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Reducing breath noise

I have some vocal tracks where the vocalist's breaths between phrases are quite loud - enough to be distracting. Is there a relatively easy way to lower the breath sound short of riding the fader between phrase?
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Help choosing audio rip format for longevity

I've been using MP3 for a decade for my audio collection, but with the (not so) recent developments in open source vs patented codecs such as H.264 I am wondering if an alternative format is warranted. I'm slightly familiar with OGG and FLAC as…
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Shield my amp from my cell phone?

I have a crappy stereo system driving my monitors (it's a bit hacky I know, but I didn't have to spend money buying it). It has a nasty habit of picking up cell phone interference: that annoying sound that's cross between morse code and a dialup…
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tips for making a more realistic "live drummer" sound with only audio samples

I compose and produce my own original electronic music songs and I generally only have trouble with one aspect of music: the drums. This is the only major instrument that I have no formal (or informal) training with. The real reason I never picked…
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Is there any free tool to generate a tone with gradually increasing pitch?

I need to generate a tone with a gradually increasing pitch with a very slow ratio. That is, I need a sine/square/sawtooth tone (amplitude doesn't matter) starting from 20Hz and gradually, linearly (or exponentially) increasing to 16kHz over 10…
Neo
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USB/Midi controller on Ubuntu Linux?

My question is directed at those having experience with both Linux and midi controllers. DEVICE IN QUESTION This seems to be the cheapest midi/usb controller that has: 1) 88 keys 2) fully/semi weighted keys 3) midi/usb M Audio Keystation USB/MIDI…
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Drag select time range in Reaper not working

I am using Reaper 3.75 and normally I click and drag in the time-bar at the top to select an area, but suddenly it is not working anymore. Have I activated some kind of strange mode, and how do I get out of it?
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How can I pop out a pushed in woofer dome?

My 4 year old decided to push in the soft plastic/vinyl domes in the center of two of my M-Audio LX4 studio monitors' woofers. Can anyone suggest a safe way to pop them back out? I have heard of using a vacuum cleaner which sounds a little…
Michael
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How do you configure three or more phrases to be mapped to a one-button-per-phrase loop triggering?

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 goes like: Button1: Plays phrase 1 (loopers 1 &…
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How can I get my drum and bass hihats and snares to sound correct?

I'm interested in doing some d'n'b stuff (specifically with Reason) using the redrum module or Kong. As I understand, the basic "rule" of d'n'b drums are the bass drum goes on 1 and 11 and the snare goes on 5 and 13. The sound I want to achieve is…
Ray Dey
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How to make feedback in Ableton Live?

I'm making a short film where one of the actors accidentally turns the fader on the mixing board all the way up thus making an immense feedback. We don't want to do this in reality because of the damage to both our ears and the PA. system. So I've…
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TRS/TS vs RCA cable?

I have to purchase an instrument, that its output (mono) can be either 1/4 TS or RCA. The device signal goes to a preamp (If I'll go for the RCA version, the cable will be RCA to TS). My question is: Signal Quality: Are there any signal quality…
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Is it possible to loop MP3 without gaps?

Any sound editor adds little gap on the beginning and on the end of sound loop when I convert it to mp3. Deleting gap is useless, after reload it’s still there… Is there any way to solve this?
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I have two computers with audio output, and I'd like to monitor both, simultaneously, with one set of speakers. What do I need?

I have two computers with audio output, and I'd like to monitor both, simultaneously, with one set of speakers. What do I need? I know I could feed the line-out of one computer into the line-in of the other, and turn on software mixing, but I want…
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How do I use Audacity to make two tracks match volume?

I have an Audacity project with two mono audio tracks. The first (on top) has been recorded at a high volume, and the second (on bottom) at a much lower volume. Forgive me if I'm not using the right terms, as I don't do much audio editing at all. To…
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