Members kaytee Posted April 23, 2006 Members Share Posted April 23, 2006 I am a new user and have a question for you please. I would like to record music via the computer - i.e. have the computer make the music simulating a guitar sound, for a song that I wanted to have instrumentally only. I have the song on a cd but with the lyrics, and in order to better use it, I wanted to change the lyrics, so I just need the music. It doesn't exist without the lyrics, so I thought with some help I could do it on the computer. Can this be done? Any suggestions? Many thanks for any help. Kaytee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BracktheViking Posted April 24, 2006 Members Share Posted April 24, 2006 kaytee- well you could get a softsynth - a software program that's sythesizer to create guitar tracks on your computer. However, for what you're looking to do, I think you would want something more along the lines of a Vocal eliminator. It's a device that takes a song and eliminated the audio tracks that the left and right channels have in common - which is the vocals in virtually every recording. There are several out there: I know Alesis and Tascam both make them, but I have personally never used them so can't recommend one in particular. Hope this is helpful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluesway Posted April 25, 2006 Members Share Posted April 25, 2006 Originally posted by BracktheViking kaytee-However, for what you're looking to do, I think you would want something more along the lines of a Vocal eliminator. It's a device that takes a song and eliminated the audio tracks that the left and right channels have in common - which is the vocals in virtually every recording. There are several out there: I know Alesis and Tascam both make them, but I have personally never used them so can't recommend one in particular. i've used them all and they -honestly- all truly kind of suck. the alesis one is a cheap trial if you are curious. it does the job a bit, but the truth is, nothing's going to take vox out of the mix completely on every record. my buddy (a schoolteacher who constantly has kids asking him to do this) just bought one from a more obscure company (i think it was called thompson) for about a grand. it was supposed to be the "be all and end all" vox eliminator and it sucked just as much as the alesis unit. according to my experience, you'd be better off recreating the recording through synths or something. sorry for the bad news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Spook Posted April 26, 2006 Members Share Posted April 26, 2006 Those vox eliminators will take out the vocal track for the most part. But reverb, any weird panning that was done, will still be there. And those enhancements are, regrettable, half of the sound of modern singers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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