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April 2nd, 2009, 07:05 PM
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Strat-O-Master
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Anyone use Audacity ?
Was wondering if anyone here used this and could either help me out or shed some light on the situation...
I read, that it can be used to import songs and then you can split the track up to separate the sounds or edit it some how so that all you hear is the Guitar playing. Is that true ?
I downloaded it but haven't the slightest clue how to use it or whether what I read was even true ?
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April 2nd, 2009, 07:33 PM
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Senior Stratmaster
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Almost all my recordings have have been mixed with Audacity. I have other, and much more complicated/expensive software, But Audacity is just too user friendly to get me to change.
You cannot spit a track out of an already recorded song, but you can put individual tracks in, and edit them independantly of other tracks. You know, multi tracking
Last edited by Extra crispy; April 2nd, 2009 at 07:34 PM.
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April 2nd, 2009, 07:44 PM
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Senior Stratmaster
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IMPOSSIBLE! You can however find plugins that will isolate frequencies (fancy filters and EQ's) but nothing that will say take out the drums. If we were given the 48 tracks that were used to record it, then yes. A stereo track cannot be ripped apart like that.
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April 2nd, 2009, 08:55 PM
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Strat-O-Master
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Quote:
Originally Posted by midifarm
IMPOSSIBLE! You can however find plugins that will isolate frequencies (fancy filters and EQ's) but nothing that will say take out the drums. If we were given the 48 tracks that were used to record it, then yes. A stereo track cannot be ripped apart like that.
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Yea I didn't think so but figured I was better of asking.
Appreciate the info thou guys and I will defiantly look into the plugins and see what kind of neat things can be found or what can really be done. |
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April 2nd, 2009, 09:20 PM
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Strat-O-Master
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It might be possible, but it's not something they have in the app.
Here's my theory (untested)...
What they have is an "Invert" effect that basically makes one channel out of phase, and so cancels anything that appears in both channels. This might be used to create a karaoke track, e.g. So, IF (note, BIG IF) you had something in stereo where the guitar was centered (effectively in "mono") you could create a stereo track w/o the guitar. Then, mix the original down to one mono track, mix the "karaoke" down to mono, and now you'll have a pair of tracks where the guitar is only in one. Make them a stereo pair, and Invert again. Now, all that's left is the guitar.
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April 3rd, 2009, 09:52 AM
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Senior Stratmaster
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My BR 600 has a feature similar to what "Fiddlin" is referring to. I tried it once, It really sucks.
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April 3rd, 2009, 10:09 AM
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Cannot be done even with the best eq's and isolators. Some programs may give you a bit of isolation but not 100%..............whenever anything is mixed in stereo, it's difficult to isolate parts. Now old Beatles recordings mixed in mono (vocals on one side, instruments on the other side) can be isolated quite easily. I have tried Audacity and it is good for a lot of things and the price is right!
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April 12th, 2009, 08:44 AM
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Strat-O-Master
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Quote:
Originally Posted by thaus
Cannot be done even with the best eq's and isolators. Some programs may give you a bit of isolation but not 100%..............whenever anything is mixed in stereo, it's difficult to isolate parts. Now old Beatles recordings mixed in mono (vocals on one side, instruments on the other side) can be isolated quite easily. I have tried Audacity and it is good for a lot of things and the price is right!
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Well what I read stated that Audacity could be used to switch the song from Stereo to Mono so that its easier to isolate sounds etc ?
Regardless, I haven't had the time to tinker with it but plan on doing so today. |
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April 12th, 2009, 09:09 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jefro
Well what I read stated that Audacity could be used to switch the song from Stereo to Mono so that its easier to isolate sounds etc ?
Regardless, I haven't had the time to tinker with it but plan on doing so today.
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Even being able to switch from stereo to mono will not isolate the original stereo mix. The original mix has to be done in mono for one to be able to isolate individual instrumentation. Not many artists mix in mono these days........there are some expensive parametric eq's which can sometimes notch-filter out certain frequencies but unless the guitar is recorded within these parameters, it will always show up. |
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