Questions about managing, listening to, or creating music.
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Music visualisations
I'm using DLNA network in my home to show PC contents on TV that support DLNA. (Don't get confused, It's not like VGA or HDMI cable. TV gets files from PC and plays them, doesn't show screen of PC) ...
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Bluetooth headphones static only with certain songs? [closed]
I have a set of these: http://www.jaybirdstore.com/s.nl/it.A/id.376/.f?CAWELAID=520010280000000006&catargetid=520010280000000416&cagpspn=pla&gclid=CMP8kfjPm7cCFSoV7AodoxoAJg
They are kind ...
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Is there a single catch-all-features tracked music format?
I have an archive of old(ish) tracked music in various formats - .mod, .s3m, .it and Commodore 64 .sid files.
Is there a single, well-supported, tracked music format with a super-set of the features ...
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How do you change the artist catalogue image in Windows Media Player?
I would like to customize my artist catalog album cover. What I mean is when you select Music/Artist, all artists of which you 2+ albums have their music appear in what is essentially a subfolder ...
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Playing music through skype with a USB headset
I want to be able to play music through skype and listen to it at the same time, aswell as talk and hear others but i dont want any echo as i tried a process bu it ended up with everyone hearing an ...
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Playlists in foobar2000
I am trying my best to get used to foobar2000, but I am still missing one thing. When I play one album by double clicking the first song it automatically plays all the songs of that album. But I don't ...
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Adding more than one folder at once to the Music Library in Windows Media Player
I was adding folders to Windows Media Player Music Library (via Manage Music Library) and since I have too many music folders, I wondered if there is a way to add them all at once to the Library. It ...
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Why does LilyPond describe sharps as “is” and flats as “es” by default?
In LilyPond the syntax to add a sharp to a note is is so that fis is f sharp, and the syntax to add a flat to a note is es so that bes is b flat.
I'm having trouble remembering this; is there a ...
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Music folder doesn't fully load?
My music library doesn't fully load, in the sense that when I open it, I see only about 20 files (it should contain over 2000), and no subfolders are shown either.
See the screenshot below (click for ...
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Music file to .cda converter on Windows
Is there a good whatever-music-file to .cda converter for windows?
I usually use AVS but lately surpisingly I found that there is no option to .cda conversion.
Any suggestion will be more than ...
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How do I automate editing of metadata for a large number of music files?
I am disappointed with iTunes' support for organizing classical music. When listening on an iPod/iPhone/iHome device, it displays the artist, album and song title. I don't see an option to view ...
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Tool to help compare mp3 bitrate quality?
So I've got 2 mp3 files
320 kbps
192 kbps
However it's hard for me to notice any differences at all (it seems there's none). Is there a tool to help compare bitrate quality? I wanna find out what ...
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Burn Track Info/Tags to Audio CD
I am using MusicBee in Window7 to burn custom recordings (MP3 files) to an audio cd. The MP3 files have all the track information ('tags' in musicbee) filled out. When I burn the files to a cd using ...
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iTunes - how to create really RANDOM playlist?
How can I create a smart playlist which would contain REALLY RANDOM songs? Is there any hint how to do it?
I've tried to set up in the "Match the following rule" chars like *, / or ., but it never ...
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Linux: super light-weight music player with http or commandline interface [closed]
I'm searching a super light-weight music player which has a http and/or commandline interface. It should support very basic playlist support (removing files by id and adding files by path or something ...
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Audition Playback Follows Mouse Position
I remember on Adobe Audition 3 there was a feature in the top bar. It was a cursor icon with a little speaker next to it. It would let you "drag" over the track and play it at various speeds ...
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Media library backup
I'm using PC about 11 years and I lost all of my data 1-2 times by accident. So I have no trust to hardware.
Now, I'm kinda backing up all data everyday to cloud services as skydrive, dropbox etc. ...
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How to make all mp3 files have the same volume on Linux? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Normalising sound levels
Some songs in my music collection are quieter than others, what can I do?
Simple way to increase volume on MP3s?
Basically, I live in a place ...
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How can I extract text (text only) from a PDF of sheet music?
I have a PDF book of sheet music that I need to extract the text from. I don't need to extract the musical notes or anything, just the verses of the text.
I can't select one line of text by itself – ...
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Can I view a list of all of my downloads in Zune/Xbox Music?
I'd like to be able to keep track of what I download, so that if I ever switch to a different service, I can re-aquire the music from that service. Is there a way to see a complete list of all my Xbox ...
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Creating an audio CD that also opens a video presentation on a PC
I've seen this before with commercial CDs: they sound like regular a audio CD when inserted into a music player or stereo, but when inserted into a PC they instead open up a Flash presentation (.exe) ...
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How to separate files based on type?
My music folder is a mess with some files being protected by DRM and others not. Is there a way to automatically separate all files within the subfolders of my music folder based on file extension? I ...
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Creating my own music server
The 256gb ssd on my laptop is too small to contain my entire music library. What I want is to build my own music server, which will stay at home, online, from which I'll be able to stream music on ...
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What kind of videos block by YouTube? [closed]
There are many lyrics videos on youtube that use original audio and self-created videos and that kind of videos are cool as it seems but if you use a peace of the original music video on your ...
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Is there a command line client for 8tracks.com playback?
I hope I'm not spamming with this kind of question here, but: is there a way to play 8tracks.com playlists from Linux command line using, for example, mplayer or mpg123?
There is the 8tracks.com API, ...
