Questions tagged [audio]
Software to create, read, record, or manipulate audio.
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Android Virtual Microphone
I would like to know whether some tool exists to create a virtual microphone on Android.
For example, when I connect my headset, my phone uses the microphone on the headset. Instead, I want to be ...
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System Tray Microphone Meter
Before I go out of my way to make one myself I would like to know if anyone knows of one that already exists... I'm willing to buy the application, it doesn't have to be free.
I'm looking for a ...
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Looking for an app that will play a custom MP3 at scheduled times?
I feel like there must already be some built-in scheduling function for this, but I just can't find it. I want to play a music clip (custom audio MP3) for my dog every day at 11 am, looking for a ...
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Convert AAX (Audible) audio file to MP3
I'd like to convert an AAX audio file (audio book downloaded from Audible) to MP3 so I can listen to it on an older portable device, which does not support this format, nor use of apps such as the ...
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Convert S3M, XM and MOD files to flac/mp3 preserving tags
Remember the modules of the past? MOD, S3M, XM, ST? Great, so do I! I have thousands of modules in my file shares :-).
But… now I'd love to convert all my collected modules into playable files in an ...
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Automatic creation of subtitles from an audio track
Is there a tool that allows you to create (using, for example, "AI") subtitles by using audio track in a video? YouTube, for example, has such a feature. It takes the original audio and ...
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Windows Audio Player for Primary School musical
Here in the Netherlands, it is tradition to end the primary school period with a musical. For this I need an audio player that makes life easy, but I can't find it.
What I need is very simple. When I ...
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Simulated walkie talkie?
Does anyone know of an app which provides a simulated walkie talkie but over secure IP communication?
I found this one: Two Way : Walkie Talkie
And it probably works, but my partner is on Android and ...
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Volume up/down for a specific web browser tab
I am looking for any application that can change the volume of a specific tab of a web browser.
I do know a Chrome extension that can completely mute a tab but do not know anything that changes the ...
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Library that produces an image of an audio file's waveform
I'm looking for a library that can give me an image (think .png) from an audio file with configurable height and width. Waveform image is something like this:
I'm planning on using it in my C# app. ...
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Useful software to play back a song for playing in sync with on an instrument
I’d like to practice playing a musical instrument (a 34-string lever harp) by playing in sync with previously recorded or synthesized music.
In the past when I’ve tried to use my computer or phone to ...
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Looking for Multiple Stream (per app / device) Audio Mixer App for Mac
Looking for an application that allows you to cross mix all audio streams on macOS Monterey.
I have searched a great deal for something like this, but nearly everything has to do with recording, or ...
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Convert NIST sphere format (SPH) to WAV
I'm looking for a program that can convert audio files from NIST sphere format (SPH) to WAV.
Any license, operating system and price is fine.
I tried SoX (Sound eXchange) (free, CLI, Linux):
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OGG file length fixing program (to turn OGG files with 1:45 audio length to correct length)
I have an OGG song file that I want to play with StepMania dance program on my computer but it is one of those songs that were patched so that it could be played on any of the In The Groove Arcade ...
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Android app which detects snoring/sleep apnea
Android app which detects snoring or sleep anomalies by recording audio (it doesn't need to analyze it itself). I tried the haven app, but it doesn't work on Android 13.
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MacOS virtual output device
On my Macbook Pro I had an accident after which all audio output devices (both speakers and minijack) stopped working.
They actually are not recognized by macbook so there is no possibility to ...
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Software to normalize audio on the fly from Blue Yeti mic (for Windows)
I have a Blue Yeti microphone. It stands on the table, so the volume depends on how close I am to the microphone.
In addition, various programs (telegram, discord, viber etc..) have their own "...
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Software that can change pitch of all sounds produced by PC in real time on a per-channel basis [Windows or Linux]
I have a condition called diplacusis where one ear perceives the frequency or pitch of sounds differently than the other. Even if both earbuds are playing the same note, I will hear a different pitch ...
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Any free software which counts the amount of times a noise occurs in a given video
I want to count the amount of times someone died during the course of a video. My idea to do this was to count the amount of times the death noise (always the same sound) occurs. Now sitting down and ...
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Bird song ID app for Android that is audio only
I'm looking for an app to help one learn birds by their song for Android. I've tried several, and the ones I've tried all use images and text to identify the bird while they play the song.
A key piece ...
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Android Bluetooth output audio
I want my Android device to behave as a Bluetooth speaker
All solutions possible welcomed, whatever it needs (stock, BL unlock, root, systemless, xposed, idk).
Reason: Redirect all computer audio to ...
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MIDI editor with ability to export to mp3 or Ogg Vorbis using DosBox-style sound card emulation?
I'm looking for a lightweight digital audio workstation (DAW) program built for editing MIDIs and exporting them to a modern compressed format (such as mp3 or Ogg Vorbis) through emulated sound cards ...
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Audio converter WAV to MP3 for Windows
I voice record a lot and the recorder outputs in WAV. These recordings are usually > 1hr. I don't care very much about audio quality but want the files compressed for cloud storage backup.
Is there ...
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Audio player for Windows meeting specific requirements
I am looking for an audio player for Windows that meets specific requirements.
Requirements
Very fast to load and exit (similar to Calc that is included with Windows)
Reasonably low memory footprint ...
