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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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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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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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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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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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How to enable crossfade on seek when using wasapi winamp plugin?
I am using Maiko WASAPI Output v0.49 however it doesn't seem to have a crossfade on seek option. The Nullsoft DirectSound Output have it but I only have to choose between that and Maiko WASAPI Output.
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What are the basic components of an “audiophile” PC? [closed]
For the purpose of listening to lossless files (i.e., FLAC), is it simply a high quality sound card + high quality speaker?
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How to make Winamp sound like studio quality? [closed]
When I listen to an HD song in Youtube using Firefox it sounds like studio quality. But when I play a high quality FLAC version of the same song on Winamp it sounds not as good as Youtube. So I am not ...
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Automatically detect blips (noise spikes, abrupt endings, etc) in music files
Is there anything out there that will scan a music file and report on whether or not there are problems with blips in the audio? These blips would essentially be any noise that would cause you to ...
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Retuning voice in full song so that singer is on-tune
I have some potentially great songs which are spoilt by singers who sing out of tune. Is there any easy to use (and hopefully cheap) software that 'corrects' the song so that they're not off-tune ...
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Is there a music player that will automatically mute when other audio starts playing?
I find myself listening to music while I use my computer, and constantly pausing and un-pausing the music when I watch a video on youtube, open up a game, or any other task that needs audio.
Do any ...
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Play music in a Skype call
I'd like to be able to play music in a Skype call so everyone can hear it.
Here's everything I tried:
Setting the microphone device to Stereo Mix. People can hear music but obviously can't hear me ...
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How can I stream music through VoiP?
What I want is: Stream a music through Teamspeak/Skype/Mumble... while I can talk also.
Using Stereo mix is not an option. If I use that, I can't speak, and everyone will just hear themselves.
OS: ...
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Is there a Linux cmd-line audio program (like MPD) that can play UDP streams?
While I am very happy with MPD overall, the one problem I have is that it cannot play UDP streams. Since I have access to a wide array of local radio stations in UDP format, I would really like to ...
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How to use audiofingerprint sw (which?) to organise music by artist alphabetically, then artist then album/single/ep title? [duplicate]
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Automatically sort music files into folders by album/artist names
Some audio files from my CD collection don't have any meta data/name or are incomplete. I'd like to use ...
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Is it true that wireless earpiece usually suffer from a sound quality degradation (because wireless signals are lossy?) [closed]
Is it true that wireless earpieces usually suffer from a sound quality degradation (because wireless signals are lossy?)
I'm not talking about a wireless headset, but a wireless earpiece like those:
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Skullcandy 50/50 - Weird Noises Even When Audio Is Off
Bought Skullcandy 50/50, connected to my laptop and noticed "laser" like or circular saw cutting like sounds that can be hardly heard. I muted everything and still hear them. This happens only with ...
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How to listen to music while my speaker plays something else [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Enable multiple audio outputs on Windows 7
I want to listen to music via my headphones while the speakers play something else. I've searched the Internet but couldn't ...
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Voice analyzer that gives you a visual response of the pitch or frequency
Do you know any good software that analyses voice and woudld return a visual representation of your pitch? I need this software to help me in teaching students to sing, The software can at least give ...
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Can I play a music on Windows 7 and output its sound to both Audio outputs?
I have a Dell XPS Studio 16. It has two audio outputs for headphones.
When I play music on Windows 7 using Windows Media Player, it can only listen to one of my two audio outputs (I can only set one ...
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Streaming sound to a server and then to a hifi over wi-fi - possible?
I don't know if what I want is possible/feasible but I thought I'd ask it anyways!
At the moment, I have a laptop (running MacOS X - it's a MacBook Pro) and I connect it to a Hi-fi via a standard ...
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Export total length of mp3 files in a folder?
I have many folders of mp3 files, and I would like to have a list of the combined duration of all the mp3s in each folder. That would be the ideal solution, but some means of doing a directory print ...
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Is there software to automatically change song speed without transposing it
Goal: automatically adjusting speed (bpm) of a given set of MP3 files in order to have a collection of music optimized to be heard when I am running. (I realized that I prefer to run with about 168 ...
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How do I specify the playback device for Winamp or default device in Windows 7?
My Windows 7 computer is sometimes used for playing notifications. These notifications are scheduled using the standard system scheduler ("Schedule tasks" command in the control panel). A typical task ...
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How to make a music video slideshow in OSX
I want to make a video that consists of a picture slideshow and background music which I will upload to youtube.
