite_saffire_6usb.jpg If I plug a mic into one of the preamps and set the "gain" knob to where I know it will not clip, and I turn the "monitor" knob all the way...	Also as mentioned a headphone amp will help out the issue of driving high impedance headphones. I split the mic signal, and then I ran the isolated signal to a tiny $100 mixer with digital FX and connected the direct line to my USB interface (direct line is responsible for any phantom power).
How do I get into sound design? I have been really interested in sound design, based on how it is a very creative type job and how much impact it has in games and movies. I have always wanted to work in the creative, artistic field ever since i was a kid, went to school at csuf for music, as a singer, got my bachelors ...	There are tonnes of indie teams out there that need someone to do sound design, and using these small teams is a good way to start building up a port-folio and get 'your foot in the door'.
What gear is necessary to start vocal recording? I'm planning to involve myself in music recording, and I'm starting with the voice. Hopefully once I get more experience I'll also record instruments. For a starter, what gear is needed? <Q> All you need is: Computer (PC or Mac is ok.) <S> Multi-channel recording a...	At the most basic, all you need is a mic, a cable, a recorder and a quiet space.
Production Dialogue -- point at face or chest? I teach audio in a film school, and when I was talking about proper production dialogue recording technique, a student said he had heard that the shotgun mic should be pointed toward the actor's chest rather than his face. This seemed screwy to me -- I would think the cri...	If you're a great boom artist, you can point at the chest (from above) in line with mouth.
Assigning a numerical value to clarity Is there any way you could assign a numerical value to clarity of sound? For example, if you wanted to see how clarity of sound was affected by environmental factors (being outside, for example), over distance, or with other factors, is there any way to evaluate clarity and have t...	In the case of clarity you could try spectral centroid and spectral spread , they formalize the perception of brightness.
Increase volume of sound without introducing noise I am using Adobe Audition and would like to increase the volume of a sound file that I have. It should sound the same as when I increase the volume on my computer via the volume knobs. I have tried increasing the gain, however I get some noise in the louder parts of t...	I suggest you should use multi-band compression , but as expansion: You set each band with the threshold slightly under the level of the sound you want to amplify and then set a positive range .
Best sound to use for ringtone So I have never liked using ringtones. However my new phone has a weak vibration, so it seems I need to get one. I want a ringtone that is able to be distinguishable from a whole crowd of noises, yet at the same volume, in somewhere it is quiet, I don't want the ringtone to sound super ...	The tone I've used for years has been a tune that started with a rhythmic high-hat...
Choosing a balance between soundtrack and voice I've recently purchased a nice microphone and recording setup. However, my environment isn't as quiet as I would like. My goal is to make voice tutorials for software developers. I own a fair count of licenses to what I feel is high quality stock music. Am I right to ...	In a more controlled environment, you might be able to get the noise-floor low enough to not need to add a soundtrack at all.
Making a "Gears turning" Effect, and then grinding to a halt What would be a way to acquire this sound without actually building or finding metal gears that turn? <Q> You need two components - metal clangs for gear hitting gear and grinding sound for the shaft rotating. <S> Record lots of metal clangs - you need many v...	Optimal would be building an instrument with sampler that supports playing a sequence of sounds and modulating trigger rate.
how do I make my voice higher without becoming a chipmunk? So I'm working on making power metal. My voice is relatively deeper than i'd like. Using the basic tools in Audacity tends to make my voice not even squeaky, but more like a chipmunk. I need to raise pitch while keeping power. I've tried adding harmonics/ch...	Probably the best tool available for that is Melodyne [imho] which can adjust pitch, timing & formant each independently of the other aspects.
How to dress when recording Foleys? Just discovered a 2014 short called The Sound of COS . It shows two guys creating Foleys for a fashion commercial. The short being sponsored by COS, of course the two are dressed sleekly. However, I expect such clothing to create unwanted sounds caused by rubbing of fabric. How do ...	But mostly I use a tee washed with a lot of fabric softener and a pair of Adidas sweatpants in some sort of almost absolutely noiseless synthetic material that I got from my then girlfriend.
How can I make a sub bass that can be heard (at least a bit) on even on crappy systems? I'm making a song in which the bass has to be as soft and deep as possible but I'd also like people to be able to listen to the song (being the bass an important part of this track) and hear, even if slightly, the bass on those stup...	So the way round it is to add in some mid bass - which will be audible, and if arranged correctly can give the impression of lower bass.
