ISOLATING VOCALS, ISOLATING TRACK

Mount Cyanide · 25th January 2006, 06:53 AM

I have an AIF file of a song captured on cassette. It's the only copy of this song and a company wants to use it. It sounds shitty all across the board and I already know how I'm going to go about multing and thickening the track. But the vocals. Hardly distinguishable. The need mucho help. Other than parametric tweeking, I want to get these vocals stripped and then mixed from there. Ideally, I'd like to create both an instrumental and an acapella of this song. Any ideas?

thethrillfactor · 25th January 2006, 07:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Mount Cyanide

.Any ideas?

You are screwed.

Short of doing everything from scratch.

Igotsoul4u · 25th January 2006, 07:40 AM

Track it over if you still have the instrumental. If not recreate the beat and re-lay the vocals. You will never get what you want from that cassette. Might as well give up on that right now.

Mount Cyanide · 25th January 2006, 09:09 AM

I won't give up!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Being that the rapper died in '97 I have to make do with this recording.
And being stuck in this kind of corner always steps up ideas. Gonna phase and frequency twiddle til I can figure out something better.

thethrillfactor · 25th January 2006, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Mount Cyanide

I won't give up!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Being that the rapper died in '97 I have to make do with this recording.
And being stuck in this kind of corner always steps up ideas. Gonna phase and frequency twiddle til I can figure out something better.

Maybe its a sign from up above that these record labels should stop milking every little bit out of an artist even when their dead.

I mean are there no good new artists left that are still living?

I understand if its to bring a new generation to listen to something from the past.

But man what they are doing to Tupac and Biggie i feel its more like exploitation.

Whatever man.

Good luck with it.

Mount Cyanide · 25th January 2006, 09:27 AM

You are absolutely right.
I thought precisely about that and then rationalized with myself that so long that these decisions are made with their surviving families blessing it's okay with me.
Yeah, bs, but let's make a living.

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25th January 2006, 06:53 AM	#1
Mount Cyanide Gear addict Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: La Villa de Atwater de Los Angeles, CA Posts: 329	ISOLATING VOCALS, ISOLATING TRACK I have an AIF file of a song captured on cassette. It's the only copy of this song and a company wants to use it. It sounds shitty all across the board and I already know how I'm going to go about multing and thickening the track. But the vocals. Hardly distinguishable. The need mucho help. Other than parametric tweeking, I want to get these vocals stripped and then mixed from there. Ideally, I'd like to create both an instrumental and an acapella of this song. Any ideas? __________________ myspace.com/cyrusmelchor

25th January 2006, 09:09 AM	#4
Mount Cyanide Gear addict Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: La Villa de Atwater de Los Angeles, CA Posts: 329	I won't give up!!!!!!!!!!!!! Being that the rapper died in '97 I have to make do with this recording. And being stuck in this kind of corner always steps up ideas. Gonna phase and frequency twiddle til I can figure out something better. __________________ myspace.com/cyrusmelchor

25th January 2006, 09:27 AM	#6
Mount Cyanide Gear addict Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: La Villa de Atwater de Los Angeles, CA Posts: 329	You are absolutely right. I thought precisely about that and then rationalized with myself that so long that these decisions are made with their surviving families blessing it's okay with me. Yeah, bs, but let's make a living. __________________ myspace.com/cyrusmelchor

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25th January 2006, 07:40 AM	#3
Igotsoul4u Lives for gear Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: New York, NY Posts: 1,607	Track it over if you still have the instrumental. If not recreate the beat and re-lay the vocals. You will never get what you want from that cassette. Might as well give up on that right now.