Remixes

[randomer]

When remixes of two or more songs are made on a computer. How do they seperate the background music from the vocals? Is it easy to do? Do they do it manually or use a special button in some software? Thanks. (Also in the music section. Didn't know where to put it.)

[OBonio]

I'm no expert in this but as far as I know it can work two ways :

1) They have access to the master 'tapes' which have all the instruments, vocals etc in seperate tracks. They simply pick out the tracks they wish to use.

2) They use a graphic equalizer to tone down the background noise as much as possible, then put a thumping bassline in place to drown it out.

[gary baldy]

OBonio is right but the usual way is just get hold of a record that had an acappela version tucked away on the b side and sample the @rse out of that!
Unlike Obonio I am an expert in doing this!