Is there sound quality loss in 6mm to 3.5mm TRS adapter? I would like to know if there is any sound quality lost by using a 6mm (1/4th inch) TRS jack adapter to connect into a 3.5mm (1/8th inch) TRS slot. I would assume there would be some quality loss because of the difference in sizes. <Q> Assuming you are dealing ...	There may be some signal loss from making another transition from one cable to another, but it would be no more or less than going through a 6mm extension cable. 3.5mm jacks are more easily incorporated into casual electronics and smaller enclosures that can't accommodate a 6mm jack. Choosing one jack or the other has ...
newbie alert looking for a good course to start learning sound design I am looking for a GOOD place to start learning creating cool sounds for games.I was so glad to find StackExchange had a sound design forum!I'd prefer an online course, but please let me know which fields are important.I would also like to learn ab...	The Berklee online courses are okay and can be quite valuable if you really put the time into them.
What can I research to back up my sound design? I realise the question is a bit ambiguous but I couldn't think of a way to put it into one simple question. I am currently a final year music technology student undertaking some sound design for my final year project. Now, I have taken a 'blue-sky' approach with my exper...	From the top of my head, the book "Sound Design" by David Sonnenschein is a very good start!
Stealth Recording in Airports Has anyone done stealth recording in airports? the reason why im asking this because the permission in my city cost a lot 1 lakh rupees for an hour thats approximately 2000 usd. So does anyone got some nice ideas to record airport ambiance? Kindly share Please. Bala <Q> They look like <...	I´ve done some stealth recordings with a pair of Soundman OKM plugged to a Zoom or some portable recorder that you can have in your pocket or bag.
Can I use an AKG WMS40 wireless system to transmit a signal coming from a headphone jack? I have an AKG WMS40 wireless emitter/receiver combo which I use with a condenser mic that needs phantom power and gets it from the emitter bodypack. If I use a minijack to mini-XLR adapter cable, can I use this system to transmit...	I have used the PT 40 to transmit sound from a tablet and it worked fine.
Designing the sound of cities in a positive way. Any Ideas? This is a question i often ask to myself, when i need to design the sound of a city on many commercials : What interesting elements can i bring in a modern city soundscape, that are evocative or beautiful enough and that would not afraid advertising agencies....	Additionally to JoshP's suggestions, general energetic crowd noises and street musicians can add character.
I want to know how to shout into my mic without distortion just wondering what I can do to resolve this issue. I have an Audiotechna AT2020 USB condenser microphone hooked up to my computer. When I'm recording sometimes I may shout or scream and my microphone goes all grainy and distorted. Just wondering how I can reso...	You can also try turning down the volume of the recording or the amount of pre-amplification done if your mic has a gain adjustment to try to reduce the signal level while still close to the mic.
Need help cleaning, and editing sound effects using multiple mics So my question is this; I'm trying to figure out a good way to edit, and clean my sfx recording with 3-4 mics. My main question what are your general steps ? Do you import everything into PT first sync all the tracks then move to RX. Or do you bring all...	I'd personally sync them first because then I can swap between them to hear what other mics heard when refining the sound.
Why do we need ground connection on balanced cable? There are 3 connections on balanced cable. Hot, cold and ground.I understand you can do "ground lift" and still get the right signal.So what is the point of ground? <Q> To do this you phase invert the cold signal before it goes through the cable. <S> When the signal e...	The idea with balanced systems is partly to cancel out noise and keep the cables longer without adding additional noise when cranking up the signal.
I can't hear 18k in Audio Technica ATH-M50x headphones. Why? I've just got ATH-M50x headphones. I've tried them with this 22 kHz >> 8 kHz test (at the top of the page). I can only hear the high frequency clearly after the voiceover says 17kHz. I've tried the same test on basic home sound system speakers (they have ...	So, when using home speakers, you're sort of cheating, and you might not in fact even hear properly 18 kHz.
Why is a pop filter necessary? I'm doing recordings for YouTube videos and would like to know whether a pop filter is really necessary. I, of course, care about audio quality, but I'm on a tight budget. Do I really need one? I'll most likely just be doing commentaries, not singing. <Q> You need a pop filter if the mic ...	Pop filters are necessary for anything voice related.
