How to "remix" a song? (Music Creator Touch 6)

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2013/09/23 21:02:41 (permalink)

How to "remix" a song? (Music Creator Touch 6)

This is kind of a silly, EXTREMELY Noob-ish question...but I am completely new at using software like this and I have no idea how to do even the simplest things. I come from Ableton Live (which is complex) but even with this software I have no idea how to remix a song and I don't even know where to start. Can any of you give me tips on where to start? Or do any of you know where I can find a tutorial on how to do this? I don't know how to take vocal clips or even the bass line out of the song I'm using, and that is something I would like to do. Thank you in advance :)
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    Re: How to "remix" a song? (Music Creator Touch 6) 2013/09/24 06:33:53 (permalink)
    Hi Kirsten. It might be good to get what the word Remix actually means first. The word remix does not mean remixing a song. It actually means you take elements from something that alreday exists and build a whole new piece of (very original) music around it. That is important to know.
     
    A good place to practice remixes is Indaba Music.
     
    https://www.indabamusic.com/
     
    When you get there click on 'Opportunites' There are tracks there that can be remixed. You can hear the original track with all its parts etc. But you can register (free) and once you do that you will have access to all the individual tracks that made up that total original mix. Then you can load them up in your DAW and get into it.
     
    Another option is to go to this website here:
     
    http://www.cambridge-mt.com/ms-mtk.htm
     
    This is the website for Cambridge Music Technology and is the work of Mike Senior. Here you can download lots of multitrack sessions. You can listen to an MP3 file of the music (mixed) before you download so you can get an idea of the track. You could practice on these too for remix practice. You could also just practice using these to get your basic mixing skills up and running too. Hope that helps.
     
    You can do Google searches for things like 'Best Remix Tutorial Videos' and you will turn up things like this:
    http://www.musicsoftwaret...xing-walkthrough-info/
     
    This is a good before - after example of a remix. Also if you do YouTube searches for similar things you will turn up a lot there.
     
    It might be good to get some basic skills in Music Creator as well as Herb is suggesting below.
    post edited by Jeff Evans - 2013/09/24 07:34:13

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    Re: How to "remix" a song? (Music Creator Touch 6) 2013/09/24 07:27:55 (permalink)
    Hi and welcome.
     
    While MC6 is considered to be the "beginner class" of DAW software from Cake, it is quite capable and still presents challenges to new folks.
     
    Tips on where to start......
     
    My first suggestion is to review the video's here:  http://www.cakewalk.com/Products/MusicCreator/resources.aspx#Music-Creator-6-Touch
     
    you can also search on you tube for more videos on the MC series DAW's....
     
    Learn some of the basics so that you have a foundation to build upon. If you get stuck or run into a brick wall, come here and post your questions and we will do our best to help you.
     
    Even though Cakewalk calls this it's "beginner" software, you can do some amazing things with it once you learn some basics. A lot of the music (earlier songs) on my site were recorded with MC4. 
     
    One more thing... What computer and sound card as well as other gear (mics, mixers etc..) are you using?
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    Re: How to "remix" a song? (Music Creator Touch 6) 2013/09/24 08:03:34 (permalink)
    And if you're trying to remove parts from a stereo wave file or mp3 file so you can add your own parts, I don't think MC 6 can do that.
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    Re: How to "remix" a song? (Music Creator Touch 6) 2013/09/24 12:59:37 (permalink)
    57Gregy
    And if you're trying to remove parts from a stereo wave file or mp3 file so you can add your own parts, I don't think MC 6 can do that.
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    And there is no software on earth that can do it with proper quality from whatever material. And the ones that do it best cost multiple times more than MC. I think that what you call "remix" is something that is usually done using the original studio material, if not individual tracks, but at least stems (like a track including drums and bass).

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    Re: How to "remix" a song? (Music Creator Touch 6) 2013/09/24 13:41:42 (permalink)
    My understanding of a remix is where you have access to ALL the original tracks in a given song project and you take those tracks and edit them, mute some others, add new material and tracks and "re-mix" the song to sound a bit different. Sometimes, even drastically different.
     
    I have done this with a few projects that were posted publicly for that purpose.
     
    If you are trying to do a remix on a finished song (wave file or MP3) no..... that is nearly impossible without extremely expensive and complicated software. (as was mentioned above) ....

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