[dnb-prod] Re: Mp3 to Wav.

Daniel Norman Wed, 26 Feb 2003 03:44:39 -0800

I've got SF and Wavelab from kazaa, but just never used them cos i was more than happy with CEP, but may give them a go for this stuff.

Dan

-----Original Message-----
From: Pranev Sharma [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 26 February 2003 11:40
To: Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List
Subject: [dnb-prod] Re: Mp3 to Wav.

i reckon your best bet is to switch to SoundForge.

it never throws up any probs when importing an mp3 file and i found it much more useful than cool edit.
peace

Veritas

>From: "Daniel Norman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>To: "Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: [dnb-prod] Mp3 to Wav.
>Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 11:01:10 -0000
>
>I have been using Kazaa for a couple of months now and its great, but when i download a track e.g. acapellas in mp3, upon opening the track it just fills the screen of cool edit with white noise.
>
>Is this because i am converting an mp3 to a 44.1 16bit stereo file (it also asks for this option regarding Intel umas file format or something)?
>
>How am i supposed to open it as an mp3 in Cool Edit, cos it just asks me to choose the file format (44.1, 16 bit etc) as soon as i try to open the file in Cool Edit....doesn't seem to be a way around it...
>
>Any help?
>
>Cheers
>Dan
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Terry Morgan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: 26 February 2003 10:44
>To: Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List
>Subject: [dnb-prod] RE: Vocals
>
>
>High Contrast uses a lot of acapella samples but I have no idea where he
>gets them from. I've got about 150 acapellas downloaded off various places
>and about 2% are useable. A big part of it is having the "ear" to hear
>parts that would be suitable. As for taking vocals from full tunes, I think
>that topic's been done to death but to recap: It's practically impossible to
>lift vocals cleanly from a tune without frequencies from other instruments
>creeping in. There are plugins which claim to do this by removing elements
>of a tune panned left and right on the assumption that the vocals are panned
>dead centre. This of course is not always the case and quite often drums and
>bass are also panned centre so the results of these plugins are "dodgy" to
>say the least. However, with some heavy processing you could get something
>useable.
>
>Quite a few of the soulful tracks I've heard recently have quite obviously
>used session singers and this probably the way to go if at all possible.
>
>Otherwise, dig deep on kazaa and soulseek for those acapellas. Also, there
>are ftp servers chocked full of the things luking around, but getting access
>to them is easy said than done.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: "Woodhead Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: "Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List"
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> >To: "Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: [dnb-prod] RE: Vocals
> >Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 10:26:39 -0000
> >
> >This probably isn't much help, but when I was working in a studio, a good
> >few years back, the few people that came in to do d'n'b/jungle tracks would
> >get a vocalist to do a shed loads of takes, with different vocals and
> >improvising. Then it would be cut up, sometimes using next to nothing.
> >One approach could be to put an add out, for a singer, and even if they're
> >not fantastic, with enough takes, and an editing package (Wavelab, etc),
> >you're bound to be able to get something usable.
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Pranev Sharma [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Sent: 26 February 2003 10:06
> >To: Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List
> >Subject: [dnb-prod] Vocals
> >
> >
> >
> >been searching for answers for a while on this topic. i think im right in
> >saying that many producers out there dont get vocalists just to sing one or
> >2 lines in there tunes.
> >
> >however , vocals often give a great effect (for those of you into the
> >soulful, funky side of d+b). ive tried sampling vocals from obscure records
> >but you often end up with those instruments and drums etc from the other
> >tune interferring in your tune.
> >
> >also tried sampling acapellas, but these are quite rare and therefore
> >doesnt give you much option. also tried taking one or 2 liners out of
> >movies but its more speech than singing.
> >
> >help
> >
> >Veritas
> >
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