Sound Design for Games So I'm starting out as an independent game developer and I'm curious about the best way to design sound effects. I'm not sure if this is necessary, however my game engine is two-dimensional, with proper sound volume/panning to indicate distance from objects. I've looked into foley (however any ...	I would look at Pro Sound Effects Hybrid library for freelancers which is by far the best bang for your buck right now since it's on sale and comes with a ton!
Name and examples for the tinnitus effect after explosions in films Is there a common term among film sound designers for the trope in which we enter a character's audio perspective after gunshots or explosions to experience their hearing loss and tinnitus ("eeeeeeeeeee")? Saving Private Ryan is often considered the ...	Not sure if there is a "go-to" term for the effect but shell shock or simply tinnitus would probably apply.
Add white noise to silence I edited an audio track where I silenced out unwanted interjections from the off. However, since the original track has a low but noticeable noise the perfect silence introduced with the silence function of my audio editing tool is disturbing. What is the quickest possibility to (i) assess th...	There are some very good paid plugins that can do it - personally I use a lot of the Waves plugs, X-Noise etc - but there are freeware alternatives.
Beat detection and alignment Apparently "beat songs" do not have constant tempos throughout the song... For example, they may vary between 125 to 130 beats per minute. Is there a way to make them "beat" at a constant and exact rate (e.g. exactly at 130 throughout the whole duration of the song)? Second, is there an ope...	The go-to answer for this is usually Ableton Live , which is DAW software that advertises an easy-ish way to do this as a flagship feature.
Need some advice, first time project I am doing a audiobook at the moment and im coming across a few problems. Firstly i must admit I dont have much experience in the area. So basically Im doing the story of snow white, and i have a few sounds Im a bit stuck on. So firstly theres a part when the hunter stabs the wild...	What's also nice if you use (find legal ones of course) is sounds that are made for games, the often are little bit more fx then natural resembling sounds.
How would you recreate this ascending sound effect? I heard this song by Usher called "I Care 4 U" and there is an effect right near the end of the song. It seems like this was done to all instruments and not just a single instrument. The effect occurs just after the "tape stop" effect at 3:51 where there is some chopp...	I would export the whole song up to that point (or at least just before the "stop"), and bend the pitch down a few octaves, then alter the dB manually until I get what I want.
The absolutely simplest music production software for a complete beginner I am not asking this question for myself, since I am already well seasoned with Logic and Cubase, but for my significant other. My girlfriend is interested in making some music, just for her own entertainment, since she enjoyed the simple iPad a...	If she's already acquaintanced with Apple Software she could also use Logic with plugins. Fruity Loops is certainly one of the most accessible suites available.
Recording clean sounds as a base for SFX I'm looking for some guidance on recording clean sounds that I can use as a base for manipulating into SFX. I think the trouble I'm having is ambient artifacts in the original recording creating some unpleasantness later on in my SFX. I noticed the highs seem kind of shrill. I'...	You might be ale to aim more of one side at the sound your trying to capture and then use only that channel if its a sound that will be ok in mono which most will be.
Using Mac/PC as an amp modeler and recorder I'm trying to use a software called "Amplitube" as a guitar amplifier on a macbook air. However I'm really confused. I used to have a mac with both a mic input and sound output jacks so I simply plunged in and everything worked fine except some settings of the modeler caused...	A simple USB interface with a couple inputs should suffice.
How to send different mix to 3 seperate headphones? I would like to be able to send different mixes to different headphones. I initially did this by putting it through the Aux sends, but this comes out in mono and suffers from a large amount of clipping. What do i have to do to send multiple mixes in stereo? Do i n...	Buy multiple headphone amps, one for each aux, they don't each have to have 4 outputs, just look for something more or less portable and durable as these won't be confined to your desk (usually you plug the headphones straight into the amp, while running a longer line from your console to the amp wherever the player is...
Dialogue Record with Zoom H4N and 2 Shotgun Next week I'm going to do the dialogue recording of a documentary film. Usually, I record using just one shotgun Mic (NTG 1) and one Handheld (Zoom H4N). But the director says that he has a couple Seinheiser Lav Mics that he wants to use as well. I need some advice here. W...	I would do a Lav and shotgun, and then in post you can choose whichever has the sound best fit for your purpose.
How important is perspective for FX recording let's say you have a scene and in the background someone closes a door. To go a bit futher, seconds later you hear a distant door shut down the hallway. Do you always record (or choose from a library) the door close with an appropriate perspective or do you also take 'dry'...	If the shot was a close up of a door closing then you may want to record something specially for it to get that full crisp sound, but it's not a situation that comes up too often.
