The audio tag is used for questions involving speakers, microphones, connections between them and computers, and applications for dealing with it.
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How do I change the microphone input sensitivity on iPad 2?
Is it possible to change the microphone sensitivity (input volume) on the iPad?
If so, how?
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Audio balance is being changed randomly in a MBP retina 15'' mid 2012
I'm having some strange issues on my MBP retina , suddenly it changes the audobalance, and the right speaker is being almost muted. Anyone knows what could be wrong here? I have OSX 10.8.2
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Universal method to record calls via Bluetooth in OS X 10.6?
I am a freelance journalist who needs to record calls for accuracy and legal reasons -- I inform every person I record that I am doing so, so *PLEASE* do *NOT* post asking about the legality of ...
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Sounds are not working on Mountain Lion Notification Center
Although I see an option in System Preferences > Notifications to enable applications to pop a sound on new notifications, Mountain Lion is not actually playing those sounds.
Has Anyone run into ...
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Audio Out Different from Retina Model MacBook Pro?
I have somewhat of a weird issue. I have a client who wants to send their audio out from their MacBook Pro 15" Retina to their TV from the headphone jack output on the MacBook. The TV has a 1/8th ...
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Sound on OS X doesn't work after Soundflower install
Because of missing native equalizer on OS-X (Snow Leopard) I had to use third party app Soundflower in combination with AU Lab. Everything was going right, but once I restarted OS X, the sound stopped ...
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Can I configure my iPhone to play audio files through ear speaker instead of the bottom speaker?
My company utilizes a voicemail system which sends audio files as email attachments. These audio files playback via QuickTime in iOS which pushes the audio out via the phone's speaker. Which is great ...
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Bluetooth connection issues with LG Soundbar and Macbook Pro or iPhone
I picked up an LG soundbar a few months back, largely as it allowed me to stream audio using bluetooth which seemed a great idea for streaming from either my MacBook or my iPhone. Since i've had the ...
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How to fade out/in in iTunes?
Even in iTunes 11, there is no fade out when pausing playback or fade in when starting playback. How can I achieve this?
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copy song info from mp3 file to aac file from terminal
I am trying to create a script that performs various conversions between formats of audio files. In one particular step, I use afconvert in Terminal to convert an mp3 to aac(mpeg4/m4a), but in this ...
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Make iTunes song options stick on other devices?
When I set certain options for a song, such as a Volume Adjustment or Start Time or Stop time, it would be nice if those options were kept when the song is played on another device, such as an iPad or ...
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Use a bluetooth headset JUST as a microphone?
This is hopefully a pretty simple question. Is it possible to configure a bluetooth headset to act as only a microhphone? I am using OSX Mountain Lion. I would assume the process would be something ...
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iOS-iOS device real time sound transfering
I'd like to know if there's any way I could connect two iOS devices to transfer sound in real time. Sort of a walkie-talkie device. Anyone would know any apps for that?
Thanks :)
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What is the finder's default midi player and how does it know which instrument to associate with tracks?
What is the finder's default midi player and how does it know which instrument to associate with tracks?
Also where does it take those instruments from? A VST? Is it possible to use these sounds ...
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Send laptop audio to iphone via bluetooth
I have an Iphone 4th Gen, and Philips dock speakers which I use with the phone.
The dock doesn't have any aux input, and I would like to use the dock as a speaker for my laptop.
I know I can achieve ...
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iOS: Sounds when Headphones Are Plugged in but Silent Otherwise?
Is it possible to set up an iOS 6 device (for example, specifically the iPhone 5, or 3rd generation iPad) such that all the usual sounds from apps and the system sounds like typing or message ...
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Best/neutral sound quality out of a Mac(Book)? And out of a iOS device? (Current models.)
Does the headphone jack support digital audio output or not)?
Which is the provides the best sound quality the USB, Thunderbolt, digital socket or perhaps Mini DisplayPort from the Mac of the Mac? ...
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Soundflower difficulties
I recently downloaded Soundflower so I could record some audio with the imagery I can already record through QuickTime. The thing is, once I've set Soundflower up I can't hear anything on my computer! ...
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how to change music tonality in runtime?
On windows usualy for karaoke purpose some audio cards provide possibility to change tonality on fly, is it possible under Mac ?
Is ther any additional software which can do it ? or maybe terminal ...
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Is line level Bluetooth audio possible with iPhone?
In my car i have a 3.5mm jack that I want to connect to my iPhone 5. I currently am just running a standard 3.5mm cable from my phone to the port, but that audio volume isn't that great. So I thought ...
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OS X ML 10.8.2 sound from certain applications going to non-selected sound card?
I have a USB sound card hooked up to my Mac.
This worked fine until this morning for some reason.
I selected the sound card as the primary output device in the Sound Preferences. When I adjust the ...
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How can I charge and output audio from iPhone 5 in a car?
I want to charge my iPhone 5 and listen to the music using AUX in my car. How can I do this using one cable? I have such a cable for my iPhone 4. Is there any good option for iPhone 5?
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How to burn FLAC to audio CD?
I want to burn .flac files directly to an audio CD. Is there any (possibly free) OS X application to do this?
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Can an iPhone act as an audio source to a Mac?
