Questions tagged [audio]
Software to create, read, record, or manipulate audio.
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Lua library for recording sound
So I'm aiming to create a simple Lua program that takes input from the microphone and plays it back to the user (as a sort of mic test, fun project). Anyway, everything except the audio recording is ...
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Transfer CD music into files without any frequency loss
I bought a binaural brainwave CD. The music is embedded with specific frequencies to affect brainwave in the human brain. It works. As far as I know, the left and right channels are different. They ...
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Audio duplicate finder - find duplicate audio files regardless of different formats or bitrates
Looking for freeware or open source software for Windows that can analyze audio files to determine if it is a duplicate of another audio file regardless of file format (mp3 vs. m4a vs. flac) and ...
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Detecting suspicious ultrasound emitters
I am looking for a program for Microsoft Windows that can give a warning whenever a program emits ultrasounds. My use case is to detect advertisers hiding ultrasounds in their ads, so I would prefer ...
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Alternatives for Dragon Naturally Speaking [closed]
Are there any good ones out there? I love their software, but their support is PISSING ME OFF.
I'm jumping hoops and circles just so I can get access to the app download but they still haven't given ...
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Audio player with multiple track playing support
I am looking for an audio player which can play multiple audio files simultaneously (not in queue or playlist). Each audio track should have its own controls.
One example of such an application is ...
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Android open source white noise generator
I am looking for a noise generator.
Such an app helps me concentrate on work, ignoring conversations around.
Requirements:
Just white noise, not "cafe noise" or voices or anything recognizable
Works ...
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Program to convert batch of M4A files to 192kbps
I'm looking for a freeware program that can convert M4As to different bitrates, specifically 192k, so they're good quality but still small enough to transfer to my phone. I previously asked for a ...
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Free WAV to MP4 converters for Windows?
I would like to take a WAV sound file and convert it to an MP4 video file, perhaps attaching a static picture to the MP4 video file. I want to so this because I want to post a WAV on a social network ...
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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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Decrease volume below minimum in Windows 8.1
Without buying speakers and hoping they can be quieter. I'm using earbuds anyway.
I'd like a program with a slider/volume control from 0 to 100 or even finer like 0 to 1000.
The quietest on my ...
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Easy way to split an audio track into multiple parts?
I often need to edit an audio track by keeping only some parts of it, removing the rest, add some fade in/out, and save the whole edited track back into an audio file.
I just checked Audacity, but ...
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Record Voice Over a Video?
I want to be able to record my voice from a microphone while watching a video, and to have the recorded sound be in sync with the video. My requirements are,
Compatiable with Linux
Open source
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Speakers remapping for 7.1 or other systems, Windows and/or Linux
I'm currently trying to set up a custom 7.1 (almost that, it's only a 6.1) sound system, mixing different speakers connected to my mother board which is supposed to manage any normal 7.1 system.
Now ...
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How can I identify the time offset between two similar, but materially different, MP3 files?
I have hundreds of pairs of instrumental/vocal MP3 files. The instrumental version has music played with instruments. The vocal version does too, but it also has a vocal track overlaid.
I don't know ...
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Is there a mobile app substitute for hardware assisted listening systems?
I occasionally run into situations where an assisted listening system (commonly used for hearing aids and unobtrusive live translation at events and also for tour groups) but do not want to invest in ...
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audio replay software with automatic play pause cycle
I'm looking for a software to write down notes from a recording (taken with Samsung Android Smartphone and moved/converted to PC)
(I use Win 8.1, but I can also access Win 7 or Ubuntu.)
for example:
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Software Suggestion for Managing Voice Recordings (Windows)
I'm looking for Windows software that allows me to effectlively manage already made voice recordings. I have a series of recordings taken from an iPhone and I have extracted the files. The problem is ...
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Audio clean-up software to normalize volume, trim silences, on a batch of files?
I'm looking for software that will batch perform a series of audio clean-up tasks, such as:
Normalize volume
Trim beginning and end silences
Convert to file format
Ideally, this would be free or ...
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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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Music software that can play multiple local music files simultaneously, and can be controlled with hot keys
I am looking for software that can play locally stored music files (e.g. ogg, wav, mp3 etc). I am searching for something that is able to play two or more files at the same time, e.g. a file of ...
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Always mute all sound from all tabs in an Android browser (Preferably FireFox)
I don't ever want to hear any sounds from my Android web browser - ever, under any circumstances.
I currently use FireFox and would accept an add-in for that. I would equally be willing to use any ...
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Non-stop voice-to-text translation
There are a lot of great voice-to-text translation apps out, including Google Translate, Microsoft / Skype Translate, and various smaller names like Speechlogger and iTranslate Voice.
I work in an ...
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Exceeding the maximum volume on a Mac
Often I am listening to a recording on Mac that has been recorded to be soft. That means that even if I turn up the volume on the application and on Mac system settings the volume is still too soft. ...
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Live streaming background noise
I use background noise sites such as noisli.com, raining.fm, coding.fm. However, after using it for a long time, I noticed they are looped (I always knew they are looped, but have just recently ...
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Looking for audio input/output management software
In a configuration with 3 output devices in Windows (8.1), I'd like to be able to link all 3 devices together so they play the same audio streams out each output simultaneously.
