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KRK VXT6 monitors: How long between breaks?

I've owned a pair of KRK VXT6 monitors for about a year now. I'm very happy with them overall but they do seem to get rather hot after periods of extended use. Not burn your hand hot, but enough to make me wonder whether it's detrimental for the…
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Looking for a Sound Editor for Mac OSX

I am looking for an audio editor (it does not matter if it is free or not). I am starting to learn music and how create and edit in Mac. I want a simple but still powerful enough application to edit audio files and apply some effects. I come from…
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Placing Monitors On-Stage

I help with the sound at a local High School for their musicals. The actors are having trouble hearing themselves on stage, so we're trying to place monitors on stage so that they can hear what they're singing. However, when we do this, the sound…
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Can I publish a DJ mix of current chart music online?

I'm helping to plan an online blog about current music. The idea is to have DJs create sets of the music being reviewed. I have heard that there are some avenues where the artists can get their royalties. I've searched for such sites, but I don't…
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Ever notice that Laughter has a definite rhythm?

I noticed this a while back and I was reminded of it yesterday while doing some ADR: Laughter has a perfect rhythm. Take any laughter and each HA is exactly spaced between the next one - to the quarter-frame I've found. Maybe not the first 2 but the…
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Tape for labeling gear with a marker?

What is that tape that I see people use on audio gear to label things (knobs, sliders, jacks and such)? Generally they use a permanent marker on the tape itself, but not the gear. Presumably the tape can be removed without too much trouble when…
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Best hardware / performance setup for softsynth storage and usage.

I'm interested in improving my home studio setup with better production performance gear. Lately I've been looking into Native Instrument's abundant collection of plugins & sound libraries. I've noticed however, that some of those individual plugins…
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Is it safe to power audio devices on all at once with a single switch?

I have a small collection of audio devices (preamplifier, synthesizer, effects, audio interface). Most of them are mounted in a single rack. The rack devices all plug in through a power distribution panel, which has a single switch on it. I believe…
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Creating "Vintage" Sound

I'm fascinated by "vintage" film making - the look, sound, acting, stories - from the early days of film. I'm especially in love with the sound of dialog and foley during the 40s and 50s. I recently started watching Mad Men, the AMC series, and…
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How important is "finding plugins"?

I'm totally new to this whole audio production thing; I've just started playing with Ableton the past few weeks. But I'm wondering, for later on, because I always hear professionals talking about all these "plugins" and "VSTs" that they've…
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How are vocals and other different tracks separated from a mix?

I am referring to extractions like these: The quality is, quite frankly, amazing. One could remix the song starting from these tracks. All of these seem to be extracted from the final mix. How is this done? Using what tool, and how…
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Batch conversion of Sounds with Different Format to one Format, how?

Discussion in Freesound.org, here, is stagnated. You could do this with Audacity but their developer warned about that (apparently stupid idea to load the GUIs or something like that). Is there something like ImageMagick for sounds? I have a…
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What are the Concentric Ring Connectors On Wireless Capsules called?

Does anyone know what the connector is called which has the center dot and two concentric rings around it found on Shure, Lectrosonics etc wireless systems? I'm sure, like XLR or TRS its got some sort of simple & catchy name, but nobody seems to…
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Is there ANY software that will play the lossless part of HD-AAC (aka MPEG-4 SLS)?

People under the stairs just released a new album called Highlighting using a new codec called HD-AAC (also known as MPEG-4 SLS) that was created by Fraunhofer. Basically it's a file that contains both a lossy AAC version and a lossless "HD-AAC"…
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How do I convert FL Studio time (bar-step-tick) to real-world durations?

I have an FL Studio song file (.flp) that I'm trying to recreate programatically. I've got my program to the point where it can play the instruments I want, when I want, now the only problem is that I don't know when I want them. I'm looking at…
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