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How can I cut out a particular instrument in the same pitch range as other instruments I don't want to cut?

I'm remixing two songs, and their drum patterns are somewhat incompatible so I'm try to cut out the drums in one of them. The problem is that the non-bass drums are at the same pitch as some of the vocals and piano notes, so I can't just filter out…
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Reproducing a reverb/echo

This question is pretty specific so i'm not sure if this question will be appreciated or not, apologies if not. Let's start with a little background: I'm trying to record my voice and and using Fruity Loops 10 to achieve a certain 'sound'. The voice…
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What causes a buzzing that goes away when I touch the jack?

I'm sure this is a "ground" issue, but I'd really like to better understand what's going on. I have a bass guitar plugged into the "instrument input" on my interface (ART TubeFire 8). When I monitor that channel, I hear a buzzing sound that goes…
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What records well to tape?

I never had the privilege of cutting tape and splicing tape. However, the studio I work at owns a couple great tape machines. What sound effects do you think would sound great on tape? I know Horns and Brass record great on tape, therefore, would…
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Online Collaboration Sites

Does anyone have any recommendations for online collaboration sites, to cover both the creative and production side of songwriting, using native DAW files? I'm interested in asynchronous (rather than Live) collaboration. The process may work…
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What are the challenges in audio for the bass line?

I have a question/theory I hope some audio engineers can help with. As a beginning cellist, I was discussing with someone the other day the fact that the bass line frequently seems to get the short end of the stick from engineers, whether in…
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We need a Poll/Survey Generator for SSD, don't we?

Hey people! I tried to embed a poll in a question without any type of success... I think it will be useful to have a working poll/survey system to make censuses and generate statics about things like DAW of choice, platform, favorite plug-ins,…
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Sequencing with VSTs - does 64bit matter?

I'm wanting to get into digital music production and so I need to get a 'DAW' package. I don't want to get into a debate the pros and cons of different packages, but I'd narrowed down my selection to Cubase and Ableton Live and was favouring Live…
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Is there an equivalent to Audacity's noise reduction effect in other DAW?

I have tried with Ardour, Rosegarden and Traverso, so far all these DAW are better than Audacity but for one thing: they lack this functionality that lets me select a piece of noise as a sample and use it to automagically filter out the noise in all…
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What are the differences between budget and more expensive hardware compressors?

I'm think about getting a compressor and I heard that Alesis makes one popular compressor for electronic music. I'm informed that the prices can differ much, so I wonder what is the difference between a 200 USD compressor and a 1500 USB compressor?…
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What happens when you save a MP3 with a higher quaility?

When a lossy audio track (of unknown quality) is imported into software and and saved as a (possibly) higher quaility after editing, what happens? Obviously I know it can't have any more 'quality' than what it was imported with, but I was wondering…
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How to isolate specific sound from a sample in Ableton

I'm relatively new to Ableton and am learning about sampling right now. What I'd like to be able to do is take an instrumental and isolate specific sounds from it. Is this possible? I imagine there's no universal way because each sound is different…
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Should I ever use a bit depth less than 24 bits?

Pro Tools gives me the option of 16 bit or 24 bit. Is there a reason I shouldn't just always use 24-bit sessions to get the highest quality sound?
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Ableton Live - am I misunderstanding clips in the Arrangement view?

When I first saw a video of someone looping midi clips in Ableton Live's Session view and then placing them down into the Arrangement view, I figured that Live worked a lot like a 'tracker' (early '90s sample-based sequencer programs) in that if you…
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What video editing software allows for easy alignment of visual transitions with the soundtrack?

When editing video projects, I always try to align the transitions between cuts with the music. The timing of how fast the transitions happen and exactly when they appear should often be made to correspond with certain points in the music. Is there…
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