The stereo mix ...
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Edit audio files to be repeated in an ordered way
I want a software to edit my audio files, specifically:
I have some audio files (mp3) which I want to repeat every 40 secs of it (first 40 secs are repeated 3 times, then next 40 secs be repeated 3 (...
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Android app that plays back audio files as the microphone input
I'm in need for an Android app that allows the user to play back an audio file through the microphone input, so that apps that use voice recognition will hear the audio file I want.
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Audio recording applications on Linux
I'm looking for good applications for audio recordings, that run on Linux platform.
open-source (it's not a priority, but it's important for me)
free (not to have to pay for it)
simple design (not ...
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How do I download audio from Instagram Reels?
How can I efficiently download audio tracks from Instagram Reels for various purposes, such as creating content, personal projects, or simply for entertainment? I'm interested in exploring ways to ...
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Any tool that can identify and match two voices?
Let's say we have 5 audio files as A.mp3, B.mp3, C.mp3, D.mp3, E.mp3. supposed that A and E are recorded by the same person, John, with ~98-100 % matched. On the other hand, B.mp3 was recorded by John'...
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Software to take a recorded audio file that contains a person saying a phrase, and then extract each word
For example to take a 30 second recording of Kermit the From saying "Well folks it has been a whirlwind of an adventure today". Import that file into the program and tell it to extract any word or ...
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Software to filter audio output for static in real-time
I am looking for software that is able to filter out static from an output device in real-time. A specific application that I am using randomly outputs loud static in the form of white noise or ...
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Sound normalization program wanted
Videos on YouTube do have different sound volumes, Spotify songs are usually louder, is there an application that normalizes sound on the system? I am tired to adjust the volume each time I change ...
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Advanced Windows volume mixer
I have three different sound output devices, a TV, USB speakers and USB headphones wired in.
When I'm playing a movie on my TV with sound, I would like to be able to start an application and have the ...
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Rip DVDs in highest possible quality on Windows 8.1
I have a bunch of concert DVDs that I'd like to rip to the highest quality format possible. I'm looking for some software (ideally free) that will let me do this. I want to be able to keep the chapter ...
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Software to make youtube audio easier to sleep to
Sometimes I like to listen to audio from a youtube playlist with my bluetooth headset to help me fall asleep. Like a bedtime story.
I run into these problems.
The volume of sounds from the within ...
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Need software-based dynamic range compressor
My audio on this computer has very poor dynamic range compression, and the Loudness Equalizer that comes built-in with Windows does not allow me nearly enough settings to fix it. Therefore, I need an ...
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Modern HTML5 Audio Library
I'm searching for a modern JS Audio Library. Some like SM2.
100% Web Audio API based
Without flash fallback.
Easy to use and expand
It will be cool if:
It can change pitch of audio file
It can ...
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Looking for Android music player that can sync with desktop ( osx / linux )
I am currently using Clementine on OSX and Ubuntu - quite happy with it, the gpodder.net integration seems very useful. Gpodder.net is also supported on Android app AntennaPod, so far so ok ;)
I'd ...
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An Android app that changes the notification tone depending on a text message's content
Is there a free Android app (4.0+) that changes the notification sound you get when you receive a text if most of the text message is a 'confirmation'?
By 'confirmation', I mean words like 'ok', 'yes',...
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Talking notification of system events for Android
Whenever my Android phone wants to tell me anything, it beeps.
Always the same beep.
I imagine that I could configure it to use different sounds for different events, but is there an app where it ...
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Tool to cut an audio stream at song boundaries [duplicate]
I don't have access to my Internet radio at work (no streaming services allowed), so I stream the radio at home and end up with a huge file (Ogg Vorbis).
I like 90% of the music but 10% not and I ...
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Android Dog Repellent proved to work
I walk a lot on lonely roads, and often encounter dogs, that sometimes try to bite me. Usually I just drive them away with a stick, but I remember the Dog Repellent used by some joggers was more ...
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Piano software with external sound font
Is there a free piano playing software/game which allows you to use an external sound font (like .sf2 files) and preferable export your music into midi?
Open source preferred.
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Audio manager for 3d position audio on a per-application basis (Windows)
I just recently purchased some headphones and would like to emulate the positions of desktop speakers on a per-application basis.
Ideally, the software would be similar to the Windows 7 Volume Mixer ...
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Sentiment analysis histogram of a movie soundtrack
I want to generate a happy/sad histogram of a movie.
The program would analyze the music to find out whether it is happy music or sad music, and perhaps also analyze voices/laughs/cries.
The movie I ...
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Loop recording of audio
I would like to have an application that can record audio continuously and store in memory only last N seconds or minutes, so that I could press a key and save recently recorded audio into a file. It ...
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Audio editing CLI application that can fuse multiple wav files into a new one?
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With a simple tool I developed in C#, I extracted all the wav tracks contained in the BIK video files of a game using the binkconv.exe CLI tool from RAD Video Tools.
In total I have ...
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Fast mp4 to mp3 converter
I have to convert an audio file in mp4 format into mp3 format. With Free Audio Converter it takes approximately two minutes for 10 MB. I need to convert larger files (e.g. 70 MB).
The quality of the ...
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