I recall reading in a thread about a trick used in movies to simulate the background noise of a crowd engaged in a number of separate conversations - like a party - by having a small number of people repeat a few syllables out of sync with each other.
What were the details of this?
posted by srboisvert
on Oct 18, 2009 -
13 answers
I am looking for recommendations for a recording interface and self-powered monitors.
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posted by Zenabi
on Oct 8, 2009 -
2 answers
Has anyone heard of http://www.totimm.com/?
TIS recently offered me a position, but i can not find much additional information about them.
Please let me know of any experience you may have had with this company?
posted by konono
on Sep 10, 2009 -
4 answers
I was playing around with a keyboard at a Guitar Center that had an auto-harmonize feature. Below a certain note pressing a key would play a chord instead of a single tone. What was interesting was that playing chromatically (white and black keys) it played chords that retained a firm sense of key (C major) - if you jumped around randomly or did chromatic runs it didn't sound like there were a bunch of modulations taking place. What formula do you think it used to do this?
posted by phrontist
on Aug 31, 2009 -
8 answers
I have a problem with hearing bass music vibrating through my windows and walls into my home. It literally echos through my every vein and makes me feel insane. Is this a sign of age? Is something wrong with me?
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posted by czechmate
on Aug 29, 2009 -
22 answers
Where can I find a recording of the cry or call or shriek or squeak of the common European mole,
Talpa Europaea?
posted by misteraitch
on Aug 27, 2009 -
3 answers
How can I minimize creaking/cracking noises from my new IKEA STORÅ Loft Bed?
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posted by raygan
on Aug 13, 2009 -
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What's a good (and not terribly expensive) portable setup for adding AutoTune to live vocals? This would be in NYC, and the world needs to experience AutoTune karaoke.
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posted by anildash
on Aug 13, 2009 -
5 answers
What's
this synth sound called and how do I make it in Reason? The sound in question begins at :14.
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posted by neilkod
on Aug 12, 2009 -
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Most Halloweens I have a small Rocky Horror Picture Show party at my place. But this year I wanted to screen a different musical. Still, I want people to dress up, and I want the night to carry the same raucous, raunchy tone. How can I "slutify" The Sound of Music?
posted by Sully
on Jul 29, 2009 -
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Recordings made using an ElectroVoice RE50N/D-B microphone with my Olympus LS-10 Linear PCM Recorder sound quiet, tinny and hollow. Why could this be?
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posted by BugsPotter
on Jul 26, 2009 -
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I have a few Macbook Pro systems at work that we've installed Windows XP via Bootcamp on. We've done this with previous Macbook models in the past. This time, however, there is an audio problem: the audio on the XP side is so low it's close to non-existent.
Is anyone familiar with this problem? Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix it?
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posted by strangememes
on Jul 22, 2009 -
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Can anyone help me find an audio version of the
Singalong Sound of Music with the audience participation included in the recording? I am not looking for a short clip (the only things I've managed to find so far) but rather, the entire show. Thanks.
posted by Sully
on Jul 22, 2009 -
0 answers
What is the MMM
MMM!sound an idling locomotive makes every few minutes?
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posted by Mapes
on Jul 17, 2009 -
5 answers
What is the
legality of making a site like www.instantboss.org or a movie sound board in the state of PA?
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posted by xdeliriumx
on Jul 14, 2009 -
4 answers
What's a good Windows XP open source/freeware sound recorder that is easy for someone with vision deficits to use? Suggestions for a microphone also welcome. Details and...
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posted by de void
on Jun 29, 2009 -
8 answers
Is there a site that keeps track of foley sound clichés in movies, hopefully sorted by the sound as well as by movie?
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posted by FatherDagon
on Jun 26, 2009 -
4 answers
Sound trouble on Acer Aspire One netbook: Was working perctly, suddenly it's unlistenably lagging/stuttering.
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posted by kaspen
on Jun 25, 2009 -
3 answers
What compact gear setup is be best for taking general-purpose environmental audio field recordings while traveling?
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posted by colinmarshall
on Jun 22, 2009 -
7 answers
The "ssshw-oonk" sound when Mario falls in the pit about 1:20 into
this video. I swear I've heard this sound used in other places, as it's fairly distinctive; is this a stock sound effect of some sort? What can you tell me about this sound? I don't need it for anything, I'm just consumed by curiosity.
posted by NMcCoy
on Jun 10, 2009 -
12 answers
How do bands in cities practice? I've got the band, I need the space.
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posted by tmcw
on May 20, 2009 -
22 answers
What affordable equipment could I buy to have a simple, professional-sounding conversational podcast?
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posted by superbird
on May 19, 2009 -
16 answers
I want to produce a continuous synth tone from a sample of my own voice.
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posted by cmoj
on Apr 21, 2009 -
3 answers
Migrating from an iPod to a cellphone... was the awesome surgically removed though?
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posted by trinarian
on Apr 21, 2009 -
2 answers
I am currently looking to further my education in the recording arts.
Does anyone know of an affordable, yet accredited program?
posted by konono
on Apr 19, 2009 -
6 answers
What's the easiest way to add a sound file to my church's Wordpress-based website?
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posted by rdauphin
on Apr 16, 2009 -
6 answers
Electronic music production. How, for example, were the sounds on Animal Collective's
Merriweather Post Pavilion made?
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posted by invitapriore
on Apr 13, 2009 -
15 answers
Switched to Mac, looking for Adobe Audacity replacement. Should I go for Logic Express?
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posted by treepour
on Apr 9, 2009 -
6 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.
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posted by cadastral
on Apr 9, 2009 -
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Are headphones and earphones inherently worse for your ears? In other words, is there a difference between listening to something live or through speakers, and listening to something through headphones or earphones
at the same volume, in terms of damage done to your ears?
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posted by dicetumbler
on Apr 3, 2009 -
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Is integrating an Xbox 360 into an existing computer monitor/speakers setup worth it? Or should I simply get a TV?
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posted by wastelands
on Mar 12, 2009 -
12 answers
Plugging in an external monitor to my Macbook Pro kills the audio. What's up with that? And is there a solution that does not involve an expensive USB audio product?
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posted by larsks
on Feb 16, 2009 -
9 answers
You know that morning radio broadcast Bill Murray wakes up to in Groundhog day every morning?
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posted by mrunderhill
on Feb 13, 2009 -
6 answers
Which air compressor is quieter? The HUSKY air scout.
LINK
Or this Craftsman 2 gallon one?
LINK
Any other suggestions will be appreciated!
Thanks!
posted by austinlee
on Feb 5, 2009 -
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Is there a free program that lets me broadcast "white noise" through my computer speakers?
My dogs are vigilant. They bark at noises outside the house, at all hours of the night. We have a "White Noise" machine in our bedroom, and it seems to block the sounds of the outside world quite well, but... our dogs sleep downstairs, and we sleep upstairs, and...we like the white noise machine for ourselves.
I was wondering if there were any sort of software that I could run on my downstairs PC, that would play similar white noise, to distract the pups, since my computer is in the room where they tend to sleep.
We'll probably buy another white noise machine, but in the meantime, can anyone help?
Free software would be preferred! (Or perhaps a website that plays white noise?)
posted by newfers
on Feb 1, 2009 -
27 answers
