Use Wavelab or Soundforge if you can get hold of it. They allow you to open mp3s and save as wavs.
-----Original Message----- From: Daniel Norman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 11:01 AM To: Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List Subject: [dnb-prod] Mp3 to Wav. I have been using Kazaa for a couple of months now and its great, but when i download a track e.g. acapellas in mp3, upon opening the track it just fills the screen of cool edit with white noise. Is this because i am converting an mp3 to a 44.1 16bit stereo file (it also asks for this option regarding Intel umas file format or something)? How am i supposed to open it as an mp3 in Cool Edit, cos it just asks me to choose the file format (44.1, 16 bit etc) as soon as i try to open the file in Cool Edit....doesn't seem to be a way around it... Any help? Cheers Dan -----Original Message----- From: Terry Morgan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26 February 2003 10:44 To: Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List Subject: [dnb-prod] RE: Vocals High Contrast uses a lot of acapella samples but I have no idea where he gets them from. I've got about 150 acapellas downloaded off various places and about 2% are useable. A big part of it is having the "ear" to hear parts that would be suitable. As for taking vocals from full tunes, I think that topic's been done to death but to recap: It's practically impossible to lift vocals cleanly from a tune without frequencies from other instruments creeping in. There are plugins which claim to do this by removing elements of a tune panned left and right on the assumption that the vocals are panned dead centre. This of course is not always the case and quite often drums and bass are also panned centre so the results of these plugins are "dodgy" to say the least. However, with some heavy processing you could get something useable. Quite a few of the soulful tracks I've heard recently have quite obviously used session singers and this probably the way to go if at all possible. Otherwise, dig deep on kazaa and soulseek for those acapellas. Also, there are ftp servers chocked full of the things luking around, but getting access to them is easy said than done. >From: "Woodhead Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: "Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [dnb-prod] RE: Vocals >Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 10:26:39 -0000 > >This probably isn't much help, but when I was working in a studio, a good >few years back, the few people that came in to do d'n'b/jungle tracks would >get a vocalist to do a shed loads of takes, with different vocals and >improvising. Then it would be cut up, sometimes using next to nothing. >One approach could be to put an add out, for a singer, and even if they're >not fantastic, with enough takes, and an editing package (Wavelab, etc), >you're bound to be able to get something usable. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Pranev Sharma [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: 26 February 2003 10:06 >To: Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List >Subject: [dnb-prod] Vocals > > > >been searching for answers for a while on this topic. i think im right in >saying that many producers out there dont get vocalists just to sing one or >2 lines in there tunes. > >however , vocals often give a great effect (for those of you into the >soulful, funky side of d+b). ive tried sampling vocals from obscure records >but you often end up with those instruments and drums etc from the other >tune interferring in your tune. > >also tried sampling acapellas, but these are quite rare and therefore >doesnt give you much option. also tried taking one or 2 liners out of >movies but its more speech than singing. > >help > >Veritas > > > _____ > >MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection <http://g.msn.com/8HMLEN/2740> service: >2 months FREE* --- >Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk >You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To unsubscribe send a blank email to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >_____________________________________________________________________ >This e-mail has been scanned for viruses by the WorldCom Internet Managed >Scanning Service - powered by MessageLabs. 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