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 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 can I stream audio to multiple computers at the same time?
I'm trying to stream music to different computer's speakers simultaneously. Currently I'm doing this by physically timing the start of the song on each computer.
Are there any built in utilities or ...
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What impedance matching speaker selection systems are smartphone controllable?
There are tons of ways of distributing sound throughout your house – most from the pre-smartphone days – that let you individually toggle speaker output to different rooms via a central console full ...
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Sound device not found on MacBook Pro
I own a MacBook Pro 2012 running OS X Mountain Lion. I use Soundflowerbed. After quitting this software, my master volume in the Audio MIDI Setup was low and kind of disabled. I tried to restart ...
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Routing Bluetooth audio in and out of headphone/mic jack on iPhone
I would like to be able to route the audio from a Bluetooth headset out of the headphone/mic jack on an iPhone. That is, to be able to send the mic input from the Bluetooth device out the jack and ...
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Why is my MacBook Pro stuck on mute?
I cannot hear any audio from my MacBook Pro, running OS X 10.7. Pressing F10/F11/F12 shows the volume overlay, but it stays at max volume with a (/) icon below it. In the Sound control panel or from ...
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Coreaudiod spams system log: Enabled automatic stack shots because audio IO is inactive
I'm getting my system log virtually spammed with:
May 13 23:56:36 alluminium coreaudiod[238]: Enabled automatic stack shots because audio IO is inactive
May 13 23:56:37 alluminium coreaudiod[238]: ...
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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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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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My iPhone thinks it's always docked — Volume slider disappeared with no audio output
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I managed to fix this problem in a risky way, but it worked for me. Read below.
Pin 11 apparently carries out the following function :
11 GND
If connected to GND the iPhone sends ...
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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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Place a call through an iPhone using bluetooth / USB
I've seen some references to apps like Phone Amego that enable to call on a mac using the iPhone. This app is not really working well, but I wanted to know if other solutions existed? (I'm not looking ...
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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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Sudden sounds in Mountain Lion
I run Mountain Lion on my macbook pro, and experience an unusual effect: sometimes system sounds happen, without any visible reason.
Does anybody know, why it could be?
Or, if it is possible, how to ...
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Application level volume control in OSX?
I recently switched from PC to Mac and one thing I miss Window's application level volume control (i.e. mute Firefox, turn up iTunes etc). How can I achieve the same on a Mac? Or better yet I want tab ...
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Use multiple speakers to play 2 ch audio
My macbook pro has 2 built in speakers and a line-out for audio.
Additionally, I have it connected to my cinema display wich also has 2 speakers.
I want to know how to combine them to use all of ...
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MacBook Pro (mid-2012) Microphone Input
Here, it says how to use the audio jack as in input. On my MacBook Pro 13" (mid 2012), It doesn't seem to have the option in settings. Is it not possible with these computers?
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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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What is sound drift correction on OS X and how should I use it?
On Audio MIDI Setup there is an option to to enable/disable audio drifting for any sound output device?
What is this and how should I use it?
I do want to enable sound output for multiple devices: ...
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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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Notification Centre “Tweet sent” bird whistle plays through iMac internal speakers instead of selected output device
Tweeting through Notification Centre share buttons plays "Tweet sent" bird whistle through my iMac's internal speakers. This only happened when I re-enabled the option to select internal speakers ...
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What does a 2012 Mac Mini need for microphone input?
I need a simply jack Mic unamplified physically connected to my Mac Mini (late 2012 model) through Audio-IN and it doesn't work.
I also tried the original iPhone's headphones to no avail and I wonder ...
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Disable volume control noise on mac book pro?
When I hit F11 or F12 (volume up and volume down) I get the volume control overlay; the volume increases or decreases; and the machine makes an "SQUICK SQUICK SQUICK" noise.
How do I keep the ...
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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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How can I fix the “pops, cracks and hissing” sounds from iPhone audio played on Ford Sync over USB?
When I stream audio from my iPhone 4 into my Ford Sync audio system over bluetooth, the audio quality is excellent. However, if I plug in a USB cable to get access to the hands-free features, then the ...
