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SoundSwap - trading sound effects

This isn't really so much of a question as it is a heads up. I've added a new forum to my website called SoundSwap. All it's for is trading sound effects and nothing else. I started thinking about it back when Jay put up this post. While I know…
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How loud is 0dB, and what is a good dB to mix to?

In Shaun's recent post about the sound design challenge, he mentioned that there was a request for a loudness-limit (-10dB peak, I believe), and I realized that I was most likely the reason for it, if only in part. See, I've been mixing to 0dB…
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What is the best volume to work with studio monitors?

What is the best volume to work with studio monitors for mastering and mixing tracks? I own a pair of M Audio Bx8 Studio monitors and I always produce with the volume knob at the middle.... so here it goes... Is it better to have a lower volume in…
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Linux tools for beginning electronic music production

Ok I want to start music from the beginning. Just computer, mic, midi keyboard and nothing else. What programs should I use to: Create electronic samples mix them, modulate and add effects Create instruments based on them Use later these…
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What sound design books have influenced you the most?

There are so many great books on sound design. I'm interested in hearing about a book that has been your faithful companion. You can pick one per discipline you're involved in. My selection is: Sound design for film: Sound Design: The Expressive…
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Going Into Debt for Gear

I expect to get very few responses for this one because it's such a personal and difficult topic, but I think the experiences of the people here could be very informative. While there seem to be many well established SDers on this board, I have a…
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How To: Minimizing noise and reverb with DIY multi-band expansion.

(EDIT: Found out that I definitely didn't invent this. Heart breaks (celery snap + cold spaghetti sauce squish + the sound of a tiny, tiny violin)) Lately it seems that a lot of people have been asking about how to remove reverb from location…
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Foley artist leather toolkit!

Good morning from Greece guys! I was surfing the internet today and i found something very interesting indeed! A toolkit created for foley artists dedicated for making the classic Swoosh, thud, bash, shwud sounds we see in movies so much. I…
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A Living Sound Effect Library

I don't know if any of you have seen this but I just found it while looking up bird songs on youtube and I was pretty amazed.. Bird Songs Video Link
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Tips for mixing dialogue

Can this be a thread for tips on mixing dialogue? Do you EQ the voice a certain way or ever use different sync for different characters? Reverb/delay? Do you have a certain workflow for the dial mix? Do you treat the mix differently for things like…
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Audio File Organization

Regardless of how you organize your library in databases like SoundMiner, Basehead, etc., how do you sanely file your recordings on your hard drive, especially between initial ingestion of the raw recordings and where the edited and mastered…
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What are the 1 2 3 settings on the back of The Blue Snowball?

The Blue Snowball has settings on the back controlled by a dip switch that says 1 2 3. What do these do? Googling for it I get a bunch of bad results (html numbered lists) and this manual which doesn't tell me much
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Why does ffmpeg's conversion from mono to stereo lower the volume?

We start with this mono file: test.wav In audacity it looks like this: Then we convert it to stereo with this command: ffmpeg -i test.wav -ac 2 out.wav Now it looks like this: Notice that the amplitude changed! Finally, we convert the stereo back…
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Workflow: Getting sounds into your library.

Sound design is like cooking in a lot of ways. When you cook a giant meal, it's a lot of fun. But the clean-up is boring. What they say when you're learning to cook is that you have to clean-up as you go. Which brings me to my question: What's your…
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How to open MIDI file in text editor?

I want to read the MIDI messages inside one MIDI file. When I tried to open the file with notepad it looks like the following How to open this in notepad or any other text editor?
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