Please guide me in buying 2 speakers plus sub-woofer and an amp for my 13 foot square home office (with TV and computer). I am adrift even after a good bit of research. My budget, room size and needs are more modest than in past questions I read. Also mail order is out. Lots of details and clarification within.
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posted by forthright
on May 13, 2011 -
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The science behind FM transmitter behaviour... how does it really work and what's going on?
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posted by rich
on May 11, 2011 -
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What's the best way to make sure that nothing except iTunes outputs sound while running XP?
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posted by SpiffyRob
on May 11, 2011 -
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My USB Mic started picking up an omnipresent hum all of a sudden. It never used to. Any ideas what could have changed?
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posted by JoeGoblin
on May 10, 2011 -
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I have an audio recording of children playing. I want to take data from that recording (frequency? volume? something else?) and use those numbers to generate some sort of visual output.
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posted by uauage
on May 8, 2011 -
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Sleep sounds: do you have any podcasts or music you find it useful to listen to to help you to fall asleep? Or recommendations which might fit the criteria of the podcasts I currently use to help me to fall asleep - calm voices, very few sudden increases in speech volume or musical interludes, subject matter which is interesting but not urgent.
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posted by running order squabble fest
on May 7, 2011 -
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Please help configure a sub-$1k PC for professional audio and video production.
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posted by k8t
on May 7, 2011 -
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When increasing the amplifier volume beyond a certain level, my speakers' woofers begin to shake spasmodically when my turntable is the source. However, the same problem doesn't occur with a digital source at
higher volumes.
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posted by alexandermatheson
on Apr 25, 2011 -
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I need sound clips from film, television or other media that incorporate the word 'cover' or 'covers' in some way. Suggestions?
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posted by Gin and Comics
on Apr 19, 2011 -
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Where can I find a Radio Lab (I think...) recording that was of a girl's speech patterns from birth through adolescence?
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posted by davidvan
on Apr 18, 2011 -
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I've got a Nikon D7000 to record video. I've got a Zoom H4n to record sound. I've got Adobe Premiere Pro (which I'm just learning) to put them together. What's the best way to go about recording and combining audio and visual during post to ensure easy (I really don't want this to be a pain in the neck, if possible) and effective synching? If it matters, I'll be recording musical performances in a controlled environment.
posted by zachawry
on Apr 14, 2011 -
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Help me find engaging audio sources of accounts of people hiking the AT or PCT or something similar.
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posted by indigo4963
on Apr 10, 2011 -
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[My friend has] a 771mb .wav audio file [he] desperately needs to compress into an audio-only .flv file. Is there a freeware, shareware or inexpensive software tool that will help [him accomplish] this? Big thanks in advance.
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posted by terrapin
on Apr 6, 2011 -
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Wizard People, Dear Reader literally made me laugh out loud at work. What other (free!) long format audio parodies, comedies, etc. should I try? I am not looking for traditional audiobooks and I'm not looking for unscripted or conversational podcasts. I'm also not looking for stand-up comedy routines. Fan Fiction is fine as long as it is relatively well done and hilarious.
posted by 2bucksplus
on Apr 5, 2011 -
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Why, when remastering old movies, do they record new sound effects to dub over the original audio?
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posted by koolgiy
on Apr 2, 2011 -
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What's the software or academic paper that isolates sounds by humming them? I remember seeing a demonstration video of this where the narrator removed a phone ringing by imitating its trill. He also removed the guitar from the AC/DC song Back In Black. I think the title was "Isolating Sounds Via Frequency Matching" but my google-fu has failed.
posted by Monochrome
on Apr 1, 2011 -
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Are there any flaws in my home theater audio plans? I own the
LG 50PK550 TV which I love, but the internal speakers are predictably terrible. I'm starting from scratch with audio as I currently have no components. I was considering just a two speaker solution, but I've decided after spending the day browsing AVS that I'm likely going for a full 7.1 system. Price to performance ratio is extremely important to me though, I want something I'll be happy with and that will last, but I'm not willing to spend $100s more for minor gains. I don't have a strict budget but the cheaper the better (for a good product).
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posted by haveanicesummer
on Mar 29, 2011 -
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RecordingFilter: I got the idea of using my new Android phone to make a live recording. I just used the Voice Recorder app that came on the phone. The resulting recording is obviously pretty low quality, but not completely terrible. How can I find ways to make future smartphone recordings sound better?
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posted by forkisbetter
on Mar 26, 2011 -
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I'm in the UK, and will be giving a pre-recorded video conference presentation remotely next month in the US. What is the deliverable I should be aiming for (YouTube link, QuickTime video, PDF with MP3, something else?) and what is the easiest, most hassle-free way of creating and delivering it?
