Without a drum track to drop markers on, warping an acapella can be especially challenging. This quick little tip makes it easy. For this method to work, you’ll need not only an isolated acapella track but also an accompanying drum or full length track of exactly the same length. If you’ve extracted all the tracks [...]
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How to mix disco — in case you were wondering.
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Great, quick tip for halving or doubling BPMs in Serato Scratch Live without having to rescan the track.
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If you’ve spent any time in Ableton Live, you are likely familiar with “warp markers” and how they are used to mark beats in an audio file. Using these markers, Ableton can time stretch or compress an audio clip to keep it in sync with a master project tempo. It’s a very neat feature, and [...]
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If you’re anything like me, you often find yourself with a large pile of MP3 files scattered about in your download directory that need to be moved into the iTunes library. Normally this involves highlighting and manually dragging these files into iTunes. Read on for my quick tip on how to automate this repetitive task.
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Do the terms sample rate, channel, bit depth, dynamic range, and bit rate make your head hurt? Blair Trosper has written a great digital audio primer that will having you speaking audio nerd geek speak in no time.
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Jordan Roseman did a great job documenting how to extract (“unmix”) individual channels from a DTS surround sound recording in his book Audio Mashup Construction Kit. Get yourself a copy if you don’t have it already — it’s definitely the bible for audio hackers. What’s not covered in the book, however, is how to extract [...]
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Check out this short video tutorial demonstrating how to remove vocals from a stereo track. Technically speaking, it is actually removing center channel material and isn’t guaranteed to work all the time. However, it is an interesting technique to explore. PS. Don’t mind the squirrel.
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It’s no baby grand, but this Ikea DJ console will do the trick for those on a budget. And what DJ isn’t on a budget? Also, check out these other cool instructables of DJ interest.
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