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Going about creating a new song in a DAW?

This is a question for the users who write music in a DAW; what is your process for starting a new song? Do you have an idea of what the song sounds like and go from there? Or do you mess around with instruments and keys until you find something…
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what causes the difference in cord quality between brands?

While "jamming" with a friend over the weekend, I noticed that every single one of the cables in his setup were the same brand. I even have one of the same type (but didn't know which it was from not paying a lot of attention when I bought it other…
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Sending different ranges of frequencies to separate channels?

How would I send specific ranges of frequencies to different channels like the example I made in photoshop below? Right now I'm using FL Studio 9.7
RyanScottLewis
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VSTi Issue with REAPER and Superior Drummer

I've installed Superior Drummer and REAPER; but when I go to click on "Insert virtual instrument on new track", Superior Drummer isn't available. Am I missing a step?
Smashery
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What is the outside volume of open and semi-closed headphones?

I'm trying to decide between some Beyerdynamics 770's (closed), 880's (semi-closed), and 990's (open) headphones. I will use them at home and at work. It appears that the more open the headphones are, the greater the soundstage, and tighter…
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Filter applause from videos

I asked this question before on stackoverflow ( https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5299338/filter-applause-from-videos ) and got the hint to ask it here: I am currently watching a video from 27C3 and I would like to filter the applause, as it…
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Cooled, soundproof enclosure for a noisy laptop in a bedroom studio?

I recently bought a 2011 Macbook Pro (15") for, among other things, some serious audio in my bedroom studio. If I open up Pro Tools or Ableton and start working, within 5 minutes the MBP's fans turn on, spin up as fast as they can go, and never spin…
Shabbyrobe
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Voiceover Recording Equipment

I'm in the earliest stages of starting a 2nd career as a voice professional, and will be working from my home office. The work involves bidding on, and accepting voice-over jobs from commercial, corp, and private sector clients; the work could…
gsc
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Pro Tools Freeware Replacment

Many people believe Pro Tools to be the standard in high end audio production. Can anyone recommend a free replacement that has as many of the essential features of Pro Tools as possible? I completely understand that something free will not…
Joel B
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Does buying Komplete 8 help me at all if I already own Ableton?

Don't yell at me for asking a stupid question if this is dumb. I just started making music and I have been using Ableton the whole time. I was going to buy a Maschine controller so I can stop using my mouse and saw that there is some discount if I…
samoz
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How to "Insert silence" - in session view (Ableton Live)?

How can one "Insert silence" in session view - to the loop itself? (Guess there must be an easier way than re-recording). Thanks
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Audio Mixer Inputs and Outputs

I'm curious about audio mixer inputs and outputs and have some questions. Most mixers have 2 1/4" line inputs per track, one for the left channel and one for the right. If I connect a mono device to only the left jack, would sound be output to both…
user7343
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Understanding waveform representation?

I am new to audio things and I have trouble understand the waveform representation, e.g. in Audacity the y-axis goes from -1 up to +1 (please see screenshot below). What does this mean? What does the y Axis represent at all? I think it should be the…
stefan.at.wpf
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How can I simulate a palm mute effect in Reason?

I would like to simulate a palm mute on synthesized guitars in Reason. I'm not after too much realism, just the basic effect. Listening to some palm muting in metal, etc, I believe that a low pass filter would get me the frequency range, but how can…
Ray Dey
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Do you know other wave equations?

I know that if we run these formulas on some software like MatLab, we can obtain the waveforms of some effects: - Ping wave: f(t) = sin(2*pi*t*f) * exp(-t*4) f(t) = sin(2*pi*t*f) * exp(-t*4) * (1 - exp( -t*10 )) * 2 - Ding-Dong wave f(t) =…
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