Is there a way to pull the audio from an iphone phone call to a mac either via bluetooth or USB? In other words, use the mac and a cellular phone hybrid? I'd like to be able to record a phone call or ...
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Any way to edit video in iMovie after establishing multiple audio tracks?
I've painstakingly edited audio from two separate tracks with my video in iMovie 2011. Now I want to trim the audio+video in certain areas. However, all I am able to do is select a portion of video, ...
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An Automator workflow for extracting text as speech from PDF files
I get PDFs to revise course content which I want to convert to MP3 files and take with me as spoken audio.
Automator offers 'text to speech' conversion and it's great. When I try and build a workflow ...
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iPhone “Vibrate” sound setting display glitch
This has been happening for quite some time now:
If I go into my Settings app > Sounds, and switch on Vibrate under Silent, it will work as normal, it will vibrate when I flick the switch on the ...
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Quicktime sound bank in GarageBand
I'm trying to use the 128 MIDI instruments from Quicktime. I clicked on DLSmusic device in the instrument menu, but when I click on the edit button (the one with three dots on lines) the Quicktime ...
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coreaudiod[126]: FIXME: IOUnserialize problem
Every time I start my Mac I see that in the logs:
coreaudiod[126]: FIXME: IOUnserialize has detected a string that is not valid UTF-8, "`��$����P��$�����%=����".
Obviously coreaudiod reads some file ...
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Pause music from web app with keyboard
Is there a way to use the physical Pause key to pause music coming from web apps?
I often listen to music via SoundCloud, Rhapsody, Hype Machine, etc., and the tab responsible for playback gets ...
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Airplay mirroring and audio after briefly trying video mirroring?
I alt-clicked the volume button in the menu bar and selected to play the audio from my Mac (spotify at the moment) to my Apple TV, which started playing the music through my stereo system.
I then ...
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Garageband: Audio from mic very quiet
I use a USB mic (this one http://www.mxlmics.com/microphones/usb/007/) to record spoken audio in Garageband. My problem is that when I go to edit the audio I've recorded, it's far too quiet to hear in ...
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Batch combine files in Final Cut Pro
I've got a whole bunch of videos (audio + visual track) and another whole bunch of audio-only files. I want to take a video file, add 3 frames of blank space, and then append the audio file ...
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How can I play a sound from the command line running as sudo?
While typing afplay danger.mp3 in the Terminal will play the .mp3, doing sudo afplay danger.mp3 or sudo su and then afplay danger.mp3 does not.
Any idea why is this? How can I use the afplay command ...
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MacBook Pro Lion + lavalier mic records nothing
How can I record audio using a lavalier mic and MacBook Pro OSX Lion?
I have just opened my brand new Audio-Technica ATR-3350 Lavalier Omnidirectional Condenser Microphone. I tried to connect it ...
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Play a sound effect in Firefox when I can't go back a page any further?
Is it possible to make Firefox play a sound effect when I can't go back/forward a page any further? Meaning, if I'm in a tab and it has three pages in its history, and I go all the way back to the ...
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Audio very jittery/cuts out when mirroring iPad on Mac Mini with Airserver
What are some potential causes of jittery audio when mirroring an iPad using AirServer? I've played around with the internal audio buffer settings and nothing's really doing it. Note that audio ...
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Problem adding large surround sound wav file to iTunes
The Problem
When I attempt to add 5.1 surround sound WAV files, they do not show up in iTunes, and no error is displayed.
(I have checked "recently added," etc.)
Background
I have surround sound ...
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Moving playlists from iTunes library currently loaded on an external HD to a flash drive
I have my iTunes library on an external hard drive and want to put my playlists onto a flash drive to play in my car. I have tried to drag and drop the playlists but I get a symbol that indicates I ...
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Bluetooth Headphones Need Re-Pairing on Every Connect When Using External Dongle
I have a MacBook running 10.6.8 and I have been having Bluetooth problems for quite a while when using it for headphones (Sony DT-BT50). The first problem started after I repaired my screen: the sound ...
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Video player with audio stream switching
Is there a video player application for iPad that supports audio stream switching?
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Audio Line-In passthrough
Below is my home layout. I've got most things setup the way I want. To get the line-in on my mini to play through the speakers (the TV) I am currently using LineIn. This works and does exactly what I ...
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iPod touch gen 2 can't hear the sound from internal speaker
I can hear sounds from default effect sounds on my iPod touch gen 2 in Clock app, but for music, video and other applications, can not. I try to restore and still the same. Firmware is the latest ...
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Distorted Audio from more than 1 source
I have a Mackie Onyx 820i mixer with a FireWire interface that I connected to my iMac. I can plug my guitar in and play through it just fine (using Logic Pro). I can play youtube videos in browsers, ...
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system won't play mp3s anymore
I was writing programs using https://github.com/Marak/play.js/blob/master/lib/play.js
after running it a few times my system no longer plays mp3s either on the command line or vlc, other sound works ...
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iPod Car Stereo Adapter Sound From Source other than Music Library
I have an iPod Touch 2nd gen that I can hook up to my car's stereo through a CD Changer adapter. It works great and will play anything in my iPod's music library, and I can even navigate the library ...
