I thought some might find this interesting. I've been using SpectraLayers for a while now, and I thought it might be fun to see if you could strip out the vocals from well known songs, and then do a totally new version of the song, and put back the original vocal. I can't stick this on youtube for obvious reasons, so it's sitting on my server at the moment.
I thought I'd do a lounge jazzy style for a Lionel Ritchie track, and I did an Elton and Celine Dion track too. I tried Peter Gabriel's Sledgehammer - but his breathy style produced loads of artifacts. There are some timing issues with fitting their vocals in, but with more work it could be sorted.
See what you think - in the busier tracks the vocals sit quite well. When it's quiet and exposed, it stands out I think - and in some the backing vocals were 'glued' to the main vocal and I couldn't separate them.
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Despite the artifacts, this…
Despite the artifacts, this is impressive. Well done.
How long does it take to strip out a vocal? Can you do it in one step and do you have to keep zooming in etc?
Load in the track. Tell it…
Load in the track. Tell it what you need as in piano, vocals, drums, bass, guitar, then press a button. There are loads of tweaking controls, but you get left with the stems, and there is save all stems as a function. Thats it!