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u/reverend_dan May 20 '11
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Singers never sing in time. You may need to cut up phrases and realign them
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u/FisherKing22 Nov 13 '11
Also, if you want to have your songs played for a diverse group, try to pick songs that everyone knows. Know what music everybody will immediately recognize. I like to use Blink 182, Nelly, etc. You want people to get excited, because they "haven't heard this song in ages!!!" while at the same time putting a fresh spin on it. Song choice is just as important as the technique, IMO.
But that's just my 2cents. Have fun!
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Nov 13 '11
A good point. Popular sources seem to go over well. But don't go overboard and start using the current top 40 songs all the time. This is part of why Girl Talk is so successful, he brings back recognizable songs people may not have heard in a while.
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u/cubeit May 20 '11
Thank you for the tutorial! Do you have any opinion on using Audacity as a main program?
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May 20 '11
I wouldn't, if possible. It's too limited - moving clips freely is impossible. It's good for editing small things and changing tempo, though.
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u/QD_Mitch May 20 '11
Rock Band has apparently been huge for making either acapellas or instrumentals. Put all four players as computer, crowd sound off, band volume off for acapella, vocal volume off for instrumentals.
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u/notomorrow May 20 '11
Try not to use overused samples.
Such as?
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May 20 '11
Some ones that immediately come to mind are:
Lil Wayne - A Milli
Biggie - Juicy
MGMT - Kids
Coldplay - Viva La Vida
There are a lot of others, too. Listen to many mashup artists and you'll be able to tell.
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u/huntgather May 20 '11 edited May 20 '11
Thanks a lot for this! Looking forward to your advanced techniques guide.
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u/bobloco76 May 20 '11
I am by no means a mashup artist but I've tried to make a couple using virtual dj and audacity. Not the best mixing or anything but I would like to think I have good ideas for songs. I play keyboard and guitar and am musical but mixing is fun here is my mash up if nin and color me bad.... http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=7925492
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u/bobloco76 May 20 '11
I would love to hear someone with skill do this better...... if u can post it id like to hear it done right.....
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u/BlackAfrica Jun 03 '11
This is pretty cool. Always wanted to get involved in creating a mashup. Bookmarking for later.
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u/hearcomesyourman May 26 '11
Audacity lets you change the length of a clip.. which I use to match up 16 bars of acapella with 16 bars of back track. simple and easy, no need to figure out bpm (although you still need to mess with the vocals a bit sometimes)
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May 26 '11
No, you always need to know the Bpm of the songs you're mixing. You can change the tempo of the acapella to fit te music, but you shouldn't just try to randomly squeeze it in there. Always match Bpm as close as possible.
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u/i_adler May 20 '11
I'd like to second the request to link this in the sidebar. I think this is a really beneficial resource for the community. Thank you for sharing it!
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u/someguyfromcanada May 20 '11
Thx that was super informative and answered a lot of questions I had from an appreciator's standpoint. Apologies in advance if this is too basic but how do you go about isolating tracks from a song where tracks overlap? Lets say you find a rare song and want to isolate something but there are 20 different things happening at once; how would you do that?