Sound effects at the touch of a button (key)?

Can anyone tell me how, using GarageBand or some other app, you can queue up sound effects, audio clips, etc. for instant replay? I hear this often done in podcasts or even live steams, but can't figure out any way to do it with the Mac. Yes, easy enough to generate GarageBand audio tracks and select them one-by-one for playback, but I'm looking for something with faster access. Ideally I could assign a key to each clip with an onscreen guide showing the assignments. For example, push '1' and you get the sound of a dog barking, push '2' to play back a voice recording, etc.

Great! That's exactly what I was looking for. I need help with one more item... I chose 'Sound Effect', Natural Sounds, etc., How do I get a list of those sounds so I can drag then to the keyboard? By accident, I somehow managed to do that. In the window below the timeline was a list of all the sounds available for that category, with small icons to the left of each. Try as I may, I can't figure out how to do that again. Unfortunately I don't know much about GB, so could use some help. Thanks!

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Hi...just starting to podcast and I've looked up how to do this but I just can't seem to get the sounds assigned to the musical keyboard or onscreen keyboard.
Does anyone have a great "how to" or example how I can assign sound effects to certain keyboard keys on my Mac to use them during my broadcast "on the fly"
Thanks!

For clarification...
I am attempting to add a laugh track or other sound effect from the GB3 loop pane...to use on the fly as I record...to give my podcast a more professional radio feel.
I follow these directions but can't get it to work:
To add a new sound to the Sound Effects instrument:
Select the track using the Sound Effects Software Instrument.
Choose Window > Musical Typing to open the Musical Typing window.
Drag the region or loop from the timeline or loop browser to the Musical Typing window, and release it over the key you want to use the sound.
If you transpose a region before dragging it to the Musical Typing keyboard, it keeps the transposition in the Sound Effects instrument. It will also play faster (if transposed up) or slower (if transposed down), similar to transposing a sound in a sampler.
When it says to "drag the region or loop from the timeline...does that mean I add it as a track and then move it? Can't figure this out...
Thanks!

I'm trying to open sound effects from the recource page and there's no waveform

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What version of Audition are you talking about? Going from memory, there was a change to how things worked (starting at CS6 maybe?) from their being a "resource centre" to a "Download sound effects and more" link on the help menu. Exactly where that leaves owners of earlier versions would, I think, be a question for Adobe, not a user forum (though there are some pretty clever people who visit here.

Possible to copy the sound effects off the phone?

I love the 'robot' sound effect on the iphone which I use for text message alerts. Is it possible to copy/send this sound file off the phone as I'd like to use it on my Mac too?

Benjamin Frain,
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Hi everyone,
I have recently installed Soundtrack onto my computer ( I have FCE HD) and the content onto an external HD.
Unfortunately I have noticed that there seems to be a fairly large section of sound effects missing, including "weapons" and "explosions". The reason I know these are missing is because there are greyed-out buttons for them where there is other ones present such as "Sci-fi" and others.
Can anyone help me find where these are- or do i not get a full sound effect library with FCE?
I'd be grateful if anyone could help.
Cheers,
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Soundtrack Pro, that comes with FCP, is a different application, with more capabilities, than Soundtrack. Did you connect all your sounds up? If yes, if you selected the folder that contains them, then that's all you get. You can add more loops from sound libraries online. There are pre-built categories that the Acid loops format uses that will get assigned to the different sections as you add them.

How do i disable the sound effects of the firefox browser?

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hola
i was already suggested to use http://www.freesound.org/ but it dosent show up in imovie so if you know hoe to fix that that woud also be very helpful. i would prefer that the new sounds be free but i would consider a small fee.
thanks you to who ever replies:)

1. You can drag the audio clip directly into your project from the Finder.
2. Also, you can import your audio clip into iTunes and open the Media Browser in iMovie to iTunes.
3. Use the Import window.
For more info see iMovie Help here at this link.
https://help.apple.com/imovie/mac/10.0/help/index.html?localePath=en.lproj#mov6f a10197d

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Of course, I am unable to access this setting on the iPhone. From my Mac I entered iCloud and tried changing setttings and erasing the phone from the Find My iPhone there, but it did not turn the feature off on the phone.
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How to get rid of the annoying clicking sound of an iPod Touch Keyboard

I just got an iPod Touch and I love it but I have a small problem with it. I'm really annoyed by the cliking sound the keyboard makes when you type. It's even more annoying that you can hear it without the headphones.
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John Guo wrote:
Go to Settings>General>Sound Effects. Click Off.
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In Garage Band on iPAD, is there a way to make each key on the keyboard play a different sound effect?

I'd like to be able to play a number of selected sound effects using the keyboard in Garage Band. I've figured out how to import audio tracks from my itunes library into a track in Tracks View.
Thanks if anyone has experience with this......

GarageBand on iPad does not have the SoundEffects instruments, that GarageBand on Mac has.
The closest you can get to this on your iPad will be the "Sampler" instrument. You can record a sound sample and play it using the "Sampler" instrument and adjust the pitch.
But you cannot assigne different samples to different keys.
See: Play sounds with the Sampler
Regards
Léonie

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I purchased a brand new MacBook Pro OS Mavericks and promptly began using Garageband 10.0.2. There were many sound effects provided in the program (thunder, galloping horses, etc.), and I decided to complete the in app purchase. Once I completed the download and install, I realized that I no longer had those sound effects. Does any one know what happened to them?

Galloping Horses and thunder are not part of the GarageBand sound effects. You have probably other loop packages installed, for example the Final Cut Pro Sound Effects or the iLife Sound Effects.
Check, how your Loop Browser is set. The pop-up menu at the top of the Loop Browser should be set to "Loops" to have all loops available. Set the "Scale" to any, clear the search field. In the GarageBand Preferences, "Loops" pane disable "Keyword Browsing", filter for more relevant results.
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Is there an easy way to adjust the touch screen on an Image Class MF7480?

When we try to hit the System Monitor button, the Special Features button activates. It used to be that if you put your fingernail on the very bottom of the screen, you could activate the System Monitor button. It's a great printer, but this is frustrating.

Hi Brooks!
It sounds like cleaning the touch panel might resolve the issue. Try powering the MF7480 off and cleaning it with a clean, dry, soft cloth. Be sure to get around the edges of the System Monitor button. If the Special Features button still activates, the MF7480 will likely require service. Call us at 1-800-OK CANON (652-2666), Monday - Friday, 8 AM to 8PM ET. We can give you some service options from there.
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Soundbooth closes down when trying to download sound effects

When i try to download a sound effect from the resource central, as soon as i click the download button Soundbooth closes down without any error message.
Any idea of what's the problem and how to fix it?
I use Windows XP and have java RE installed.

Hi Sam,
Do you mean it closes when you click the "arrow" icon in Resource Central, or does it close after you get the File Dialog asking where you'd like to save the file?
Resource Central is a Flash application, so you may want to make certain you've got the latest Flash runtime installed from www.adobe.com It should have gotten installed or updated when you installed Soundbooth, but it's possible it did not. I'd recommend this as my first suggestion.
Second suggestion would be to try saving to a different location and see if you encounter the same issue.
Feel free to respond here or via e-mail to [email protected]
Thanks,
Durin

Sound effects at the touch of a button (key)?

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