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Does converting mp3 to wav make sense with regard to timing accuracy?

Think about a program where it is mission critical to sync audio playback with text being displayed on the screen. And timing of this sync must be perfect. Currently, I am having all sorts of trouble with this as browsers are not accurately…
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How are NBA games miked up?

It's NBA finals season and I'm analyzing the games trying to figure out the audio setup. It definitely sounds like there's a mic in the basket (I'm guessing in the hinge between hoop and board) and maybe also a piezo on the board. You can hear the…
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320kbps MP3 - Why is there a clear line near 16khz on spectrogram?

I'm doing some conversion between FLAC and MP3, and got the results below, shown in Spek. I got really curious. As I understand, a 320kbps MP3 at a constant bitrate will usually cut off at around 20khz-22khz. In that way my spectrograms are as…
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Sound Design and Sound Mix

Hello forum, I am new here. I would like to have some opinions on the followoing issue. I have just done the sound design for a short film here in London. I work freelance and have my own little facilities. But nothing big enough to do a proper…
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Do I need a DI box to record guitars with a USB Interface for re-amping?

I am currently searching if I should use a DI box to record active electric guitars for re-amping. I currently have a M-Audio Fast Track Pro USB interface. I am planning to record guitars at home and send them to a music studio to re-amp, mix and…
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The "first sound is the right sound" problem

The "first sound is the right sound" problem..also known as the "affection to a sound" dilemma: It often happens to me , when I start choosing and placing some sounds, that those sounds will remain the same until the end of the work. The problem is…
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How can I select and delete the left track of a stereo recording in Logic Pro X

I have a simple question about the audio editor from Logic Pro X. After recording some ambience of a outdoor scene I've seen that I was recording the scene in stereo. I used only one microphone which means that there is a "flatline" channel now…
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Ambience cuts between shots

Forgive me if someone else has already asked this, but I just did a "just for fun" sound design on a short film I found and I had a bit of a problem. The film is cutting between a sniper and a victim, and it goes back and forth between their two…
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Exported Region Groups or Sound Packs for TV Sound Designing?

I was sitting in on an ADR session for a television show at an ADR stage the other day and I was talking to the ADR mixer about how Sound Design is different for TV than it is for Movies. He told me one of the main differences was that sound…
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Research/Investigation into fields of sound design

Hey guys, I have the opportunity to do a project in my final year of my Music Technology course focusing on whatever I like. Given that I'm pursuing a career in sound design (never have guessed huh), I proposed the idea of redoing the audio for a…
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Are compressed audio files converted to raw pcm by audio players?

When audio players (like VLC, for example) play compressed audio files (like mp3, for instance), do they first convert them to pcm data (like in wav files) and then play it? It seems very logical to me - first to decompress a mp3 file to an…
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Logic Pro X jumps back when starting recording

In Logic, the main track view is suddenly jumping back to the beginning of the track (or clip?) when I hit record, even though record begins from later on project. If I enable the Auto-Follow it then jumps back then forward quickly afterwards as per…
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Sound of Magnetism?

I was wondering what that typical hi pitched whine is that usually is used to represent magnetism? I'm looking to make a metal object sound as if its being drawn to another larger one. Any ideas would be most graciously appreciated. Thanks!
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Mastering for Android

i'm a sound designer and composer for mobile games, especially casual games for android/ios. i still have to learn a lot about mixing and mastering, but when it comes to mastering for an android game, i can't find any good sources for that. a lot…
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Send "Audio To" MIDI Track (or its single channels) in ableton

I'm trying to understand the different routing logics present in Ableton Live. My goal is to route a Drum audio track to the side-chain external input of a compressor vst, whom effects a MIDI track where sits a VST Instrument. The problem is the…
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