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Films that push the boundaries of Sound Design?

For example in 'Irreversible', the first 30 minutes there is a underlying sound frequency of 27hz - this makes you feel physically sick and disorientates you. Do you guys know of any films that use similar effects? Or something which aids the sound…
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How short duration sound can a human hear?

Is it possible to play a sound so briefly, during such a short period of time, that it isn't noticed by humans? I have the idea to use sound for distance measurements. This is common with ultrasound, but I want to do it with common smartphones and…
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Is it better to record a vocal as close to raw as possible, or to compress, eq etc along the way into Pro Tools?

I've been playing around with running vocals from our 1073 pre-amp into an Avalon compressor and EQ before hitting our Pro Tools rig. I'm loving the sound I'm getting, but am not sure if this is giving me the same flexibility have an un-compressed,…
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How to find out the exact volume in decibels when playing music on a Mac?

I want to be able to know what volume I'm playing my music in decibels when I'm using my Macbook Air. Is there any plug-ins or methods to show this information?
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How to choose a microphone for my requirements?

I am in a need of a microphone for a specific setup and with some requirements, but I don't seem to have much luck in finding the best option. There is a possibility I am looking at this all wrong, so I am asking for advice here. My setup is as…
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What is the best way to record acoustic piano and vocals from home?

I am staying in a rented house which I cannot sound-proof. I have an acoustic upright piano which I cannot carry to a studio. The noise levels around are average, no heavy traffic, but passing car horns, animals, children playing etc get heard at…
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Completely cut frequencies below a certain threshold

I'm warming up to Ableton Live by attempting to manipulate songs into how various animals would hear them. For example, idealized bats hear roughly between octave 7, starting at 1.28kHz, to octave 13, ending at about 164kHz. Just like us, their…
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Electronic Sparking/Arcing Sounds

Has anyone got any tips on creating/recording electronic spark/arcing sounds? Is there anyway to create these without an arc welder or a tesla coil?
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Amplify a person's voice in a phone record

I have a phone record with two persons speaking, let's call them A and B. A is very quiet on the record, B is "normal". Now I want to amplify the voice of person A so that it matches the loudness of person B. How can that be done? Note that I…
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Acceptable hardware delay

I'm looking into purchasing some audio interface hardware. Gear that goes via firewire is my primary option, but I have a question about acceptable delay lengths. What is the acceptable delay in live or studio setups? I know it's always lower =…
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Audio switch with multiple 3.5mm input & outputs

I've been searching for a device that simple allows me to pick one input and one output from multiple input/outputs. I thought this would be a called a switch but I can only find ones with one input. Is there such a device that can do this? I will…
David Nguyen
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A USB device with 5 microphone inputs: Is that possible?

I am currently looking into a project but there's one limitation that I don't know whether it's theoretically possible. What I'm asking is - would it be possible, in theory, to create a cheap (say, < 50$) USB product that accepts about 4-5…
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What constitutes a "musical" EQ?

In reading product advertisements and gear reviews in magazines like Sound on Sound, I've come across the term "musical" a few times referring to an apparently positive quality of an equalizer device or plugin. What does it mean for an EQ to be…
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Free, newbie-friendly tracker software?

I'm a complete music newbie. I'd like to create some music for small, totally aficionado videogames. My sound requirements are: Small file size (less than an mp3 or ogg) Playable via libmodplug (list of supported file formats on that link) I don't…
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Low Pass Filter?

I've constantly heard about the Low-Pass (or High-Pass) filter, but I am confused. I read that it works on cancelling out certain frequencies that are below (or above) a certain threshold. However, I am using the Time-Domain for calculating Note…
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