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Hello, so I am currently on the trial version for final cut pro x 10.4.10, but I ran into an issue because my sound effect menu in the app does not show any sound affects. I have been trying to figure it out but I cant. I figure it was because for some reason there is not "Apple" folder in the "Apple loops" of Finder>MacintoshHD>Library>Audio>Apple loops. I was wondering if anyone can help me out. I do have a youtube channel this is very important to me so if anyone can give me any suggestions on how to fix it it would mean so much to me.
Please note that The final cut pro trial version doesn't have the actual Final Cut Pro Sound Effects folder and effects itself, so that sound effects you're seeing via Final Cut Pro app is actually coming from iMovie.
Okay.. The thing is that I had the sounds 2 weeks ago but when I delete some files off of my computer to save some storage, I think I accidentally deleted the apple folder that had the sound effect folder in it. I apologize if this is confusing, it's hard to explain what happened. But thank you so much for helping.
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I've got a very strange audio problem to which I cannot figure out the solution. I've got a couple of different USB interfaces that work fine with all my broadcast software including OBS, ManyCam or directly out of Zoom, however
I've got a musical instrument and whenever I blow it, Zoom Blocks it whether I play through my mic on my interface directly or through OBS or ManyCam. So I tried recording the same instrument into the same mic, same interface and recorded in Both OBS and ManyCam and the sound is fine. Zoom Just wont accept the sounds.
So I bought a new interface, a Tascam Mixcast 4, which is essentially the same as Rodecaster. It has sound pads built right it so that I can send sound effects right into the mix with my Microphone. Here, again, zoom picks up my Mic just fine, but if I blow the instrument, nothing. If I engage one of the sound pads, nothing - I get about the 1st second of sound and then its muted out. If use the exact same settings and record in either OBS or ManyCam everything gets recorded whether instrument through mic, voice through mic or sound effect through sound pad. Very strange. So I use OBS or Manycam as a virtual mic, and back to square one... voice through mic comes through, but sounds on the sound pad do not....... can someone explain the cause of the problem and a solution. I'd be grateful!
I solved my own problem after months of trying to figure it out. It's the zoom optimized audio mode. Changing the Background Noise Suppression setting to "Low" or disabling it altogether by selecting "Original Sound" solves the problem. It is now apparent that background noise suppression, treated the frequency of my instruments and even the sound effects as Background Noise.
I'm considering adding sound effects for interaction on my site. I'm fond of the quick, < 1/4s sound effects on iPhones when sending mail, messaging, etc. I'm thinking it gives a nice, positive feedback. The sound would play when a user clicks a voting button.
Context is important here. Sound feedback can be very useful when people need or expect it. The ATM. That annoying credit card pad that only accepts a button push every 3rd time at the pharmacy check out line. A cash register.
And maybe it can be important for your web site, but realize that that is a very atypical behavior and not something your users are likely expecting. Beyond alert sounds, most computer operating systems, and therefore web browsers, and therefore web sites do not by default have any sort of user-input sound effects. There's likely two good reasons for this.
It'd be pretty annoying if every menu click or keyboard tab produced an audible 'click' on your computer. You'd tire of it very quickly. Unlike the previous examples which are UI's you use sporadically, for many people their computer is an 8+ hour of day device. Like our kids, sometimes the less noise they make, the more we tolerate them. :)
And then there's the practical side of things. Lots of people are wearing headphones while on their computer. Listening to music. Or skyping. Or what have you. They are in control of the sound on their machine and may not be thrilled that your web site has decided to add to that.
I would ordinarily not offer an opinion here (as I am just barely worthy to read this site), but I would remind everyone that while the vast majority of users are sighted, introducing sounds can interfere with visually impaired users. If you do add sound (which I think is an excellent idea), please make sure that you include a way for those with difficulties to turn them off.
If you want to try adding sounds then make them optional for the user to turn them on, not to turn them off. But I would be surprised if you have over 1% of users opting to turn them on and any that do will turn them off again rather quickly.
Meaning, if you are thinking of bringing the midi background music back from the 90's, please don't. But if you are notifying a user of an event that has enough weight to get their attention I think it's a great idea. Just don't make an arcade. Use sparingly :)
If you do add them, make them off by default. And only add them to actions where they enhance the user experience. For example, in Mail on the Mac, I will hit send and then immediately switch to a different program or move to the next message. The "jet send" sound effect lets me know that yes the message sent. It is audible confirmation that I no longer need to worry that the message sent. IF you add sound effect to your site they should serve a similar purpose.
Do not use sound.. its a way back story, when you used to have sound/Music on your sites..mostly with flash sites. Think..if you are opening a site in your office and all of a sudden a music plays and you do not know how to turn it off..and now everyone is looking at yourself... embarrassing..ehn?
We have been meeting with a lot of candidates lately, both for our internship program as well as to bulk up our freelance roster. In addition to sitting down for a chat or looking over resumes, Kate and I are reviewing a lot of work. Whether editors are aware of it or not, the work in these sessions speaks a lot to their experience level. I've written previously about how to properly present your work with the mixing endgame in mind. However, I haven't yet touched on a topic that time and again seems to need further discussion; how to properly cut backgrounds. Not so much on a technical level (when it comes to how we like to see backgrounds cut, Jessey Drake has already created a great practical guide right here on this blog). It's more an issue of what constitutes a background, an ambience or simply another sound effect. It seems like such a simple thing, but being able to distinguish these from one another and thus properly laying out these sounds seems to be the dividing line between experience and novice. Here are some tips on how to be sure your backgrounds are an asset rather than a liability.
On the left, you can see proper choices and execution on backgrounds. Relatively steady material, cut end to end for an entire scene. On the right, many elements which start and stop are mixed in with steady backgrounds. These are ambiences and need to be moved up to the sound effects tracks.
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