How do they fix performance glitches when doing post-production on "live" recordings? [more inside]
posted by Joe Beese on Nov 16, 2009 - 9 answers

How do I improve the acoustics in a room not really cut out for recording? [more inside]
posted by invitapriore on Aug 17, 2009 - 7 answers

What acoustical phenomena explain the apparent pitch-shifted echo I heard while observing tonight's fireworks display? [more inside]
posted by Songdog on Jul 4, 2009 - 12 answers

Tell me how to arrange eight to twelve singers, a guitarist (acoustic), a fiddler and a bodhrán player, all unamplified, for best overall audibility and musicality. [more inside]
posted by Faint of Butt on Apr 22, 2009 - 5 answers

Heard an NPR story 7(ish) years ago about a guy who measures the pitch of various sources of barely-audible workspace/home background noise (eg. harddrive spinning, refrigerator compressor running, and the flyback transformer on your television) and seeing what chords they made. He contested that different chords would affect peoples' productivity, attitudes, etc. I have some questions about this. [more inside]
posted by cadastral on Apr 9, 2009 - 14 answers

I would like to perform Alvin Lucier's "I am sitting in a room" live in a classroom. Does anyone know of a computer program capable of simultaneously playing, recording, and then rerecording over the previously played material on a loop? [more inside]
posted by lotusmonster on Dec 16, 2008 - 12 answers

Can anyone offer me some suggestions for how to make a relatively inexpensive sound trap (i.e. like those echo reducers that large auditoriums have). Info about materials, shapes, etc. would be helpful. [more inside]
posted by n8stew on Aug 9, 2008 - 3 answers

Does sound carry downwards? [more inside]
posted by Ms. Informed on Aug 8, 2008 - 11 answers

Garage studio advice: Help me best configure the space we have for recording. [more inside]
posted by disillusioned on Dec 18, 2007 - 8 answers

Got great new speakers for my stereo. Now comes the hard part: I need to find a particular kind of stand, and my satellite radio sounds funny. Suggestions? [more inside]
posted by werty on Nov 22, 2007 - 6 answers

What is the name of the simple dish-shaped device used to project and receive sound across a large room? [more inside]
posted by UnnotciedTypo on Jul 3, 2007 - 10 answers

What's a good online visual explanation of architectural acoustics, especially as refers to auditoria and practice hall design?
posted by signal on Nov 4, 2004 - 2 answers

Electric/electronic accordions. What do they sound like? How's the volume control? Is there any recorded music they've been used it? Are they good for moderately experienced keyboardists who've never played accordion but think they're really cool (especially the auto-transpose stuff)? [more inside]
posted by Tlogmer on May 16, 2004 - 4 answers