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Multi-output MIDI device disables volume control
When creating either an Aggregate Device or a Multi-Output Device in Audio MIDI Setup and setting it as the default audio output device, the volume control is greyed out and locked at maximum ...
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how to remove distortion from concert video file in iMovie or GarageBand?
I was at a concert last night and recorded a few little videos on my Canon camera, but the sound was so loud that it's very distorted.
I can hear vocals and guitar on the video, but the distortion ...
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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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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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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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Are the Apple text-to-speech voices copyrighted?
I want to use an excerpt of an OS X text-to-speech voice in a song that I am recording. Is there any kind of copyright restriction for recordings of the computer voice I should know about, or are they ...
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Is there an audio player with waveform seekbar?
I'm looking for a player with seekbar that displays the waveform of the playing song, like http://foobar2000.org + http://foobar2000.org/components/view/foo_wave_seekbar
Specifically, a seekBar is an ...
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What is the impedance of the line/headphone jack on MacBook Pro Retina?
I want to buy headphones that I will primarily use on my MacBook Pro Retina. I read that I should not buy headphones with high impedance because the volume will be really low. I want something I can ...
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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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Why won't my iPhone 4 play through my bose sound dock anymore?
It used to work, but now it doesn't. It now has iOS 5 on it. (I can't say for sure once iOS 5 went on it stopped working)
When I plug it into the docking station I hear the audio click, the green ...
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Activating the Apple Thunderbold Display speakers when Macbook Pro is docked
Sometimes, I don't get access to the Display Audio that my Thunderbolt Apple Display provides when I dock to the machine with my MacBook Pro. The clunky way to solve this, is a reboot. I've tried ...
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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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Audio input/output splitter for MacBooks without changeable input/output jack?
From what I can understand, in the latest iterations of the MacBooks, what former was an input/output 3.5mm jack, now only can be used for input. However, it's possible to use certain headsets (for ...
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macbookair1,1 codec#0 file [closed]
I'm running linux ubuntu 12,04 on a mba. I can't make the microphones (neither external nor internal) work.
Speaking with some wise guys, it seems there is a problem with linux kernel trying to ...
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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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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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Is it possible to play sound through both the headphone jack and my internal speakers?
I'd really like to be able to play sound through both the headphone jack and my internal speakers on my MBP. Is this possible? If so, how?
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Ozone oxyd usb headphones bad sound
Anyone know what Must I do for remove the sound glitches and noise, when I change I star the applications like flash, vlc , itunes with this headphones?
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No audio on the right channel
I have 13" MacBook Pro (Late 2009) model that is refusing to play sound on the right audio-channel.
Without any speakers connected it still plays fine but once I connect earbuds or a headphone, I ...
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Solutions to earphone jack distortion
My earphones would not longer go all the way in / click into the earphone jack on my (out of warranty) iPhone 3GS. The sound was fine but the earphones fell out with the slightest knock.
I removed ...
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Is an iPhone call recorder theoretically possible?
NOTE: I know neither the iPhone SDK or Objective C, just wondering if possible.
I know obviously it would have to be on a Jailbroken device anyway, but it is technically possible for a iPhone call ...
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Play .ogg on command line
How can I play a .ogg music file on the command line? On Linux I can use ogg123, but what about on Mac?
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Convert ALAC to aac 128k with all metadata intact
I have about 300 gigs of ALAC files (m4a container) with well groomed metadata, album art, etc. (Original source: CD rips with dbPowerAmp). I want to convert my music library to 128kbps AAC (still ...
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The audio jack of my iPhone keeps cutting out
When I'm trying to listen to something on my iPhone, the audio keeps cutting out. I've had this problem quite a bit lately and there seems to be a sweet spot where it doesn't cut out.
It also means ...
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How can I set up my iphone to play sounds only when plugged in or an alarm is going off?
I just got an iPhone 5 with iOS 6 and am struggling with all the different sound/vibration settings. It seems like there are so many different ways to control this (up/down buttons on the left of the ...
