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I've got a question related to headphone recommendations. For example, which are the best over-ear, closed back & wired headphones that doesn't require an amp under $100 for movies? Can I ask ...

It's New Year's Day in Stack Exchange land... A distinguishing characteristic of these sites is how they are moderated: We designed the Stack Exchange network engine to be mostly self-regulating, ...

It is known and given that questions about Pro Audio Live sound reinforcement equipment, PA systems are on-topic on this site. However, what is the status of DJ equipment. This is a Pro Audio sound ...

Why doesn't this site have MathJax activated? I've seen several questions and a few answers that are trying to use it, but it obviously isn't.

What is our stance on questions on how to operate music production software and not directly on sound design? Are they on-topic or off-topic? Example: Subject: Is it possible to use the mouse ...

This question was recently bumped to the home page, but is locked: Sound Request. Young Kids Talking to Parent As nothing can be done to the question, what's the point of it being bumped? Is this ...

this question Source localization on a laptop has been self (auto ?) vandalized by it's author. What would you consider the appropriate action ? I have been thinking of editing back to the last ...

We've had a few questions on these cheap Chinese mics - all of which seem to be the same thing in various colours & with various labels. - BM-800 NW-700 NW-800 The question is always pretty much ...

We have a close reason for 'home audio' but we don't have one for the 'what's this [link] ?' questions with absolutely zero effort, zero use to others ... ever. This is the latest in a long line of ...

Why do we still have this tag? It is currently used by 782 questions but it adds nothing considering Sound Design is the name of the site. Can we delete the tag and start re-tagging questions that ...

I know this post is now several months old, but I just realized today that I have a declined spam flag on an obvious spam post. I flagged this post as spam, but it got declined with the following ...

I recently encountered a difference of opinion with regards to how the Usage guidance (excerpt) section of the Tag Wikis should be used. So I was advised to consult the community to discuss, and ...

Although I think forum posts are far from ideal references, is it reasonable to link to them when no better verified source material is readily available?

This question recently came up: Karaoke system with Android TV It got me wondering if this is or is not on topic. On the one hand, this particular question seems to be very, very consumer focused ...

Essentially, I'd like to propose a similar close reason to the one on Ask Different Basic Customer Support or questions asking to recommend or find off-site resources (Mac/book/software/tutorial) ...

As it already exists for pictures, is it possible to implement a specific attachement feature for music files as well? Currently, to share music samples, we need to add the link manually using many ...

lately i commented on 2 questions where the answer was really simple. This one and This one Both the OPs asked me to form my comment as an answer and i think the right thing is to refuse , cause it'...

I am working on a project to develop resources and free online music learning experiences for 13-18 year-olds around several themes, one of which is producing music. It would be great to feature sound ...

Disclaimer: Since I'm relying on some assumptions here, please consider these as hypothetical questions. I want to be sure my flags are helpful, and furthermore, having flags declined puts me at risk ...

post and postproduction should be merged (and synonymized) with post-production.

This question: why don't the dates of posts have the year on them should have been moved to the meta five years ago there are hundreds, if not thousands of examples of questions that are not on topic ...

They appear to be the same thing. If there is a difference, it is unlikely that new users would know. I propose the we merge, or make them synonyms

I am starting to get the feeling that traffic has decreased significantly and it might be worth considering to allow more questions through while editing more heavily to encourage users. Specifically ...

Dear Sound Design Community, Please let me know if this question is appropriate for this community. Recommendation for Connecting Multiple Wireless Headphones to a Television to Play Audio through ...

For example, this question from 2015. Now I assume this is because it doesn't have an 'Accepted' answer, but it's so old that OP is long gone and unlikely to ever resolve it. It's an old question ...

Why doesnt SD have an icon and a fancy background like other sites Sorry if thats a stupid question but i was wondering. Does it have to do with the traffic?

What is the intended difference between the live tag, the live-sound tag, and the live-performance tag? The live-sound tag is the only one with usage guidance and I assume anything that is live-...

Does anyone think the tag of question is appropriate? Is it there for folks to use when they can't think of a category or are too lazy to look for an existing one that matches? I don't know any other ...

Should the sound-design and sounddesign tags be consolidated? I presume they're intended for the same purpose.

Which is the intent of the script tag? Automation/scripting, or the script for a film? I see it being used for both and there is no tag description that I can see.

Is it necessary to have both setup and set-up tags? I think if there was only one, people would choose it when the autocomplete pops up.

Is the reason for both ableton and ableton-live tags so that people have a place to put Push or Link questions? I don't know of anything anything else that Ableton makes. A lot of the ableton tagged ...

Is it just me or is the title "Sound Design" entirely ill-formed? Speaking from 17 years of experience in audio production and engineering, background in band producing, advertisement and acoustics ...

Hello AVP and SSD veterans! Hello new users! How's it going? Take the survey and let us know! As you might recall, this site is the result of a merge of two separate communities. We've had a post-...

I can't seem to find the functionality to roll back an edit that was accidently approved. How do you do go back to an earlier revision of a post? (on a side note: ppl seem to approve edits too ...

I have a few questions about equipment and know-hows related to the physical construction and maintenance of sound systems that are used in middle/large scale corporate/organization events or concerts....

Just to say that from my opinion: Sound design and synth making is not sufficiently highlighted here. I see many posts about gears, configurations,and software problems. Does anyone see a way of ...

I would like to create a post about best sound design tutorials (this could be done by sound type) you can find on the net and update the post regularly with the help of the community, is it possible ...

I'm somewhat confused about the options I'm giving when voting to close a topic. First I get this dialog: I choose the middle option with the expectation that I get to choose a proper SE site. But ...

It has been suggested that Sound Design is a limiting name that doesn't really express what the site is about fully. As such, I am asking for what ideas people have for better names. Please answer ...

As a newcomer I'm somewhat confused about the scope of this SE sub site. The sub domain "sound.stackexchange.com" tells me it is a broad sound oriented scope (and most of the questions I see support ...

Recording Tags This first tagging issue I noticed while editing this question. As of writing this, my edit has not been approved, but I attempted to add tags and fix some things for clarity. The tag ...

Related question: https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/34985/what-is-this-sound (the question has been self-deleted) The content is simply a sound from SoundCloud, and a question asking what it ...

https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/34934/the-best-way-to-get-stone-that-are-free-in-battle-of-kin & its ilk have been seen a lot across all SE sites. It seems like someone is testing out ...

I see there is no tag for the popular tool Audition, though there is for Audacity. Maybe someone should flesh out some useful tags, since the SE is still in beta?

We all love Sound Design Stack Exchange, but there is a whole world of people out there who need answers to their questions and don't even know that this site exists. When they arrive from Google, ...

Are questions about speaker design allowed? I have always wanted to post a question asking what the major differences were between a PA speaker, a guitar cab, mixing speakers coaxial speakers, etc.

This question was recently raised about a set of consumer hi-fi amp and speakers. While most hi-fi/home audio questions are off topic because most of the field is unrelated to production and is often ...

From SuperUser's off-topic list - "asking for a product, service or learning material recommendation" Is there any similar policy on here? Should there be, or is it fair game for Sound Design? ...

The year is drawing to a close and Stack Exchange is planning another Winter Bash. We, as a community, get to decide if we'd like to participate in this event. For those who haven't seen one before, ...