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Xbox Music only “matches” ~70% of the songs on most of my albums. How can I make it recognize the other songs?
When Xbox Music matches a song on my PC, it adds it to my "Xbox Music cloud". I can stream music from this cloud to all of my other devices.
The problem is, it fails to match at least 2-3 on most of ...
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Split long music file with help of playlist file
Is there a program that can split an mp3 (and/or other music file types) into single songs, using an itunes playlist file (and/or other music playlist files) to determine beginning and ending of a ...
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iTunes keeps pausing during video playback
I like to work and watch movies in iTunes at the same time. Recently, however, iTunes has just started to pause randomly during playback. It is not a freezing issue - it is like somebody hit the pause ...
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Sort MP3-Collection Into Subfolders
My music collection is all in mp3's and almost perfectly tagged. It's currently in a music folder sorted by [artist] and subfolders for the [albums].
I have got a lot of artists and genres, so I ...
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Two different subwoofers aren't working on my machine or my phone
I have speakers that come with my computer. Two small desktop speakers and a subwoofer with a base volume control on the back. It's worked for years. I was listening to Spotify on my speakers as loud ...
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How to read lrc files with Exaile
I just replaced my bugged banshee with Exaile and I see there is a lyrics tab (good :{ ).
My lyrics are in LRC files with the same name as the song file, in the same directory.
Exaile doesn't load ...
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Can Xbox Music be configured to recognize “Band Name” and “The Band Name” as the same band?
In Xbox Music, "Band Name" and "The Band Name" are grouped as two different bands. This can be frustrating, especially if the band's name starts with a letter nowhere near "T".
As a corollary, can ...
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Load M3U in Windows Media Player
I've got an m3u file which only has one line (C:\Users\James\Documents\Music). When I load this in Windows Media Player, I get an error saying "the selected file has an extension (.) that is not ...
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Can different id3v2 tags in the same song be of a different version (ex. version 2.3 and 2.4)?
I'm confused on the difference between id3v2 version 2.3 and version 2.4 and would really appreciate it if anyone can clear this all up for me.
For example can the same file have TIT2 tag of Black ...
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Can I browse by Artist, then by Album, then by Song in the Xbox Music app for Windows 8?
Most music players allow you to browse like this:
Select an artist from the list of artists
Select an album from a list of the artist's albums
Play the album or view its songs
In the Xbox Music ...
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From a quality perspective, what is better: turning volume up in the software, in the OS, or on the speakers?
If music isn't loud enough, how do I get the best quality (even if the difference is in fact so small it's negligible)?
By making the music louder in my music player, game or other sound-producing ...
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How can I force Xbox Music to find music in all subfolders of my Music library?
My music library is organized (roughly) like this:
Music
mp3 (original)
Artist/Album/Song
mp3 (from Tom)
Artist/Album/Song
mp3 (from Dick)
Artist/Album/Song
...
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Compress MP3 downloaded from the web?
I recently downloaded a bunch of raw audio streams from the web as MP3s and I realize now that they're huge! 60 MB a song… I would like to compress these, but the other question similar to mine links ...
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Use cmus or other terminal music player with Google Play (Music)
Can you play/stream music through the linux terminal using a command line application from your Google Music/Play Account? If so how, and with what application?
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Transfer music from iPod Touch to new computer - windows 7 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Extract music from old ipod
How do I transfer my music from my iPod Touch 4th gen to a new computer running Windows 7?
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Is there an android music player that can play from dropbox? [closed]
I tend to keep my current favorite music in Dropbox so that I can listen to it at home and work. My android phone has can also play music from Dropbox but to do so, you have to select each song ...
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Vislization Software for Live Audio?
Currently I have been using WinAmp, with MilkDrop visulization plugins to disply visulizations that go with the music. This works fine for normal music files, but now I am in a situation where I ...
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System volume vs Media player volume?
Consider i want to listen to music in medium volume.
Is there any difference between the following two scenarios?
keeping System Master Volume to medium and Full Volume in my media player
and full ...
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Software available for singing “lessons” via computer microphone?
Looking for a software to help my friend learn to sing. Can't seem to find anything on googles.
Does there exist software (preferably downloadable and from this century!) that records one's voice and ...
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Is it possible to convert a bitmap image to music using existing software?
I'd like to convert the following black and white image: to some kind of playable audio file, where each black pixel represents a musical note. Is it possible to do this using existing software?
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Can I export plain text data, from Sony Acid?
I have a bunch of Sony Acid projects that I want to export as plain text files. I don't mind if they are CSV, XML, or just flat txt files, but I just need a file out that I can pass with my own ...
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How can I access the Music folder?
In Windows 7 the Music library includes a number of folder, one of them is called My Music. The My Music folder itself is located in c:\users\USERNAME. If I open the folder I see all my music files ...
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Identify music from partial mp3 extract [closed]
I have an mp3 of ten seconds of popular music. I'd like to know what song it is from. There are no words to look up, just instruments (90s pop punk guitar).
Things I've tried:
MusicBrainz Picard. ...
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iTunes - One track in several albums
I'm using Windows 7 to do this. I have quite an extensive library of music and now I have quite a lot of duplicate tracks but in different albums. Obviously I don't really want duplicate files but I'd ...
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How can I scrobble my music plays from the Zune desktop software to last.fm?
I recently started using the Zune desktop software to play my music, and I really like it. Once thing that I need in all my music players, however, is the ability to scrobble to last.fm. I'm having ...
