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Posted by King_Mack on Sep-06-2007 23:56:

Equipment question

Hey guys,

as I do realize this thread maybe better off in the Buy/sell area, but I was looking specifically at places in the GTA.
What Im looking for is a piece of equipment that that can seperate vocals and instrumental. Nothing super high end, just for experimental purposes.

Thanks a bunch

Posted by Dr. DAS on Sep-07-2007 00:21:

Re: Equipment question

quote:
Originally posted by King_Mack
Hey guys,

as I do realize this thread maybe better off in the Buy/sell area, but I was looking specifically at places in the GTA.
What Im looking for is a piece of equipment that that can seperate vocals and instrumental. Nothing super high end, just for experimental purposes.

Thanks a bunch

Hate to say it - impossible.

Once the independent signals (Instrument and VOX) are blended they form an entirely new sound wave, which cannot be deconstructed.
There is a process called additive resynthesis which emulates a sound by rebuilding it out of raw waveforms, but it's not practical for...anything really, so I won't go into how it works.

Best bet is to pick up a small multitrack recorder (like a cassette based Tascam Portastudio) if you are a musician and want to experiment with songwriting (they're not bad and CHEAP!).
If you run a mac, Garageband is a half decent starter program for non-linear recording, using sounds imported from a variety of sources.

PM me for more details if you're interested.