Does OSX come with any apps to do this?
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Convert audio to 8-bit version of the audio
I like music, and I like old games on the NES, SNES and other consoles from that age. And I love the game music.
On youtube and other site, you can easily find songs in an 8-bit version of the ...
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Search audio file for pattern?
I want to split a very large audio file at certain points. At certain points a radio announcer comes on and says something like "deux radio" and it always sounds exactly the same (it's a recorded ...
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Split audio into tracks?
I've recorded some music from an internet radio stream. I want to split it into separate audio tracks, preferably automatically (where ever there's a pause, or using some other clever algo). Anyone ...
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Do you have any additions or alterations to this list of popular audio formats?
All,
I am trying to compile a list of common audio file formats used in both personal storage and peer transmission. I have compiled the following list, do you think that there are any significant ...
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What is the current state of development for the FLAC codec? [closed]
I have a pretty large collection of FLAC files created from my CD collection. I love the FLAC format and the sound quality that you can get from it.
Lately, however, I've been trying to write a few ...
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FM Transmitter for the Home
After asking this question regarding piping music through my home I'm looking to buy an FM transmitter.
I'd like to connect it to my home pc (ie. into the speaker port), and I'd then control the ...
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Streaming music throughout the house on a budget?
I was wondering whether anyone knew of a way to stream music throughout a house on a budget?
I want to avoid spending any money on this (eg. I don't want to buy a d-link style device). It would be ...
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Make a radio-streaming PC pretend to be a mass-storage USB device
I'm listening to a net radio on my PC
I want the sound to go through my boombox cause it has nice speakers/amp
The boombox has no "incoming" audio jack that just plays what comes over the wire
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What configuration options do I need for mpd to get it working with Alsa? (Linux)
I just got rid of pulseaudio because it breaks in so many different situations.
I've switched to Alsa, and all of my sound is working except in mpd. It seems like I have to set audio_output in ...
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Can't listen to music on XP?
All of a sudden I can't listen to music on XP. Any ideas?
Pandora just goes into "fast forward" mode, iTunes won't play my MP3's, nada.
I can however hear the melodic beeps that Windows ...
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What is the best DJ music-mixer software for kids?
I have a eight year old daughter who likes to compose DJ-like music with an old Magix Dance-Maker CD I had from the 90s but it doesn't work anymore and the newer trial versions from Magix software ...
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Certain CD-R's not working in car..sometimes
I have an old Honda with a stock CD player. Certain CD's that I've burned only work sometimes. They typically fail in the morning or when it is raining/wet. I'd rather not go through the bother and ...
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Is there an equalizer for windows that works regardles of audio/video player
I'm tired of having to tweak the audio on every media application I have installed.
Is there an app that will sit between any media application and my sound-card so that I can set audio levels and ...
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What music-playing software application would work well for a blind user?
I have a friend who is blind and enjoys listening to music. But he struggles with Windows Media Player; it's difficult for him to navigate to the song he wants, or control playback.
I'd like to find ...
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What tool can record multiple parallel stream to files of defined size?
I would like to record record multiple audio web streams like this one in parallel to an mp3 or wma file for a duration of several days. I would like to be able to limit the file size or the duration ...
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Audio recording, a tool for human-aided drum quantizing
I have this situation: the drummer records the track (8 tracks in a multitrack session). Now, how do I check how distant are the recorded beats from their theoretical position i.e.: there is always ...
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How can I make an actual compact cassette “tape” mix-tape from iTunes?
I want to make an actual compact cassette mix-tape as a gift for someone. I use iTunes to manage all of my music.
So a few questions:
If I gather a bunch of songs on a playlist for sides A/B of ...
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Many computers, 1 set of headphones. What are the options?
Like many other super users I have many computers both at home and in the office. They are connected together with a KVM. What options exist to combine the audio from many systems so I only need a ...
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SoundCheck in iPhone and iTunes
I recently switched from using a Creative Zen Vision: M to an iPhone as my primary music player.
With the Zen I used a program called MP3Gain to set the ReplayGain tag in the MP3, and that combined ...
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What's a good audio player for musicians?
Can you recommend any free audio players (for windows) which are well suited for musicians? Some of the features I'd like to see in a player are:
change the pitch of a song (e.g. transpose songs in ...
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Normalising sound levels
What's a good piece of (free) software for normalising sound levels across a set of MP3s? I don't need to apply effects or anything fancy, just raise the volume on quiet files and lower it on loud ...