Beginner Recorder with onboard mics for on location/foley recording I'm looking for a portable recorder to record (high quality) audio on location to use in parallel with video. I've been looking at some RODE microphones, and at the ZOOM h4n (which currently seems most logical based on reviews and budget) but Im' wonde...	If you are field recording and doing some foley work; I would go with the RODE NTG-3 because it's a great mic for the price!
Sound effect to end a music track on a TV promo? What is the best way to end a music track on a TV promo when the music doesn’t have a definite end? I sometimes hear an effect but I’m not sure how it’s done. I don’t think it’s a backwards reverb, delay or sound element added outside of the track. It’s more like a reve...	I'll sometimes do a an edit to get a large drum hit or nice part of the music at the end but also use a transition effect or some cymbals and then a pretty dense reverb and fade it as needed.
Is there a way to connect a FireWire audio interface to a USB port? My notebook only has HDMI, USB 2 and USB 3 ports. I would like to connect it to a FireWire audio interface. I did some research and found out I can't use a simple adapter. The interface is M-Audio Pro Fire 2626. Is there any way of making this work? ...	There's theoretically firewire solutions over ethernet. Pure USB won't work.
Game commentating with two microphone headsets I have two headsets. One has a USB tip and the other has a standard mic out/stereo in. I have tried my darndest to get them both inputing audio simultaneously to little success. I have done all that business with enabling stereo mix and having this or that device "listen" ...	Your other headset is sending analog information to the internal sound card, and that device is running it through its DAC.
Any Good Ideas With Karplus Strong do you have any experience with karplus strong and your thoughts on it...what are the good and bads of this algorithm in sound design...any max msp heads out there, do you use this method with analogue gear, if so what is your signal path like? <Q> Although I'm not a synth guru, I thi...	I've heard excellent results from K-S patches built around budget analog delays like the Synthrotek Echo .
Synths with different stereo spread / width? I was wondering if anyone had some tips for getting that kind of stereo feeling on specific sounds? Here is an example: I love the way this track has been built as it varies continuously. I presume they are synths processed with different stereo parameters as you can hea...	To get stereo width, you want to introduce asymmetry into the left and right channels for a particular sound.
Creating very heavy subwoofer sound effects i've been assigned a sound design task to recreate the sound of a subwoofer playing music live from the speaker. Here's a reference- it's not as simple as adding a filter and heavy distortion to make it seem real. Any sort of suggestions and help would surely be appreciat...	I think I'd go the worldize route - record some miscellaneous items rattling on the sub whilst the track was playing, then record the sound going through a broken speaker.
List of Fourier coefficientes to simulate musical instruments I'm trying to find a list of Fourier Coefficients (frequencies/amplitudes, ie, spectral data) to simulate different musical instruments using additive synthesis. Are these data published somewhere? This is for a Math class: I just would like to add more freq...	Harmonic Catalog contains the frequency response plots showing the harmonic components of common orchestral instruments.
Amplifying just the troughs while keeping the peaks the same. (Audacity) I recorded me talking/yelling to try out my new mic. I am wondering if I could increase the talking while keeping the yelling the same volume. Some parts are really quite but when amplified (by selecting the couple of seconds and then amplified) i...	You can use dynamic range compression to make the difference in amplitude between the loud and quiet parts smaller.
Create spatial sound illusions that work in headphones and speakers I am curious if anyone has experience making fairly realistic / hyperrealistic spatial audio illusions (for instance the impression of someone circling around your head) that work both with headphone and speaker monitoring. Binaural techniques / HRTFs ...	You can get very good effects by taking into account when signals reach one ear versus the other, how quickly frequencies decay based on distance travelled through the air, and reflection factors for various surfaces, adding in the reverb effects to model certain shaped rooms, outside environments, etc.
Eliminate sparrow chirp from sound track I recently bought a Rode NT1 mic and Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 interface. I have setup everything in my room and I am very satisfied with the output I get , except for the bachelor sparrows chirping outside! Is there anyway I can get rid of this annoying chirps? <Q> You will need...	Try multiple very narrow bands (as opossed to a high-shelf EQing, which would hamper all the high frequencies, including recorded material), spiking the frequencies you don't want down. Try closing window and moving the gear away from it, with mic facing oposite wall, preferably with some screen from side of the window...