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Music Player with delayed playback function for dance
I'm looking for a music player software for Windows where I can configure a delay between clicking on the playback button and the actual playback.
I need this for dance training at home, because I ...
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Software to find and remove a specific sound (which I have in a separate file) from a multitude of files that have the same sound in different places
I need to delete a specific sound (0.4s) from 10,000+ files. The sound is the same in all files, sometimes there are even more than one in the same file. I managed to isolate the noise in a separate ...
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Audio Player with True Variable Frequency Playback
I'm looking for an audio player that runs on Windows 10 and supports the following features:
audio library (ability to remember a list of songs and sort them by artist, etc.)
ability to play MP3 (and ...
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Solid starter software for MIDI+sampled music sequencing (and light mastering/production) on OS X (Monterey)
For quite a few years I've wanted to get my Mum into the world of "what happens if you connect the piano to a computer". To get this goal off the ground, I've invested in a MIDI interface ...
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Audio Recognition Software, commercial detector?
I am wondering if there is such software or can be made. Every time a commercial is played on TV, few seconds before the commercial there is a signal like a beep.
I have links and when you paste them ...
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Python library for recording PC audio only
I just wanted to record my Python program's audio output only. So, are there any libraries for this purpose?
PS: Not microphone only the PC audio.
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I'm looking for something that has some ...
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Android app for recording, deciphering, analyzing, and keeping track of animal language
I was wondering whether there are any apps that allow you to place them in record, observe, analyze mode, and record the sounds made by an animal or by a bunch of animals.
In the case of a single ...
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Software for interactive animation engagement and exchange by making sounds to your phone
I am looking for an app, whereby, users can look into the phone and make a sound, and in response the phone draws an image of an animal, creature, or person, making that sound.
The picture is animated,...
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I need an audio duplicate finder with 100% accuracy (acoustic fingerprinting?)
I'm in the process of archiving/remixing band files from long ago, when I just started out. My tagging/naming skills were non existent, so Ive got a lot of duplicates. I've tried myriad "...
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Is there any Javascript library to process sound files (.mp3, .wav)?
I have some task where i have to check the quality of sound in .wav file
Following things i need to identify:
To detect Audio files with so much background noise in it.
To check whether the volume ...
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Boost windows 10 dell laptop speakers volume
Any good software or in built feature in windows 10 (Dell laptop) for boosting volume?
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Text-to-audio iOS app for iPhone
I use Instapaper, and I click the "Read Later" bookmarklet all the time. Unfortunately, I don't have time to read all the articles that I save for later, and I can't possibly read them while I'm ...
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Hypnosis software using gradual binaural induction and custom text to voice suggestions
There was once a wonderful software app that did this long ago, but the company behind it went out of business, all licenses expired and even bootleg copies won’t work on any modern OS.
I’m looking ...
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What would be the best VB.net Recording Control or Add-on?
I tried all the easy ways to add Sound recording from a Microphone.
All of them result in having lots of background noises.
I wonder if there is something for VB.net that has a graphical interface and ...
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How auto-detect and remove speech/dialogue in music radio recordings?
My goal is to review and selectively remove speech, especially known adverts/commercials, from numerous recordings of a community music radio station (that I work for).
Are there any DAW plugins (eg ...
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Player that skips over silent parts of an audio/video?
Is there any audio/video player that can skip over the parts in which the sound is below a certain level automatically? Watching lectures with uninteresting bits is horrendous!
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Any VST for removing harmonic content from audio?
I wonder if there are any VSTs which remove automatically the main harmonic content from an audio source.
For example, if I have a simple sine wave, this hypothetical software/device would return ...
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App that can change your voice into different characters voices
Say you want to sound like Mark Hamill (aka The Joker from the Arkham games), or Roger (the alien from American Dad). Is there an app that can do that?
I am open to any price and platform: web app ...
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PDF to audio software for academic papers?
I sometimes find it difficult to allocate time to read (edit: academic) papers. However, I sometimes have long commutes so have plenty of time to listen to audio books. That said, is there any ...
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Video/audio playback control Chrome extension with settings per URL regex
I'm often listening to sped up videos and looking for an extension that specifically can:
set playback speed of videos (and optionally audio) on different websites, supporting as many players as ...
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App that can use Mac hardware Volume buttons when set to Multi-Output
There's a known quirk with macOS that if you set an output in Audio MIDI Setup to use a Multi-Output, you lose control of the dedicated volume buttons [on the F-Keys].
Is there an app that can ...
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How to add GPS data to audio files
I want to geotag my audio files, but unfortunatly exiftool doesn't manage geotags for audio files.
I'm on linux, and I need a command line solution.
How can I do it?
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Archiving conversations
I want to record conversations made with remote relatives over the internet (or possibly over the phone), to preserve their stories for future generations. I'd like to save disk space, not storing ...
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Speaker distribution given an audio file containing a discussion
I am looking for a program or web service that can output the speaker distribution given an audio file containing a discussion between different interlocutors.
Example of speaker distribution:
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Software to monitor home audio
During recent weeks, we had various arguments over noise disturbances with our neighbours. The details do not matter, but it would make things easier if I could record both our and their noises, to ...
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Android audio recorder with tagging
Sometimes I find voice recordings to be the easiest way to make notes to myself (e.g. hearing/reading some new Arabic vocabulary, but not immediately writing it down or consulting the dictionary; some ...
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