r/sound

6k members
r/sound is a subreddit with 6k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses sound, help, audio, noise, and looking for a, and they frequently recommend/review headphones for music production and microphones.
R/sound is a community dedicated to sound itself. We welcome questions about how sound works, sound equipment, interesting techniques for creating or reproducing sounds, etc. This is not a community intended for sharing artists work. Check out r/wearethemusicmakers and other similar subs for those posts.

Popular Themes in r/sound

#1
Solution Requests
: "Wireless microphones for karaoke"
18 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "Does listening fatigue actually have a neurological explanation, or is it just "you listened too long"?"
5 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Audio Crackling issue"
1 post
#4
Ideas
: "I’ve been building this in my spare time: a map to discover sounds from around the world"
1 post

Popular Topics in r/sound

#1

Sound

: "Sound emitted 24/7 from a 30 megawatt data center in Dowagiac MI"
108 posts
#2

Help

: "Please Help me"
30 posts
#3

Audio

: "I finally understood why people obsess over lossless Audio…"
23 posts
#4

Noise

: "How Would You Go About Generating ~30 Hz Noise?"
14 posts
#5

Looking For A

13 posts
#6

Hear

: "yoooo i just Heard 👂👂👂👂 something awesome 👂👂"
8 posts
#7

Speaker

: "How’s the Speaker system???"
7 posts
#8

Design

: "[Looking for feedback] Practicing Sound Design"
6 posts
#9

Recording

: "Recording one's own singing/humming in very loud club environment – would it even be possible? Perhaps by contact microphone in the mouth, attached to teeth?"
6 posts
#10

Buy

: "DO NOT Buy BOSE LIFESTYLE ULTRA SPEAKERS"
4 posts

Products Discussed in r/sound

#1
Beyerdynamic
5.0★ from 1 review
#2
Adam
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
Sennheiser
5.0★ from 1 review

Microphones

1 review
#1
Elgato
4.0★ from 1 review

Flair Used in r/sound

#1
Noise
: "SHUT UPPP 👂👂👂👂👂"
12 posts
#2
Hardware
: "Conversor help!"
9 posts
#3
Acoustics
: "360 Wave Paradox"
4 posts
#4
Production
: "I tried to write sound like Leonhard Euler and Francis North"
4 posts
#5
Recording
: "What is this sound effect called? Why is it so bass-ey? I've never heard a fidget spinner sound like this"
3 posts
#6
Music
: "Can't identify horror music instrument"
2 posts
#7
Software
: "Looking for boom3d alternative."
2 posts
#8
News
: "PitchShift Studio: A professional, browser-based audio transposer. Change pitch by ±24 semitones with high-fidelity phase vocoder DSP. 100% client-side, supporting 96kHz/32-bit WAV exports. No uploads required."
1 post

Member Growth in r/sound

Yearly
+1k members(28.2%)

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Last updated: June 29, 2026