How to sound-proof glass door with everyday things? Not sure if this is question for this part of SE. Anyway, how would you sound proof a door that is made just with wood frame and a sheet of glass 5 milimeters thick? I got to some ideas like Egg crates but that is too tall to fit properly in the space available. I c...	Other solutions are sound proofed doors (expensive), a heavy fire door with rubber compression seals around the frame or installing a "sound lobby" (a hallway with another door) Things that are heavy with a lot of surface area. p.s. egg boxes are for room reverberance, to stop getting dead spots and such.
Cheap hardware to record multi-channel audio on mac I'm doing some signal processing research where I would like to record multi-channel (3-4 channels would be enough) audio on my Macbook Pro. I just want the raw data so the hardware I'm looking for would just have inputs (e.g., 3.5 mm phone plug) for 3-4 microphones ...	PlayStation Eye is one of the best and cheap recommendations.
Crazy Question: Is it possible to clean up speakerphone sound - (not music, just speaking)? I am not a audio person. I am more of a technical problem solver who is on an interesting project to provide remote interpretation to a business audience. I am able to control what goes out (the interpretation) over wide band ...	Sound can usually be improved on the receiving end.
How to Capture Breath/Reduce All Outside Sound I'm looking for a microphone that is sensitive enough to capture a person's breath but reduces all other sound outside of a very close proximity. I'll be placing the microphone in a sphere of LEDs which will illuminate and animate when the subject (also in the center of t...	If you are not actually recording the sound, but merely using it to trigger some effects, then I guess using a microphone might be overkill.
Sound Design: Creating The Sound of Life Around Death I am working on a film where a girl is in an abandoned old house that looks very creepy with wall paper peeling of the walls, cracked walls, and various debris on the floor. There is a voice over saying "Imagine what life was like that for the people that lived here...	My interpretation of this particular scene may be to apply sounds that are a direct opposite to what is on the screen.
I just got a Blue Snowball Ice and it picks up my keyboard with Cherry Mx Blues So I want to use this microphone both for skype and for my general audio recording purposes, but it is really sensitive (not exactly a bad thing). Is there a way I can set it up so that it picks up sound only louder than a certain decibel v...	Although you technicaly can't set a microphone to ignore all sounds below a certain level, there is a tool you can use, and it is called a noise gate.
Can one effectively use an older (2004) laptop for audio recording and multitrack mixing? I have an older laptop I'd like to salvage for music recording and digital mixing. My question is general enough for SE but I will also give specific details about my specific case: I have a 2004 Gateway M275 laptop: 1 GB RAM. 30...	It all depends on particular case, but that setup of yours should do nicely.
Creating sound for 'light streaks' I work on motion graphics, and have a project coming up with a lot of light elements and moving/flowing light streaks. I've used wooshes before, layered with reverse bells and cymbals. Sometimes tried glass elements but rarely made that work, maybe doing it wrong or haven't found th...	I would also try make some type of dirt or something and lightly pour it over bells or chimes (you can find bells in the kid toys section of any department store) causing almost a musical element to it.
Microphone suggestion for recording Hard Fx/SFX and Foley I've never purchased a mic before, but I'm a sound design student at scad and I'm trying to build a sound library of my own. I want to record mostly "real World" sounds such as doors, locks, metals, wood, cloth, animals etc. I know it's good to have multiple ...	However for more nuanced and relatively quieter sounds a large diaphragm condenser mic will do wonders.
Software to identify words or voices in a recording? I have several legally obtained recordings ... too many. They're not labeled and I would like to see if I can "scan" these recordings for a particular voice so I know if that person is on that particular digital recording. All legal, as I am party to all conversa...	However you do it, you'll probably need a clean sample of the sounds(voices/words) that you want to target, as a spectral reference.
Is there software that lets me "quantize" old recordings? I have some old demos I did many years ago on 4-track tape. I've digitized them but now I'd like to bring them into a DAW (FL Studio) and rework them. (Processing the audio, adding new parts over the top etc.) Because they were on tape, the timing varies a bit ...	Cubase (7+) contains a pretty impressive tempo detection and correction feature.
Is there a digital (PC based) equalizer that changes based on the pitch of the instrument connected? It's great to create a perfect sound for one note using equalization, but then of course you lose some of the sound's best qualities once you change its pitch. Is there a plug-in equalizer (preferably .vst, I'm using F...	Highly recommend the ReaPlugs plugin set from Reaper.
