Questions tagged [music]
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Why do some musicians/groups create a last track with tons of silence in the middle?
I've seen this at least four times. An album with the usual 4/5 minute songs has a last track of about 15 minutes, of which 10 are silence in the middle of the track.
Is there a meme I'm not aware of? Is it a reference to something?
Vinko Vrsalovic
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What are your sources for new/unknown music? - Not exactly sound design but...
I am always looking to add tunes to my 'faves' playlist (a playlist strictly limited to songs that rate 9 or 10/10). I'm not talking about hipster 'no one's ever heard of this before' stuff. Just solid, well played, well made music from any genre…
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What instruments or sounds do most composers start a song with?
I found myself to mostly start with drum[s] when I was younger, and progressing into other instruments, until eventually being able to create based on nothing more than a snippet of anything I hear.
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How is DISCID made in cue sheet files?
We have for example REM DISCID D00DA810 from wikipedia entry. How is it calculated/where does it come from?
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Given multiple audio files, can I extract background music that has different sound effects over it?
Let's imagine I have a movie out of which I would like to extract a soundtrack (i.e., a piece of music). The problem being that the music is, of course, "tainted" with various sound effects and actors talking.
But now, suppose I have two or more…
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Recreate Wavestation Mini Lead
The Korg Wavestation synthesizer had a popular patch called Mini Lead, most notably used in the Genesis track Fading Lights by keyboardist Tony Banks.
Here is an audio demo of the patch in itself:…
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How to convert an arbitrary signal into music?
There's a field apparently called "stellar seismology" in which the frequency of light from the stars is converted into audio. See (and hear) an example here. Any ideas on how they do it? What about if I wanted to produce something that sounds more…
Johnny
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chillout/loungy background tune
hi,
i'm looking for a sample library or cheap license music to create a background tune for a production i just finished. desired style is electronic lounge/chillout. any recommendations?
thanks
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Telefon Tel Aviv - SSD Thread Tribute
Personally, the respect I for the group is just not normal.
Talk about such all encompassing, engulfing, trancing, absorptive music.
However, I wanted to start a thread about the techniques and software used, or could have been used at one time, in…
C3Sound
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Noise/Buzz when recording with TC Helicon Voice Live 2
I keep getting buzz/noise when I'm recording vox with the Voicelive 2. My chain is Fet 47 > TC Helicon > Duet > Computer.
I've played around with Line vs Mic IOs but the same noise is there regardless of the settings. Could this be a power supply…
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Make my voice sound like The Beatles
DISCLAIMER: I know very little about working with audio!!! Okay, so I'm a MASSIVE Beatles fan and am trying to construct a GOOD attempt of their third reunion reunion song from the 90s which is unfinished. It uses John Lennon's unfinished demo…
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Finding out the license of stock music that I do not know the name off
Some time ago, I was given a few short audio clips to work with for a personal projects.
Now I found that one of those clips would work well with a commercial project I'm currently working on. The problem is I that I do not know if I am licensed to…
burnso
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How to find royalty-free music
Possible Duplicate:
Where can I find free sound effects?
Where to find free music
In looking at various royalty-free music websites, I'm realizing that describing what one is after is not easy and therefore finding it even more so. You may select…
greener
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Audacity: Sliding Time Scale/Pitch Shift
I found a way to make to change music 440hz to 432hz.
Now, my problem it's i dont know the specifications to change to C528hz (A444hz).
Can anybody help me??
Thank you so much!!
Namaste <3
user4610
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Why do melodies sound empty/bad without context?
Its so strange, if you sing or think of a melody of a famous song you suddenly have the chords in mind, the vocals or the timbre/sound of the instrument that plays the melody. And this makes me think of, woaw what a good melody.
If I make up a…
Tobias Schmidt
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