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posted by anonymous
on Mar 26, 2011 -
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Putting together an application packet, mostly text and images but includes 1 mp3, 1 short avi. How do I do this in an elegant, interesting way? Details below.
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posted by nerdfish
on Mar 26, 2011 -
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I'm looking for realtime vocal feature tracking algorithms that I can buy or implement. I'd like to be able to track pitch, volume, formants, vibrato, and as much more low-level info as I can get, as close to real-time as possible. I don't need speech recognition.
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posted by moonmilk
on Mar 23, 2011 -
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Starting a podcast (spoken word) and suddenly have the opportunity to interview the exact people I really shouldn't be "practicing" on. I'm a radiophile, want decent sound, but have no time to learn the technical side of sound recording before my interviews in a few days. Can I spend a little up front to make decent sound or do I just need to spend more?
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posted by lotusfeet
on Mar 20, 2011 -
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I'm looking for the MP3-player equivalent of the boom-box, a player that has built-in amp and speakers. Can you recommend one?
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posted by lekvar
on Mar 17, 2011 -
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What books are particularly well-suited to the audio book medium? Perhaps even better as audio books than in print?
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posted by mingodingo
on Mar 14, 2011 -
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Books that all aspiring audio engineers/mixers/producers should own.
posted by hiddenknives
on Mar 9, 2011 -
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Does anyone know the pinout of the cable for the Etymotic ER-4p in ear monitors?
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posted by aloiv2
on Mar 9, 2011 -
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Simple, free, OSX tool for extracting audio clips from longer MP3s?
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posted by JPDD
on Mar 3, 2011 -
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I am having real trouble recording presentations on my Windows Vista laptop. I have this killer presentation on Open Office Impress and have CamStudio and Audacity. But, Audacity keeps crashing and I can't get CamStudio to record the entire screen. When I set "Full Screen" it just records a corner of it. I am wracking my brain trying to figure out a way to make this presentation work. I also have a Flip Mino and a slideshare account but I don't want to put the presentation online as its a course audition and very rough. Suggestions???
posted by parmanparman
on Mar 1, 2011 -
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Passive nearfield monitor speaker repair filter. I need to replace a blown tweeter. I know the kind of tweeter but it's no longer manufactured and I need to select a compatible alternative. Please help.
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posted by galaksit
on Feb 28, 2011 -
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I've got a good video-capable DSLR camera, and a good external microphone for it. But when I'm at concerts, the audio is blown out. Help?
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posted by verb
on Feb 22, 2011 -
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Where can you find copyright free high-quality hip hop beats and loops to be used for rapping over? Something that could be used in an iPhone application that will be submitted to the appstore. Prefereably high-quality wav format and fresh!
posted by EricBrotto
on Feb 21, 2011 -
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Could someone please tell me the original song that features the breath sound with delayed effect that you hear in
this sample (check at about 0.06). This is a snippet I recorded from a recent mix by MJ Cole.
Perhaps it's even one of Mr. Cole's songs.. but which? And if it is do you think the breath sound was created by him or was it sampled from older material? I'm almost certain I've heard it elsewhere.
posted by concourse
on Feb 18, 2011 -
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Hi hive mind, hope you're well.
Here's hoping one or more of you might be able to help me out with an A/V setup question. I've been (slowly) building a fairly decent setup piece-by-piece around an
Optoma projector. Trouble is, I now have an issue
splitting an HDMI combined A/V signal into HDMI video + RCA audio. A little help here, please!
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posted by junebug
on Feb 17, 2011 -
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What audio editing software should I use if I want loops to be automatically detected? This seems like a fairly simple task - all the program would have to do is identify repeating waveforms.
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posted by matkline
on Feb 16, 2011 -
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Re-building my electronic music home studio with a new computer at the heart of it. Have lots of pieces but not sure of optimal setup/signal path.
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posted by erebora
on Feb 10, 2011 -
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I'm in need of graduate level schooling on psychoacoustics and audio compression on the cheap. What are the latest and/or most used textbooks on these topics?
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posted by waxboy
on Feb 10, 2011 -
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I just moved and am trying to figure out the most elegant network audio solution. Most of the equipment I think I need is already here [below the fold], and I want to figure out if I need to buy anything else, or if what I have already is enough to suit my needs.
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posted by billtron
on Feb 6, 2011 -
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I'm curious to know anything about some books I had as a child. The books were from the 70's or early 80's and had small phonographic records embedded on the pages. There was an apparatus you would put over the disks that would play the audio.
posted by tresbizzare
on Feb 5, 2011 -
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I need to split the audio signal outputs (CD, tuner, Computer etc) to different amplifiers in my house, what do I need to do this?
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posted by misterpatrick
on Feb 4, 2011 -
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