Speech separation of individuals from a phone recording I have a phone recording of a conversation between 2 folks. I want to generate 2 separate recording each having one's conversation part in it. Is there a tool that can detect the 2 voices separates them into individual files? <Q> No there is not such a tool. <S>...	Services https://otter.ai/ and https://cloud.google.com/speech-to-text offer some alternatives for the problem of "speaker diarisation", which identifies when specific people are speaking.
Add modal resonance to voice over I am working with actor video where he unfortunately recorded on-screen in a room and off-screen in an almost anechoic space. While I have been able to get rid of a lot of the frequency differences between the recording microphones (one's a lavalier and the other is not) and can almos...	Also, a convolution reverb might be able to add resonances if the used impulse is "resonant".
Music Production with FL Studio I'm currently doing bedroom DJing at the moment and uploaded some mixes to Mixcloud, but I also want to enter Music Production and I'm learning to use FL Studio, but I've barely any music background apart from bedroom DJing, where would be the best places/resources on the Internet to get...	Newgrounds has done a great job at building a community for indie composers to share their work with people of the same interest.
What is the RPM of A Typical Reel To Reel Recorder? What is the RPM of a reel to reel recorder? <Q> Audio tape speeds are measured in ips (inches per second) or in cm/s (centimeters per second), not RPM (i.e. there is no typical/common RPM). <S> The actual RPM of the reels changes with the amount of tape. <S> The...	As the tape speed in front of the heads has to be constant (in ips as mentioned), there's no constant RPM for the reels as it is continuously changing as the reel empties or fills.
How can I remove buzz/static from a recording in Logic Pro X This particular buzz was a ground loop problem with the recording equipment, so it's a small hum. Using Noise Gate doesn't work because it can only take it out where there's no other sounds. Someone once told me there was a way to do it where you could record...	You can try using Logic's Match EQ plugin to isolate / reduce the buzz frequencies if there's a section of the audio that's only buzz... have the EQ "learn" the frequencies in that section, then use a negative "Apply" value to notch out the values.
Is it possible for two identical waveforms to have different spectrograms? Is it possible for two identical waveforms to have different spectrograms ? I am rookie in this field so please pardon if something is wrong with this question. <Q> A waveform is a period of superimposition of all the frequencies involved, each ...	If two waveforms are strictly identical, it means they represent the same signal, and the spectrograms of these two signals will also be identical.
Pitch to Loudness relation I have subtle education on music/sound design so excuse my ignorance if any. I am producing a score via programming ( actually Java and minim ) where I use Oscillators to produce sound. I noticed that the lower and higher frequencies tend to be less loud than the middle ones. I suspect tha...	You could probably run a compressor over the sound to control the loud peaks.
Is the sound made with a wavetable or an FM synth? I currently own a wavetable synth with the ability to create custom wavetables within the vst, and I understand the basic principles behind subtractive and fm synths. But what I'm more concerned about is the type of sounds they can create in the end. It seems like most...	Subtractive synthesizers can offer a lot of freedom by providing different oscillators, tunings and then filtering.
How to Change an Audio File So It'll Sound Sci-Fi I am new to sound design and I don't even know where to start learning that.However, I'm building a space shooter game and I need sound effects for it. I have already bought a package with sound effects that I can use, but the thing is that they sound very realistic and...	First up, get onto youtube, go watch as many documentaries as you can about sound design, anything about Ben Burt, interviews with him etc.
How can I match/adjust two clips together with a smooth transition? Currently I'm trying to replace the last refrain of a song with the first one (in the last one I didn't like their screams which weren't contained in the first one). Of course the transition between these two clips are not perfect and you're able to he...	Audacity has built-in crossfading effects if you want to give it a try.
Need to know what I can use to sustain vocals or a vocal note live? Is their a vocal effect box that I can get for live performances that can be used to sustain a note ? Or do I need to record in a loop before hand and play it as a loop by hitting a switch. thanks in advance. <Q> The voice, when naturally sustaining a ...	A good looper will do the the trick. There are some guitar pedals which may work for this purpose, for example the Electro-Harmonix Freeze Sound Retainer or Boss FB-2, however you need to rework the signal a little for this to work technically ( see this question ).
How to make a "Roar!" sound? Is it possible to produce a lion "roar!" sound without actually recording it from a real lion roaring? like... only use the sound editor resources to produce a sound that sounds really a "roar!" sound. <Q> Get into the mood of acting like a monster. <S> Imagine being really hungry and some...	Your voice and any basic sound editor should be enough to produce a lion-like roar sound.
