Sampling Vocals From A Track Using Cubase...

digistepz · Post by **digistepz** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 5:27 pm

How is it done? I can never seem to seperate the vocal track from the instrumental, doin meh NUT in

Is it even worth using Cubase? Do I need to get some other sampling software?

'ELP!!

theonelikepaul · Post by **theonelikepaul** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 6:04 pm

Search for the acapella instead, its much easier!

And no, for sample editing I'd recommend Sound Forge, Cool Edit or Wavelab.

FSTZ · Post by **FSTZ** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 6:13 pm

cubase PWNS all those programs (except wavelab)

you can do anything (other than seperate vocals from an instrumental) in cubase.

I heard about a technique where you use phase cancellation to seperate out vocals, but it was explained to me in theory, and not shown to me.

good luck with that man

theonelikepaul · Post by **theonelikepaul** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 6:53 pm

I dunno I just find cubase irritating for chopping audio up, perhaps cos I've been using sound forge for so long..

The other technique you refer to goes something along the lines of....

you get your track, instrumental and vocals combined, then you get just the instrumental. Invert the phase of one, and mix them together..

the instrumental parts will be out of phase with each other and cancel out, and you should be left with just the vocals.

never tried it,,, sounds a bit long...

FSTZ · Post by **FSTZ** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 7:14 pm

nahhh

this was using the same principal as that shitty alesis vocal remover that came out in 2005

all you need is the song seperated into a right and a left track and using panning to create the cancellation

theonelikepaul · Post by **theonelikepaul** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 7:31 pm

this sounds like a thread for dubengineer!

haha, yeah I know what your saying.

Most tracks are mixed so the vocals are in the middle of the stereo field, so if you invert the phase of the left channel and add it to the right the vocals will cancel out and you are left with just the instrumental.. then ermm invert the phase of that and add it back to the original the instrumental will cancel out., possibly.. ahh fuck it..

the problem with all this is that vocals often (allways) have reverb on em so your never gonna be left with just a pure vocal track.. generally a pile of mush..

its all about acapellas!

digistepz · Post by **digistepz** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 7:54 pm

cheers guys, hopefully I wont have to spend hours fucking about now, thanks for the tips

tempest · Post by **tempest** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 8:22 pm

DIGISTEPZ wrote:cheers guys, hopefully I wont have to spend hours fucking about now, thanks for the tips

cmon man thats what we're all about

FSTZ · Post by **FSTZ** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 10:00 pm

theonelikepaul wrote:this sounds like a thread for dubengineer!

HAHAHAHAHA!!!!

where is he at??????

theonelikepaul · Post by **theonelikepaul** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 2:26 am

Here he is awww...

"There ain't a problem I can't fix, cos I can do it in the mix"

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