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Noise in usb audio interface?

I recently got an Acer Aspire desktop, and am having issues using it with my M-Audio M-Tack usb interface. I hear a constant high-pitched background noise in my Behringer monitors, as well as cpu[?] noises when I move my mouse etc. Interestingly, I…
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How can I mute quiet parts of audio in Audacity?

I recorded my voice. And it's a quite long record for manually silencing out my breaths and lips clicking. I would like to make silence on areas where the sound is lower than some level. How can it be done? Thanks
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Is per-stem reverb the same as reverb for the full mix?

I've just found out about how to do stems when recording, and why they're important (kind of obvious, I guess!) The only thing I can't work out, is where "full-mix" reverb is applied. If I want a particular reverb for the whole mix, it needs to be…
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Why sample at 196kHz when human ear can only hear within a 20kHz range?

It is my understanding that samples should be 2x the highest frequency sampled, but I'm confused as to why samples are taken beyond a 40kHz range if the human ear can't tell the difference either way.
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Theater Sound Design Resources

I'm looking for some resources to help me understand the challenges and equipment used in bringing sound design to the theater for plays and musicals. I'm currently using google but if anyone has any current links or resources I could use, then…
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Electric guitar connected to Mixer doesnt work

Just wondering if someone could tell me why my setup didnt work. I have an electric guitar and was supposed to play as part of a choir at one of the churches. I have never played at the church or for that matter in any choir before. The only guitar…
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Can compressed music files be adequately recovered by remastering?

I have some rare old music files on my drive that are compressed to 128 kbps in the mp3 format. Some of them are of digital origin, and some of them are vinyl rips. Audio data compression affects music in a variety of ways. For a pretty in-depth…
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Reading emotions from a song

first of all, I really hope I'm in the right place, secondly, I know this is a difficult topic and many have tried figuring it out but can't find anything specific yet, so, here it goes: From what I see, you guys are mainly creating music, so you do…
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Do you use power conditioning?

Using power conditioning? What type and what for? Either Studio or Field/Location rigs?
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Sound recording for 360 video - sound field or stereo tracks?

When recording 360 degrees of sound (for a 360 virtual reality video) - so far i have heard of 2 main methods: 1) The use of an ambisonic microphone (sound field) 2) Put 2 microphones on each of the 4 sides of the 360 camera rig (at 0 degrees, at…
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Extracting human vocals from really damaged audio?

My friend received an audio clip from a family member he is concerned about, but the clip is very low quality. He asked me to help clean it up, but I only have a little experience with digital audio. I'm worried that there is not enough information…
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Really nice sound!

I am currently working on a project for an advertising agency that will require super nice accessible sound design, Its a bit out of my comfort zone (i like it evil (muh hu hu hu ha)). So my question to you guys is about adverts, what are your…
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Is there a way to convert .it files to MIDI?

Recently I've come across some old .it (Impulse Tracker) files. I was able to play them with VLC media player, but I was wondering if I could convert them to MIDI somehow.
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Can you Pan properly using stereo headphones

I'm in the process of buying some H8 Monitors (Yamaha) - In like a week or two - YES I KNOW :) and THX! However, I don't want to wait till I get my monitors to start the mixing process. Can I pan properly or at least half decent on standard stereo…
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Lack of Actor's Breath

Dear All, Don't mind me if I ask another silly question, and it is this: Say you're working on a movie and your main character does a lot of breathing and exhales etc. Your production dialogue is useless - lots of noise to capture intimate breaths,…
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