How to create a lightsaber sound true to the original method? The original Star Wars lightsaber sound is interference from a CRT, combined with a projector motor sound recording: [...] the microphone passed right behind the picture tube and as it did, this particular produced an unusual hum [...] So I took that bu...	Use a dynamic microphone like e.g. the SM57, SM58, Beta58 or just about anything else with a coil in, and swing that by the object. I've just occasionally heard granular synthesis doing sounds that are reminiscent of the light saber sound. This will allow you to hear the EMF generated by the power supply. just go down ...
How to record with a phantom powered microphone on a computer? I want to record with a CAD Audio GXL2200 Cardioid Condenser Microphone into a laptop , but I don't know how to connect it. The mic did not come with a cord, so I bought one, but the plug in is way too big for the computer. I think I may need one tha...	Alternatively, you can purchase an inexpensive mixer that has the proper XLR connector to accept the mic cable and can supply the required 48 Vdc phantom power that the mic requires.
Oktava or Audio-Technica for Omni Ambience Recording? I´m getting a rig to record quiet ambience with a Jecklin disc or simply using a spaced technique and would like to know if anyone has experience comparing the Audio-Technica AT4022 and the Oktava MK012 MSP6 with the omni capsules. Mostly concerned about self-noise ...	No direct experience with the Oktavas, but the 4022s are really good mics and have a great reputation with nature sound recordists.
How to sync vocals in Pro Tools using a plugin? I'm mixing an acapella choir in pro tools with 20 tracks. There are a lot of times when one singer or another isn't singing the same rhythm as others. I know there is a plugin that can sync the rhythm in different tracks together.Anyone know it? <Q> Re: @coaxmw 's answe...	Both VocAlign & Re-Voice are good tools, but I'd be careful of 'over-aligning' a choir - I once did it [with VocAlign] & ended up with 80 tracks that sounded like 6 people & had to start over to preserve the 'size' of the end result.
When should a noise gate be applied? I produce a weekly podcast and I'm slowly trying to improve my mixing and editing skills to make it sound as good as possible. The podcast is recorded with me and my co-host in the same room, which results in some background noise from the other person being picked up by the mics, ...	Noise gates obviously are used to help lower noise, during "quiet" passages, for better recordings and to limit feedback.
Which spectrogram shows higher quality of the song? I have two spectrograms of different copies of the same song. I just wanted to know how to tell which one has a greater quality than the other. Could someone help me? I think that the first one has a better quality because the lines move to a higher frequency. But a...	You cannot tell whether a sound is "better quality" than another sound by simply looking at a spectrogram.
Audio effect to transform a local language to a "foreign / weird language" My objective is take a video that I understand (in my case in Portuguese) and apply an audio effect that transform the conversation in a not understandable language, something similar russian, chinese or arabian, or a totally weird sound. The im...	Chrystilizer software is rather effective also.
Why isn't the classical guitar part of an orchestra? At least why not in modern orchestras? There is an argument that says it is too quiet so the rest of the orchestra will down out the guitar. However, that is true if we are talking about adding one guitar player in a set where there is multiple violists, cellists, et...	A classical guitar (or two or three) could be a lovely component of a chamber ensemble.
Sending PC audio through mixer sounds messed up I have been using/playing around with the Behringer Xenyx 802 mixer for patching my PC audio, PS4 audio, and XLR microphone to various places. Mainly into the PC to stream to Twitch, and from the PC into my Astro A50s. I would like to patch my PC into the mixer to make...	Some plugs will simply not match up to some jacks, especially if one or the other is extremely cheap and therefore poorly made.
What brass instrument is this? I would like to use an instrument on my song but I don't know what it is, for my it sounds like a trumpet or a trombone, somehow modified. Can anyone tell me precisely what instrument is this brass instrument playing on 2:08 of Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds - The Death Of You And Me...	I'm positive it's in fact a trumpet that's been filtered through either a 'wah-wah' device or an Envelope filter.
Need help for removing cloth rustle Recently I'm doing dialogue premix for a feature. Unfortunately the recorded location sound are in poor quality. The boom track is useless, off-axis and reverby. Only the LAV mic track can be used. However, after EQing it, cloth rustle noise is obvious. Are there any ways to get rid ...	If you have a boom mic, you could for an instance change it by editing/cutting a small chunk and after doing some processing substitute it with the chunk of time that contains the cloth noise.

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