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• Steps
• Advice
• Warning
• What you need

Remix music is a very interesting stage. You've probably heard of the case — some 70s-era lyrical song is now in vogue for being remixed in a contemporary style with a faster tempo. The remix can make the style, emotion or even the meaning of the original music different by changing the position of the cut, remixing the song, adding new elements and doing more. another thing. It sounds like only the "witch" of the studio can do that, but you can actually remix the music yourself by learning about basic audio editing software like Audacity.

Steps

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   Get started with good quality audio editing software. You will work mainly with that software. The digital audio workstation, also known as DAW, is where you import audio tracks including lyrics, non-lyrics, vocals, sound effects, etc. Some software allows the user to perform complex operations, such as synchronizing tempo and pitch. Almost every software allows you to cut, convert, reverse sound, prolong the duration in their interface.
   • If your finances are tight, the Audacity app is a great place to start. This is a free application that runs on all popular operating systems. If you take the time to learn, this app can perform as well as any paid app.
   • Ableton software is the right choice if money is not an issue. For just $ 500, Ableton will accompany you in every live concert. Of course, you can prepare your remix at home or perform it live in public.

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   Select songs to remix. Music remix is ​​a derivative art form. In other words, one needs to rely on at least one available work to make the mix. Choosing the song you want to remix is ​​an important part of the process. Here are a few things to consider:
   • Choose songs with catchy lyrics, melodies, chorus or something that attracts you. Mixing involves repeating a piece of a song several times in a row, so choose which song you like and hardly be "boring".
   • You often work with complete mixes of original tracks taken directly from a CD. If you can order or buy individual music files from the artist who recorded them, especially the vocals part, your remix will sound cleaner and make the workflow more smoothly.
   • While there's nothing better than owning each original music file, both Audacity and Ableton software provide tools to help you separate lyrics from a mix (like karaoke) or remove everything. minus part lyrics. This is not easy and is rarely 100% effective, but you can thin the background music just enough to make the song in this case. listen like only the lyrics left. The noise removal plugin is the best choice when doing this, try to separate the frequency of the noise / vocals from the sweet melody you want to keep.

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   Add your own sound. This is your step to leave a personal mark on the music by adding your own materials. The way to do it can vary from adding new rhythmic grooves to changing the feeling of a song to breaking the structure of the whole piece.

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   Be sure to pay attention to the copyright laws where you live if you plan to sell music or perform live. Unintentional use of author's music could get you in trouble with the law.
   • Think about the part you like best —– what would you like to stay the same and change? If necessary, try listening to the track a few more times to shape the look of the complete remix.

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   Dissecting the music. To make the remix easier, you not only have to separate the melody element, but also the rhythm.
   • You can do this with Ableton or Audacity audio editing apps. These applications make it easy to create loops.
   • Creating a loop is a fairly simple process. First, listen to the track and identify the piece you want to cut. Then, select the lyrics in your audio editing software, making sure you have highlighted the entire area you want to cut. One way to check the portion you cut is to play the selected area over and over. If the sound suddenly changes at the repeat point, it may be because you highlighted too much or too little.
   • If the software lets you play the loop while adjusting the endpoint, play the loop and tune the start first — make sure the music starts playing at it's correct the position you want. Once you've finished tuning, hover your mouse over the end point and change the loop length slightly so that the sound sounds seamless, natural and, most importantly, the correct beat.
   • Be careful with loops that contain echoes or cymbals as they often ring through the entire sentence. However, cutting echoes can create a really interesting effect.
   • Cut carefully to make the speed control function in the looping software work more accurately. For programs with the same regulation as Sonar and Acid, accuracy is a must.
   • Adjust the timing by specifying the beat per minute of the loop (usually automatically detected by the software) or ticking in a loop browser window to indicate where the beat falls. All of this gives you the same results as during loop cut and play, while the original file quality remains the same.
   • You can take advantage of this time to tweak the loop a bit. If you only have a woodblock, you can enhance the quality of your vocals or the sound of individual instruments slightly with the equalizer.
   • Remember that there is no way to completely separate the instrument or vocals from the woodblocks. For example, you can brighten the bass zone (bass drum, drums) or bass sentence by lowering the frequency at the low end bandwidth. This prevents the sound from becoming cloudy when you overlap the part of the loop over a new bass or drum rhythm. For example, a frequency increase to between 3 and 5 khz makes the sound sound a lot brighter, while increasing the frequency in the bass zone makes the mix sound deeper and dull.

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   Experiment! Try out all the effects available in your digital sound station / audio editing software to see how each part sounds. There are many things to choose from, including: Delay, phaser (sparkle effect), chorus (chorus effect), flanger (jet sound effect), filters and other EQ (filter and equalization), reverb (amplitude modulation), amplitude modulation, ring modulation, frequency modulation (frequency modulation), time stretching (length modulation), pitch shifting or correction, vocoder, and many more. Playing with each effect helps you find the style you like and practice your hearing a bit. Keep in mind that unfinished music is always more interesting than carefully edited music, so just do it simply, as long as it's fun.

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   Set up parameters for the track. First, set the BMPs (speed — beats per minute) and the number of metrics (usually 4/4 beats for popular music, but sometimes 3/4 beats) in the looping software. . Next, enter for loop. After the looping has been entered and timed, you need to choose the desired tempo and minimize the loss caused by poor quality. Now you can start to set parameters for tracks.
   • Sticking to the original piece of music (prelude, chorus, chorus, chorus, chorus, and chorus) is both safe and easy, but you can also change everything to create structure. own. You can include the verse in the chorus in a chorus. You can also take the whole chorus, cut out the vocals according to the rhythm and reverse them to the beginning of the piece. You can reconstruct the chord or verse by including completely different elements. Have fun experimenting!

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   Export work (audio post-processing). Once the remix is ​​complete and you are happy you should export your work as a file. Save all or export your music to WAV or AIFF files (don't encode the audio to an MP3 file yet). Download your work into audio editing software and standardize the file up to 99%. This helps to ensure that the levels at the highest point are near maximum volume. Furthermore, you can make the mix louder by adding a compressor effect (reducing volume fluctuations of audio signals) before normalizing.

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   Although not required, you should still go back and "post-process" your music. That means you add effects to highlight certain parts of the mix. Think if you want the full bass to sound rougher or the highs to sound brighter. Good sound post-processing is like letting listeners hear the difference between private chamber recording and professional studio recording.

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    Release your remix. Convert the file to mp3 extension, using your favorite audio format converter. advertisement

Advice

• Nearly every genre of music has remixes. In popular music, the remix serves as more of a pragmatic rather than expressive piece of work — transforming pop or rock tunes into a dance style. Whether remixing the pop melody in dub reggae, hip hop or whatever style is it, musicians need to add their own flavor to the music — keeping some of the key elements in it. original version, at the same time bringing in their own distinctive style.
• Using Ableton Live software, you can easily work with many completely raw audio samples. Ableton is probably the easiest to use loop generator on the market. This software accepts a variety of timing and pitch adjustment features made up of different microscopic sound particles, variable starting and repeating points, and a graphical interface that makes it easy to adjust the time. .
• See the quality settings while converting files. 128 is the usual default bit rate, but often has noticeable audio errors. Users should encode with a minimum bit rate of 192, but it's best to convert to lossless compression like FLAC for example.
• If using Ableton Live software, make sure you choose timing that matches the sound pattern. Specifically, the beat mode is suitable for drums but probably not good for vocals. Texture mode is suitable for many sound samples but often affects a little bit on their pitch. The tone mode is always fine.

Warning

• If you remix someone else's song, don't release the track unless the author says it is. That artist will probably make a disturbing move, but they probably won't, unless your remix becomes extremely popular.

What you need

• Editing software
• Computer
• Suitable music
• CD for burning (optional)