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Most influential people in your career

After listening to the guys at the audionowcast discuss the people most influential to them, I figured I wanted to start a thread here and discuss this with the rest of you guys. here's a list of the people and things that were and are the most…
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SSD App Needed?

Hey all, I know there has been multiple threads on having groups on Sound Cloud, Twitter, Poll Surveys, etc... But as SSD has been becoming more populated, I feel like there could be a pretty slick app that could be made and connected to the…
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What is the difference between Vorbis and Opus?

I would like to split up an audio stream (32bit floats) to chunks, encode them with a lossy compression and then decode it in the other side. I have no experience with audio codecs, so I started to look for solution. What I've found is Opus and…
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What audio formats and codecs are used for YouTube videos?

I'm looking for an official YouTube page that lists all of the audio formats and codecs used for YouTube videos. I can only find information posted by unofficial sources without citing their source for the information, such as this post. YouTube…
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USB input high-pitched whine

I've yet to find a definitive answer to this, but Google shows hundreds of people asking questions. I have an M-Audio M-Track, a $100 USB-based audio interface. Across all 3 computers I have tried it on, there is a high-pitched whine around 1kHz,…
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Reducing latency on MIDI-over-USB Keyboard

I have recently bought a low-end usb keyboard(Acorn Instruments Masterkey 49). I am trying to use it with Sibelius 6. After spending a lot of time in the settings of Sibelius, I have managed to get latency down to 10ms, although I am not happy with…
Giannis
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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 from CDDB or similar sources. At this moment I'm…
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How do I get a mix with two heavy bass elements to not sound muddy?

I often struggle with mixes where I've got two very bassy sounds, usually a very 'big' kick sample and either a hip-hop-style sub bass or a rhythm sample involving low-pitched drums. What's the best way to remove the muddiness, and get a much…
Ed J
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Setting up ableton live as a live looper?

I have seen that it is possible to set up Ableton to work as a live looper How is it done?
Willbill
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Making space in a synth-heavy mix for electric guitar?

I've got a Duran Duran tribute and the band is, obviously, big synth sound heavy. Trying to fit the guitar in to the live mix has been a constant struggle. I've put notch filters on the synth channels with the Q set medium wide and centered around…
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Microphone windscreens -- how effective / necessary are they?

I've done a fair bit of podcast recording using a headset that has a small integrated foam windscreen over the mic. I never thought much about it, until we recently purchased some wireless headsets that do not have windscreens over the mic -- and I…
Jeff Atwood
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What specifications should I look for when buying a budget microphone?

For amateur purposes I might consider buying a budget microphone to record my vocals, as I have the thoughts that my current cheap home headset microphone won't suffice to get some quality. What specifications should I look for when deciding which…
Tom Wijsman
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What would sound sound like at the speed of sound?

Crazy title. This is out of interest sakes, and maybe a stupid question: Theoretically, if one where to travel at the speed of sound with no air/wind (not a vacuum as there would be no sound) what would sound sound like? Imagining the sound…
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Managing Machine Noise in the Home Studio

Does anyone here have strategies, or more specifically successes, in limiting machine noise (computers and hard drives) in your home studio? There are people who build their own acoustic isolation boxes, others who go all solid state with hard…
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Best entry-level portable recorder

I'm an absolute newbie. I'd like to buy a portable recorder but I don't know which is the best. I read about Zoom H2, Zoom H4n and Tascam DR-07 but there are also a lot of other models... Any suggestions?
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