Music Mixing

Well, technically, unless you have the masters to the song you can't 'split it up' if I understand you correctly. There are some audio instruments that enhance the vocals and lower the music track (it's essentially the same technology as those 'Karaoke' buttons on some shelf stereo systems) but it only works for some songs and not that well. Mixman is alot of fun to play with and Mixman also sells track packages on their website. For example, you could buy a Joe Budden "Pump It Up" pack and in it you'll find the vocals, the bass line, the samples, etc, seperated for you to manipulate. The way intermediate PCDJs do it is they record an a capella off a CD or record and load it into the program along with an instrumental and screw with it that way. If you're serious about remixing, Mixman isn't the way to go but it's great to start out with. To answer you're question, it's impossible to 'split up' elements of a song without the masters. Afterall, songs are just a composite of many layers.

 

you can spilt them up, there is a program that guitar center sells, I forgot the name of it but I think it is a cubase or cakewalk program called something like slicer or something. Ask the guy at the software counter and he can help. I was going to buy it but it was something like a couple hundred bucks and I didn't have it at the time.

 

Neither Cakewalk nor Cubase make any such program. There are alot of EQ based software titles that may claim to do it but it's usually a bottom-level feature that does absolutely nothing but lower the lows and raise the mids. Forget about any filtration apps, a total waste of time.

 

you don't need the master. Any good music store like Mars or whatever should have something like it. Or look online.

 

Mars closed down last year. I've been producing and DJing for 5 years now. If you know of any program that can do what mduke is looking for, I sure as hell would like to see it.

 

You can use hardware. The Roland 505 splits beats with a function called "chop." It works mostly for percussion, though. It also splits phrases pretty well.

You can EQ and filter, but that doesn't work so well, as DJ noted. Sometimes it's enough to Kareoke and filter, but usually an instrument spreads across more than 1 eq range and there are more than 1 instruments in a range, so it's hard to isolate.

 

You can eq and filter with software - you might try the tools in Soundforge, or hardware - with an equalizer. Radio Shack has a good one - 20 band with a spectrum analyzer built in. You can also buy those a bit cheaper wholesale on ebay under the brand name pyle pro or pyramid. pyle equipment is good and very cheap. It's just a house brand name.

Say you find a piece of a song you want to cut up, maybe two bars. You want to take a look at the spectrum and the soundwave and see how it's structured. You might be able to define the pieces by dropping bands and isolating tones. Then you have to save each piece individually. Then you can re-combine them with a multi-track organizer, like the program Acid.
I think Acid has a chop feature, now, too.

 

OK, I can answer this. Usually, hip hop is mixed using vinyl, turntables and a mixer. '97-9 The Box' and 'Party 104-9' mixers usually use only vinyl however occasionally, CDs are used. When it comes to dance, vinyl is the more respected medium but CDs are also widely used. For example, during the KRBE broadcasts from The Roxy, DJ Mark D uses vinyl and occasionally CDs while DJ Wild uses vinyl. Smaller radio stations (like "Candy 95" in Bryan/College Station or "Q94" Beaumont) usually just air a syndicated mixshow like Open House Party. Large market stations stay away from syndicated mixing for the most part.

Mad Linkage, Homes:
97.9 The Box (Houston)
Party 104.9 (Houston)
104 KRBE (Houston)
Candy 95 (B/CS)
Q94 (Beaumont)