Oopie Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Hi. Anyone here knows how to make acapella fast and easy? I've got a track, old kids song, tried to make an acapella version but can't say to have reached results good enough. Looking forward if anybody can be of assistance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goa Travellers Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 These 2 sets are very good! What do you mean by "acapellas"? Do you mean mixing tunes? Usually, people talk a lot about Traktor to mix tunes. Or do you mean playing with live instruments? Or singing/talking on top of live sets? Please let us know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotwang Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 I assumed he meant isolating the vocals from an existing track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oopie Posted March 30, 2015 Author Share Posted March 30, 2015 I assumed he meant isolating the vocals from an existing track. Yes that's right, thanks Rotwang. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goa Travellers Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 I haven't looked into this topic, but what about using a band-pass filter? I'm afraid this would also pick some background noise... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Eye Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 Well, assuming that said vocals are dead center in the mix, do some Mid/Side processing where you only keep the Mid component and then filter/EQ as needed? Perhaps there are dedicated tools for this (most probably there are). Depends of course on the song how well this works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolmot Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 I almost do that for a living... Unfortunately, the problem in general is a difficult one and far from being solved. If you ever hear someone claiming a "quick and simple solution", most likely at least one of the following applies: 1) They make strong assumptions on the input, such as strong mid/side separation. 2) The actual result is...less than perfect. 3) They're just lying through their teeth to make a sale. Even the cheapest playback systems may have a simple mid-filter, which sometimes works but obviously will fail miserably in many cases. Then there are slightly better attempts, which are used by some guys to make stuff like bootleg acapella discs and mixes. Often the standalone output sounds more like someone torturing a cat, but it's not so obvious after blending it into new music. Then there are professionals like Audionamix who work with major labels and Hollywood companies, but their products/services won't be free. So, it's a classic case of picking between fast, easy, cheap and good. If one could get those all for nontrivial signals, I'd be looking for a new job or at least a new topic... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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