How to dissect a track please!?
Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast
Results 1 to 10 of 11
  1. #1
    Tech Mentor natebehe's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2010
    Location
    Tulsa, OK
    Posts
    171

    Default How to dissect a track please!?

    I was wondering whats the best way, if there is even a way, to dissect a track into different parts. Like take a downloaded mp3 file or whatever and load it into some program that is able to break down the song into a separate vocal, separate bass and separate melody parts. Any ideas?

  2. #2
    Tech Mentor Sanderbongertman's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2010
    Location
    Leiden, The Netherlands
    Posts
    108

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by natebehe View Post
    I was wondering whats the best way, if there is even a way, to dissect a track into different parts. Like take a downloaded mp3 file or whatever and load it into some program that is able to break down the song into a separate vocal, separate bass and separate melody parts. Any ideas?
    You can distract certain parts by proper EQing but other than that it's not possible. There has been a lot of talk about releasing tracks in stems so that everyone can remix whatever they want. Thank god that time is not yet now, then I'd be out of work lol.

  3. #3
    Tech Convert
    Join Date
    May 2009
    Location
    miami
    Posts
    11

    Default

    No....the only way to do that is to have the original "stem parts" used in the production. there was an article on here a while back about a software that kind of did that but it wasn't too good. There's also some stuff you can do with filters and EQ settings to isolate certain parts while mixing. But dissecting a track specifically how you've inquired, no such technology exists...yet. lol

  4. #4
    Tech Mentor natebehe's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2010
    Location
    Tulsa, OK
    Posts
    171

    Default

    so if i wanted to throw in accapella tracks in my mix, i would have to buy accapella versions of songs? besides beatport, are there any other websites that are good for a dj to use to find music for mixing? thanks for the quick responses! I love this website!

  5. #5

    Default

    acapellas4u.co.uk is very useful.

  6. #6
    Tech Wizard
    Join Date
    Mar 2009
    Posts
    63

    Default

    You need melodyne, an EQ/filter, or buy a remix pack from beatport. If you want real tips just send me a message and I'll be glad to help, learning this stuff is the hardest part of producing haha. Keep with it and you'll have a blast

  7. #7
    Tech Mentor
    Join Date
    Jan 2010
    Posts
    168

    Default

    You can extract vocals or instrumentals with rather good success if you have the vocal mix and the instrumental. Note that this only works if the instrumentals are identical in both tracks and they are both at the same bit rate. You can find good Youtube vids on this by searching for "extract vocals from a song". This process works by inverting your wave forms. You can also get creative with this approach as well for other sounds in the wave form as well by duplicating the sample, applying parametric EQ, inverting the EQ'd sample and canceling out some sounds that way as well.

  8. #8
    Tech Mentor natebehe's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2010
    Location
    Tulsa, OK
    Posts
    171

    Default

    yeah, it seems to me that its easier to just buy the few stems that are out there. the website you posted was really helpful, but u can only download 30 acapellas a month. thanks for all the quick and helpful responses guys.

  9. #9
    Tech Student
    Join Date
    Dec 2010
    Posts
    1

    Default Stem parts

    Could someone tell me where you can find any stem parts, i'm just getting started and don't know much at all!

  10. #10

Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast

Tags for this Thread

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •