Keith Wilby Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 (edited) The "room" I've been playing in of late is marked "Stem Separation" - the ability to isolate instruments and voices from a mono recording. This is the earliest/oldest one I've been able to process in that way. The original recording dates from 48 years ago. It comprised me singing and playing drums simultaneously whilst my friend (who wrote the tune) played the rhythm guitar. What I've been able to do is to separate all three elements of the recording and use them in the CbB DAW. For the guitar, I combined the two halves of the song and panned each one left/right. For the drums, I was able to sample the snare and bass drums and use the samples in a Superior Drummer 3 kit. I could have used a built-in kit but I wanted to retain some 70s authenticity (maybe I should have lit some candles and turned off the electricity too 😆) whilst keeping the tempo consistent. I then added some other bits and bobs and this is the result. I should warn you that the lyrics are ridiculously naïve and overly "flower power", with a couple of phrases stolen from John Lennon, but I've always wanted to "finish" the song and I think I have now. Didn't take long did it? https://www.bandlab.com/revisions/9749ca7a-c6ba-ee11-b660-000d3a428b97?sharedKey=HjJ-syGph0SZ7u0FN9Tscw EDIT: I've improved the bass as suggested and added tambourine for good measure. I've also hosted it on Bandcamp because I've mastered it myself and didn't want Bandlab to master it again in order to host it there: https://keithwilby.bandcamp.com/track/sweet-scented-rosie Edited January 27 by Keith Wilby New link 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack c. Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 nice job/sounds.jack c 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supa Reels Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Great stuff .. takes me back .. Bit bass'y but from all those years back and the gear that was available I'd give 10 (As David Jacobs might say ) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Wilby Posted January 25 Author Share Posted January 25 1 hour ago, Supa Reels said: Bit bass'y You're right, I'll give that a tweak. 1 hour ago, Supa Reels said: I'd give 10 (As David Jacobs might say ) I remember him. Thank you 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSband Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Really can't tell how old it is. good work! What are you using to separate things? I have some old stereo tracks that need work . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Wilby Posted January 26 Author Share Posted January 26 6 hours ago, KSband said: What are you using to separate things? I'm using an online service (I'm not affiliated with it in any way): https://www.lalal.ai/ It costs money, although not much really considering the quality of the results. You have to have a reasonable quality original to start with but I've been amazed at just how much information it's been able to dig out of mine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve@baselines.com Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 On 1/24/2024 at 10:03 AM, Keith Wilby said: The "room" I've been playing in of late is marked "Stem Separation" - the ability to isolate instruments and voices from a mono recording. This is the earliest/oldest Amazing what you can do with old tapes these days...great work on that. I like the tremolo effect whatever it is - it doesn't get used much these days, but should be. Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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